Insipid Bafana suffer late heartbreak against Morocco

South Africa’s chances of qualifying for the knockout phase of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations took a hammer blow at the Al Salam Stadium in Cairo on Monday night when they conceded a 90th minute goal in a 1-0 defeat to Morocco in their final Group D match.

As has been the case throughout the tournament for Stuart Baxter’s men, the 1996 AFCON champions struggled to find any kind of fluency in attack and barely threatened the opposition’s goalkeeper throughout the game; on the balance of play, the Atlas Lions were certainly worthy winners. But as it was, the North Africans looked more threatening and cohesive in attack, although apart from a couple of dangerous balls into the box, they also failed to really put the Bafana goal under pressure in the first half.

For a few minutes after the interval, Bafana showed a greater sense of urgency and there was a chance on 50 minutes which saw Thamsanqa Mkhize blazing a low shot narrowly wide of the target.

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