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As it happened: South Africa 3-1 Burkina Faso

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07 Oct 2017

Match report

07 Oct 2017

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07 Oct 2017

FULL-TIME: Bafana Bafana 3-1 Burkina Faso

Baxter's men keep their Russia 2018 World Cup hopes alive!

07 Oct 2017

90' The fourth official signals a minimum of 4 additional minutes will be played.

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86' Traore grabs one back for the visitors as he beats a motionless Khune from a free-kick.

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86' GOAL Burkina Faso!

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85' Stuart Baxter makes his final change as Dino Ndlovu comes on for Percy Tau.

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80' Bafana Bafana make their second change as Lebogang Manyama replaces Vilakazi.

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78' Tau goes just wide with a free-kick after being brought down on the edge of the area.

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74' Burkina Faso make their third and final change as Banou Diawara replaces Mohamed Quattara Burkina Faso look to attack the 10 men of Bafana.

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73' Khune pulls of a save to deny the visitors who are starting to see more of the ball.

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71' Vilakazi goes close with a powerful shot that tests Burkina faso's Harve Kouakou Koffi.

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68' Burkina Faso make their second change as Stephane Aziz Ki replaces Blati Traore.

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66' Bongani Zungu sent off for Bafana Bafana after some fisticuffs between the two sides after an Mkhize tackle. A Burkina Faso official also receives his marching orders for entering the field of play.

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64' Tau caught offside as he makes his run a split-second too early.

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61' Percy Tau has been head-and-shoulders above anyone else on the pitch that includes players plying their trade in big European leagues.

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60' Vilakazi again goes close with just the goalkeeper to beat after being played in by club-mate Percy Tau.

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55' Bafana turning it on now playing some diski football with Vila and Jali combining to force a corner-kick.

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53' Bertrand Traore tests Khune who punches away the attacker's left-footed strike.

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50' Khune receives a loud cheer from the crowd as he pulls of an important save to maintain Bafana's 3-0 advantage.

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49' Percy Tau continues to absolutely terrorise the Burkino Faso defenders by drifting across the defence and laying off some dangerous balls.

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47' A GREAT chance for Bafana as Khune, Tau and Zwane combine again with the latter shooting wide with just the goalkeeper to beat.

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46' We're back underway as Bafana look to maintain a healthy first-half advantage.

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46' Vilakazi slots home a third for Bafana Bafana with some route one football from the home side. Excellent distribution to Tau who killed the ball and executed a classy back-heel pass to Vila who did the rest.

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46' GOAL BAFANA BAFANA!!!!

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45' The fourth official signals a minimum of 2 additional minutes will be played.

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42' Percy Tau proving to be a success leading the front-line as he has been a constant nightmare for the Burkina Faso defenders, holding the ball up and harassing the opposing defenders.

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40' A perfect start for Bafana as we head into the final 5 minutes of the first half.

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37' Bafana have their tails up as they're dominating possession and looking to play their diski style short-passing game.

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33' Themba Zwane doubles the lead with his first international goal as he slots it past the goalkeeper after being played in by Andile Jali.

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33' GOAL BAFANA BAFANA!!!!!

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32' Burkina Faso make their first change as Aristide Bance replaces Cyrille Bayala. The visitors seem to be adopting a long-ball strategy to target Bafana's centre-backs.

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30' Good chance for Bafana as Jali plays in Percy Tau but the attacker can't beat the Burkina Faso last line of defence.

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28' Jali is back on the park as he looks to test out his shoulder to see if he can continue.

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27' Andile Jali who was nursing a dislocated shoulder goes down and needs medical attention.

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26' Burkina Faso seem to be looking to expose Mkhize at right-back with Bafana in turn looking to catch the visitors on the break with balls over the top.

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20' Bafana still leading as we pass the 20 minute mark, with Itumeleng Khune yet to make a save.

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18' Traore swings in the resulting free-kick to the far post but Zungu clears the danger for a line-out.

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17' Free-kick to Burkina Faso as Morgan Gould is adjudged to have handled the ball from an attempted croos from the left flank.

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16' Free-kick to Bafana as Vilikazi is brought down from behind. Bafana starting to settle now into the game.

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13' A bit more on the goal, it seems to have marginally crossed the line from Tau's header...the decision will surely be discussed after the conclusion of the game.

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12' Bafana sitting back and allowing the visitors to have the ball but are holding a good defensive shape.

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11' Burkina Faso with their first attempt at goal but Daniels does well to block the effort for a corner-kick.
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