BANYANA VERSUS CAMEROON IN FINAL

HOSTS SOUTH Africa will face central African guest nation Cameroon in the final of the 2018 Cosafa Women’s Championship after both sides won their semi-final clashes in Nelson Mandela Bay yesterday.

Banyana Banyana, the South African national team, defeated Uganda 2-0, while Cameroon saw off Zambia 1-0 in a hard-fought clash in the first game of the day as they gained revenge for a group stage loss by the same scoreline to the She-Polopolo.

South Africa and Cameroon will contest the decider at Port Elizabeth’s Wolfson Stadium tomorrow (12 noon kickoff) in what is sure to be a titanic battle between two sides who have qualified for the African Women’s Championship in Ghana later in the year.

Zambia and Uganda will face off in today’s bronze medal match at the same venue (3pm kick-off) as they seek to gain some reward from what has been an excellent championship for both sides.

Cameroon came through an excellent semi-final in which both sides had chances to score more goals.

But they went into the half-time break goalless and it took until the 77th minute to get the opening goal as Edith Ngo Mbeleck produced a neat finish to give Cameroon the lead.

They were able to hold on to that advantage and seal their spot in the final, living up to their billing as the continent’s third-placed side on the Fifa women’s world rankings.

Banyana were also made to work hard for their win but sealed the victory after goals from tournament top scorer Linda Motlhalo and Jermaine Seoposenwe.

Motlhalo was typically composed with her finish inside seven minutes to settle home nerves, before Refiloe Jane was denied by Uganda goalkeeper Ruth Atoru with an excellent stop.

The game was made safe on 67 minutes when Motlhalo then turned provider as she broke behind the Uganda defence and with just Atoru to beat, unselfishly played in Seoposenwe for the simple score.

Entrance to the Wolfson Stadium today and for tomorrow’s final will be free to the public.

YESTERDAY’S RESULTS

Zambia 0, Cameroon 1 (Edith Ngo Mbeleck)

South Africa 2 (Linda Motlhalo, Jermaine Seoposenwe), Uganda 0

Uganda, 3pm

Zambia v

South Africa v Cameroon, 12pm