IBafana Bafana iphendule amatafula ithela omakhelwane ngenduku iNamibia ngo 4-0 emdlalweni kaGroup E we-Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) obuse-Amadou Gon Coulibaly Stadium, eKorhogo, ngeSonto ebusuku, izinike ithuba lokungena esigabeni somkhumulajezi.
IBafana, eseyisendaweni yesibili eqoqweni, izobhekana neTunisia emdlalweni wayo wokugcina we-pool enkundleni efanayo ngoLwesithathu. Uma inganqoba lomdlalo kufanele ingene ku-Round 16.
Ukushaya amagoli amane engaphendulwanga kukhuphule umehluko wamagoli kuBafana nokungase kuyenze ikwazi ukungena ohlwini lwamaqembu amane aqhwakele endaweni yesithathu uma kwenzeka ihlulwa yiTunisia uma neNamibia ingadlala ngokulingana neMali ezihola phambili.
UThemba Zwane uvalele enethini amabili kanti uPercy Tau kanye noThapelo Maseko ongene endaweni yakhe, bavalele elilodwa ngamunye. Bekuwumphumela omkhulu kunayo yonke kule Ndebe yeNations Cup, njengoba iBafana ijoyine i-Equatorial njengokuphela kweqembu elishaye amagoli amane kulo mqhudelwano kuze kube manje.
IBafana idlale kahle ngesiwombe sokuqala kangangoba isishaye amagoli amathathu engaphendulwa. Leli qembu lenze ushintsho ngabadlali ababibi abebedlala emdlalweni wokuqala bebhekene neMali, Usiyanda Xulu indawo yakhe ithathwe nguGrant Kekana.
USiphephelo Sithole ugeje elinye lamathuba amahle esiwombeni sokuqala ehluleka wukuvalela phakathi ibhola ebelibekwe ngekhanda ebeliseduze. Ngemuva kokwehlisa iBafana ngokugeja iphenathi ngaphambi kwesikhathi emdlalweni wabo wokuqala kaGroup E bedlala neMali, ogcine uphele ngo 2-0 kuMamelodi aseNtshonalanga Afrika ngoLwesibili, uTau uhlenge evalela phakathi i-SA igoli lokuvula ngobusuku busuka endaweni ngomzuzu ka-14.