African Nations Cup
January 23, 2013
South Africa
2 - 0
Angola
Group A
15:00 +00:00, January 23, 2013
Durban Stadium
Referee: Koman Coulibaly
South Africa 2-0 Angola
Scoring Summary
| South Africa | Angola |
|---|---|
| Siyabonga Sangweni (30') | |
| Micheal Majoro (62') |
Teams
| South Africa | Angola |
|---|---|
| 16 Itumeleng Khune | 1 Joao Mamona Luis Lama |
| 21 Siyabonga Sangweni | 15 Miguel |
| 3 Tsepo Masilela | 4 Alex Afonso Dani Massunguna |
| 14 Bongani Khumalo | 13 Bastos |
| 5 Anele Ngcongca | 3 Antonio Lunguinha |
| 15 Dean Furman | 6 Aderito Waldemar Dede |
| 18 Thuso Phala | 18 Hermenegildo Da Costa |
| 19 May Mahlangu | 16 Jose Pirolito |
| 17 Bernard Parker | 23 Guilherme Afonso |
| 9 Katlego Mphela | 9 Manucho |
| 23 Tokelo Rantie | 17 Mateus |
| Substitutes | |
| 1 Wayne Sandilands | Adilson Neblu 22 |
| 22 Senzo Meyiwa | Mavanga Landu 12 |
| 2 Siboniso Gaxa | Francisco Zuela 10 |
| 4 Thabo Nthethe | Marcos Airosa 2 |
| 11 Thabo Matlaba | Amandio Costa 14 |
| 8 Siphiwe Tshabalala | Regio Francisco Congo Zalta Mingo Bile 20 |
| 12 Reneilwe Letsholonyane | Mafuta Fabricio 5 |
| 10 Thulani Serero | Sebastiao Felisberto Graca Amaral Gilberto 11 |
| 20 Oupa Manyisa | Campos Braume Manuel Abel Djalma 7 |
| 7 Micheal Majoro | Manuel Costa 21 |
| Osvaldo Manucho Dinis 8 | |
| Herculano Yano 19 | |
| Substitutions | |
| Reneilwe Letsholonyane for May Mahlangu (46) | Campos Braume Manuel Abel Djalma for Hermenegildo Da Costa (46) |
| Micheal Majoro for Tokelo Rantie (58) | Sebastiao Felisberto Graca Amaral Gilberto for Aderito Waldemar Dede (65) |
| Oupa Manyisa for Katlego Mphela (78) | Amandio Costa for Guilherme Afonso (85) |
| Yellow Cards | |
| Alex Afonso Dani Massunguna (50) | |
| · Squads: South Africa | Angola | |
Hosts South Africa got their African Nations Cup campaign up and running with a comfortable victory over Angola.
Both of these sides were involved in 0-0 draws on the opening day of the tournament and Group A remained goalless until 30 minutes into today's match when Siyabonga Sangweni's sweet volley broke the deadlock at Durban's Moses Mabhida stadium.
Substitute Lehlohonolo Majoro added Bafana Bafana's second with a fine individual effort after the break as South Africa moved to the top of the section ahead of tonight's other Group A contest between Morocco and Cape Verde.
Defeat leaves Angola deep in trouble at the foot of the standings and without a goal after two games. Cape Verde await Gustavo Ferrin's men in the final round of group games.
The match got off to a low-key start, with Angola striker Mateus' effort that slewed wide of target inside four minutes the only chance of note in the early exchanges.
South Africa slowly asserted themselves, however, and took the lead after half an hour when Sangweni capitalised on misplaced header by Angola defender Antonio Lunguinha to drill home a low volley from the left edge of the six-yard box.
The hosts might have made it two a minute before the break as Bernard Parker's shot following a strong run was saved by Mamona Lama.
Moments later Tokelo Rantie headed onto the roof of the Angola net with the goal gaping after Lama could only tamely pat away Thuso Phala's cross.
Angola threatened seven minutes into the second half when Mateus crossed for Afonso Guilherme to take a first-time shot but Itumeleng Khune got down well to save.
South Africa midfielder Dean Furman's low shot was then tipped round the post by Lama as the chances continued to arrive at both ends.
A second goal arrived in the 62nd minute as Majoro - having entered the action just four minutes earlier - latched onto a long punt downfield, ran on and beat a defender before cutting in from the byline and slotting the ball home through the legs of Lama.
Angola pushed for a consolation in what time remained, with Manucho going close with a couple of headers, but they again drew a blank and must now beat Cape Verde in their final game if they are to have any chance of reaching the knockout stage.