Malinga scores opportunistic winner as Bafana beat Botswana in Cosafa Cup 06 July 2021 - 19:14 By Marc Strydom SA celebrate after scoring a goal during the Cosafa Cup match against Botswana at Nelson Mandela Stadium on July 6 2021. Image: Michael Sheehan/Gallo Images
SA got off to a winning start in Group A of the Cosafa Cup at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Tuesday, substitute Kagiso Malinga’s 67th-minute strike separating the teams in a closely fought contest.
This might have been Bafana Bafana in name, but in nature the squad was a strictly developmental combination taken to Gqeberha as the national team struggled to put together even a strong fringe combination in the South African off season.