Saturday Star

Amajita book World Cup berth and AYC semi-final

- MIHLALI BALEKA

AMAJITA qualified for the Fifa Under20 Men’s World Cup in Poland in May after finishing second in Group A in the Africa Youth Championsh­ips (AYC) in Niger.

This will be Amajita’s second successive World Cup having made the 2017 edition in South Korea. The South African junior national team needed a win yesterday to book their spot in the semi-finals, and they did just that as they beat Burundi 1-0 at Stade de Maradi.

The South Africans were mindless of the scoreline but more focused on producing a sterling performanc­e – something that had surpassed them in their first two draws where they were

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