INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
SA have upper hand over Palancas Negras
SA won the return in Luanda 2-1‚ but it was not enough to advance on aggregate
Bafana Bafana go into Tuesday night’s friendly with Angola holding a dominant record against their opponents that has seen them taste defeat in just one of their previous 12 meetings. That loss came when the national side fielded a virtual C team in the Africa Nations Championship (Chan) qualifiers and was also the last time they lost against any opposition‚ about 16 matches and 18 months ago in October 2015. When they met a month later in the World Cup qualifiers‚ a full-strength Bafana showed their muscle with a 3-1 victory over Palancas Negras in Luanda and a 1-0 win at home for a comfortably aggregate success. Of the previous 12 meetings‚ five of them came in 2016 alone as aside from the Chan and World Cup qualifiers‚ the sides also met in a friendly international in Cape Town in June that SA won 2-1. Thamsanqa Gabuza and Ayanda Patosi were on target in that come-from-behind victory. The first Chan clash played at home was lost 2-0 in a fixture in which assistant coach Thabo Sen...
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