{"id":13897,"date":"2022-10-13T09:14:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/so-near-yet-so-far-for-eswatini"},"modified":"2022-10-13T11:51:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T11:51:41","slug":"so-near-yet-so-far-for-eswatini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/so-near-yet-so-far-for-eswatini","title":{"rendered":"SO NEAR, YET SO FAR FOR ESWATINI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>Angola&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (5)8<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Seychelles&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (0)1<\/b><br \/>\n<b>The national Under-20 squad played with their hearts out in an attempt to secure a place in the semi-finals but this was not to be.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This comes after Angola outplayed Seychelles, beating them 8-1 to secure the much coveted semi-final berth. The country\u2019s national Under-20 team has once again failed to make the last four of the COSAFA Under-20 Championships despite being so close to breaking a 23-year-old curse.<\/p>\n<p>Angola sealed the best second place finish after crushing islanders Seychelles 8-1 in a one sided encounter played under a blazing hot Mavuso Sports Centre yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Eswatini had done just enough to be on the front foot, crushing Mauritius 7-0 on Tuesday afternoon to attain a +6 goal difference but Angola\u2019s massacre of Seychelles took them to +9 to march on to the semi-finals, joining group leaders Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>After yesterday\u2019s results that concluded the group stages phase, it means defending champions Mozambique will take on South Africa in tomorrow\u2019s first semi-final in a noon kick-off with Group A winners Zambia to tackle the dangerous Angolans in the second fixture at 3.30pm.<\/p>\n<p>The winners of those ties will qualify for the TotalEnergies U-20 AFCON Egypt 2023 early next year, which in turn acts as the qualifier for the FIFA Under-20 World Cup to be played in Indonesia later in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Angola sealed the best runner-up spot as they thumped Seychelles 8-1, with Danilson Makokisa netting a hat-trick to take him joint top of the scorers charts along with Eswatini\u2019s Mukelo Nkambule on four goals. Joa\u0303o De Brito also got a brace in a dominant performance from the Angolans, who served notice of their potential in this competition.<\/p>\n<p>Entrance in the semi-finals at the Somhlolo National Stadium is free and fans can collect their tickets on a first come, first served basis at the at Eswatini Mobile Service Centres and Nedbank branches during normal business hours.The matches will also be streamed live on COSAFA.TV and FIFA+.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\">Eswatini<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. Angola&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; (5)8 Seychelles&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. (0)1 The national Under-20 squad played with their hearts out in an attempt to secure a place in the semi-finals but this was not to be. This comes after Angola outplayed Seychelles, beating them 8-1 to secure the much coveted semi-final berth. The country\u2019s national Under-20 team has once [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":13896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-13897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SO NEAR, YET SO FAR FOR ESWATINI - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Angola........................... (5)8Seychelles....................... 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