Sudan won 2-0 over South Africa on Sunday to send themselves through to the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations – at Bafana’s cost.
First half objectives from Saifeldin Maki and Mohammed Abdelrahman did the harm for Sudan, taking them to their first finals since 2012.
Going into the game in the Al-Hilal Stadium in Omdurman, South Africa realized an attract would be sufficient to qualify – yet rather they collapsed against a Sudan side terminated with genuine reason and inspiration.
What’s more, after Maki gave Sudan a lead on 14 minutes, the Falcons of Jediane won’t ever think back.
30 minutes into the game, Sudan scored their basic second – a dazzling independent exertion from Abdelrahman, who chose the ball up wide mostly inside the South Africa half, burst into the punishment region and beat both the last man and the goalkeeper with a similar move.
It is the first run through Sudan have equipped for an African Cup of Nations finals since 2012 – and just the third time since 1976 for the country that won the prize in 1970.
Saifeldin Maki scored Sudan’s first
Saifeldin Maki scored Sudan’s first
South Africa, nonetheless, will get back to the planning phase in the wake of one more disillusioning effort for the 1995 bosses.
In the other game in the gathering, effectively qualified Ghana beat base side Sao Tome and Principe 3-1.
Nicholas Opoku, Jordan Ayew and Baba Rahman put the Black Stars into an instructing position before a late Fernandez Carvalho comfort for Sao Tome.
Prior on Sunday, Group J finished up with an energizing game in Tunis where a fourth moment Jaziri objective and an Akapo own objective aided Tunisia to a 2-1 success over Equatorial Guinea.
Tanzania, in the interim, beat Libya 1-0 because of a mixed objective from Simon Msuva.
What’s more, in Group A – from which Chad had effectively been excluded – Namibia beat bunch victors Guinea 2-1 on account of two objectives from skipper Peter Shalulile. Mamadou Kane scored Guinea’s work.
