By Daily Sports on November 11, 2017
South Africa’s Bafana Bafana’s dream of going to the World Cup in Russia was on Friday evening crushed as Senegal separated the side with a 2-0 win at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane.
In what was a replay of the fixture exactly 12 months ago - the Lions of Teranga made no mistake as they sealed their return to the world stage for the first time since 2002.
Defeat brought an end to Bafana Bafana's hopes of reaching next year's showpiece in Russia, with Diafra Sakho's early strike and Thamsanqa Mkhize's unfortunate own goal painting a rather gloomy picture.
Bafana Bafana were guilty of ball watching, and with the Liverpool man offered time and space he made the hosts pay: slipping a defence-splitting pass to the West Ham United forward who finished with aplomb.
South Africa dominated ball possession from the get go in the second half, but came up against a Senegal unit happy to sit deep and absorb pressure.
The reverse fixture in Dakar next Tuesday will now be a mere formality with proceedings in Group D already decided.
•Photo shows coach Stuart Baxter.
Source Daily Sports
Posted November 11, 2017
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