English: Siphiwe Tshabalala during the game between South Africa and Uruguay at FIFA World Cup 2010, 16 June 2010, Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Goals from Siphiwe Tshabalala and Luyolo Nomandela handed Bafana Bafana a 2-0 victory over Burkina Faso at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday.
The hard-fought, international friendly formed part of the inaugural Nelson Mandela Sport and Culture Day.
Tshabalala’s first-half strike looked like settling the result, before Lerato Chabangu and Nomandela partnered for the second, wrapping-up a show of dominance from Bafana.
Following their defeat against Nigeria just three days earlier, the hosts returned to winning ways on Saturday, and could have done so more emphatically, were it not for a number of missed opportunities in front of goal.
The visitors were without several of their star players, owing to club commitments overseas, yet South Africa struggled to wrap-up the result, following a positive start.
Igesund handed three players debut starts, with Marc van Heerden, Bongani Zungu and David Mathebula all included in the starting XI. – IOL
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