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Young Warriors of Zimbabwe
South Africa and Lesotho played a 0-0 tie in their group B at the 2018 Cosafa U-17 Championships at Anjalay Stadium In Mauritius yesterday while both
South Africa had the lion's share, but could not convert and was almost obliged to pay when Tebello Mosoeu was firing a late shot for Lesotho.
Zambia and Mozambique played a 0-0 draw in their opening match on Thursday.
Zimbabwe's hopes of reaching the semifinals suffered when they lost Swaziland in its C group.
The Young Warriors have clashed in previous tournaments at this age level and that's turned out again, even though it was an extremely entertaining match that could have gone both ways.
Bandile Shabangu a lining for Swaziland, to go with a goal for Langelihle Dlamini, while Zimbabwe went through John Bonomali and Thandolwenkosi Ngwenya. This is a great victory for Swaziland who can now be confident of being able to continue playing at the top of the pool.
Angola beat Malawi 1-0 in the other Group C match while Netinho scored the only goal of the match.
It was another close clash that ended in favor of the Angolans, who are making a comeback this year.
Only the best team in each group qualifies for the semi-finals at the same time as the best vice-champion. 12 rival teams seek to be crowned champions and, in doing so, earn a spot in the U-17 African Championships to be held in Tanzania next year.
The action continues today with the second matches of Group A in Botswana.
Botswana dominated Mauritius 1-0 in their opening match and can take a giant step towards the round of 16 with another win against Seychelles.
The islanders lost their first game against the 2016 Namibia champions 8-3 to be looking for a considerable improvement Although they were right in this halftime match, they were only left behind by one goal.
Maurice was a finalist in 2017, losing the gold medal in Zambia, but must win the win against Namibia.
The Results of Yesterday
Group C: Angola 1 (Netinho) Malawi 0
Swaziland 3 (Bandile Shabangu 2, Langelihle Dlamini) Zimbabwe 2 (John Bonomali, Thandolwenkosi Ngwenya)
Group B : Lesotho 0-0 South Africa
Round of the Day
Group A: Botswana vs Seychelles; Mauritius c Namibia
Grading of logs
Group A
PWDGF GA Pts
Namibia 1 1 0 0 8 3 3
Botswana 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Mauritius 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Seychelles 1 0 0 1 3 8 0
Group B
PJDGF GA Pts
Lesotho 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Mozambique 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
South Africa 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Zambia 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Group C
PJDGF GA Pts
Swaziland 1 1 0 0 3 2 3
Angola 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
Zimbabwe 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
Malawi 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
Tournament Statistics
Games played: 6
Goals on item: 18
Great victory: Namibia 8-3 Seychelles (Group A, 19 July)
More goals in a match: 11 – Namibia 8-3 Seychelles (Group A, 19 July)
Best goal scorers
] 4 goals – Prins Tjiueza (Namibia)
3 – Tyrin George (Namibia)
2 – Bandile Shabangu (Swazilan d)
1- Afandi Aboudou (Seychelles), John Bonomali (Zimbabwe), Langelihle Dlamini (Swaziland), Edmar Kamatuka (Namibia), Oageng Maphorisa (Botswana), Netinho (Angola), Thandolwenkosi Ngwenya (Zimbabwe), Rino Pauline (Seychelles), Jarrel Suzette (Seychelles).
– Cosafa
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