2022 World Cup: South Africa at a point of dams
Winner of Zimbabwe (1-0), South Africa consolidates its position as leader of group G. The Bafana Bafana only need a draw on Sunday on the ground of their dolphin, Ghana to qualify in World Cup 2022 dams. In Group H, Senegal avoided a defeat against Togo in Lomé, equalizing in the last minutes (1-1).
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South Africa and Zimbabwe were in a very different dynamic since their 0-0 in the first leg of these qualifiers. While the Warriors remain on three straight losses, the Bafana Bafana them win. Hugo Bross, the Belgian technician champion of Africa 2017 with Cameroon, has given South Africa a lot of confidence since his arrival on the bench last May. The South Africans have, under his leadership, beaten Ghana (1-0) and Ethiopia twice (3-1 and 1-0).
This Thursday evening, the Bafana Bafana win again. At Soccer-City of Johannesburg, they dominated Zimbabwe (1-0). Teboho Mokoena showed the path of success to his teammates by opening the scoring in the 26 th minute. The 24-year-old Superport United midfielder had already found the net against Ethiopia in September (3-1). His second international goal, the only part of this and allows South Africa (13 pts + 5) to make a very big step towards the 3 th and final phase of the FIFA World Cup 2022 South Africa should not however lose in Ghana (10 pts + 3) on Sunday. The ticket will be played between the two teams because Ethiopia (4 pts) and Zimbabwe (1 pt) are now out.
Senegal snatch a draw in Lomé
In the last match of the evening, Togo received Senegal on behalf of Group H. Les Eperviers came close to securing their first home success since 2019 against the Comoros (2-0). They had indeed opened the scoring in added time of the first period, well helped by Pape Abdou Cissé. The central defender of Olympiakos (D1 Greece), established in place of Abdou Diallo package, sent the leather to his own camp (45 + 1).
The Lions of Téranga, however, will find the necessary resources to return at the very end of the game. Thanks to two replacements: Cheikh Amadou Bamba Dieng and Habib Diallo. The first served the second who beat the Togolese goalkeeper (1-1, 90 + 3 ‘). The draw was no incident since the Lions of Teranga (13 pts) had already secured their qualification at the end of the 4 th day. Togo (5 pts), Namibia (5 pts) and Congo (3 pts) can indeed no longer return to the race. Senegal, however, is crossing their fingers for their best player, Sadio Mané. The injured Liverpool player was out after just 28 minutes of play.
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