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BLOEMFONTEIN. - South Africa has revived their hope of qualifying to the semi-finals of the Hollywood Cosafa Cup 2025 after they beat Zimbabwe by 2-0 at the Toyota stadium on Saturday.
Kabelo Dlamini and Ime Okon scored the two goals for the host. Unlike their first game against Mozambique where they lost 1-0, the yellow and green boys showed hunger and determination to win the game.
From the first whistle, they kept piling more premier and numbers forward in search of an early goal. Bafana got a penalty when Masindi Nemtajela was brought down in the box nine minutes before the interval.
Dlamini stood up and coolly converted from a spot kick, sending the keeper the wrong way. Knowing that they might need goals to top the group depending on the final game in the group, the Vela Khumalo troops pushed for the second goal which they got when Okon secured three points for the home team when he headed home a second goal from a set piece in the 78 minutes, 2-0.
As things stand Mozambique are at the helm of Group A with four points after two games. They played to a goalless draw against Comoros who have collected two points this far.
Bafana Bafana are second with three points after the same number of games. In order for them to advance to the semi-finals of the tournament, they need to beat Comoros and hope Zimbabwe do them a favour by beating Mozambique or hold them to a draw. However, a scoring draw will mean that South Africa will have to score more goals in their last game.
The two games will play simultaneously on Tuesday, 10 June. South Africa and Comoros games will be played at Dr Molema stadium while Zimbabwe and Mozambique will be staged at the Toyota stadium. Kick-off is at 15:00.
Khumalo said a win was a boost that they needed after a disappointing start. “Most definitely this is the booster that we needed. However, we still hopeful and we still saying Mozambique if they win against Zimbabwe then what. But what we said to ourselves is that we need to win the remaining game. We need to win against Mauritius and then we take it from there. We will have six points and see what happens in the other game,” he said.
