{"id":29707,"date":"2023-07-07T17:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T17:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/?p=29707"},"modified":"2023-07-07T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T18:46:23","slug":"it-was-a-tough-game-dominic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/it-was-a-tough-game-dominic","title":{"rendered":"IT WAS A TOUGH GAME &#8211; DOMINIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span><b>\u201cI always expect fireworks when we play Eswatini.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>These were the words of Botswana\u2019s Zebras gaffer Mogomotsi Mpote in a post-match interview after watching his charges beating a hapless Sihlangu 1-0 in the 2023 Hollywoodbets Council of Southern Africa Football Association (COSAFA) Cup group opener on Wednesday at the King Zwelithini Stadium here in Durban, South Africa. Botswana broke the deadlock just 23 minutes into the game through the lanky Lebohang Ditsele, who volleyed a cross into the net. This goal went on to be the difference between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe boys came to the party and I am happy that we won as each time we play against Eswatini I expect fireworks. I really respect Coach Dominic,\u201d Mpote said. He also said the first half was evenly balanced, but was impressed by the way his players handled the game, as they created more scoring chances than their much experienced counterparts.<\/p>\n<p><b>Boost<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m happy for the boys as most of them were getting their first caps with the senior team; the win will boost them going to the next match against South Africa,\u201d he said.He further said that he was not at any stage under pressure as he knew what he was doing, which is building for the future. Meanwhile, his counterpart in Sihlangu mentor Dominic Kunene said the game against Botswana was tough, but was happy that the players did create a few chances. \u201cGoing forward I will work from what we achieved here today as I saw that the players created chances,\u201d Kunene said. Sihlangu will meet Namibia in their second game of Group A on Saturday at the same venue, with the likes of striker Sabelo \u2018Sikhali\u2019Ndzinisa doubtful after sustaining a knee injury and was not at the training yesterday.<\/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. \u201cI always expect fireworks when we play Eswatini.\u201d These were the words of Botswana\u2019s Zebras gaffer Mogomotsi Mpote in a post-match interview after watching his charges beating a hapless Sihlangu 1-0 in the 2023 Hollywoodbets Council of Southern Africa Football Association (COSAFA) Cup group opener on Wednesday at the King Zwelithini Stadium [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":29706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-29707","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>IT WAS A TOUGH GAME - DOMINIC - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u201cI always expect fireworks when we play Eswatini.\u201d These were the words of Botswana\u2019s Zebras gaffer Mogomotsi Mp ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/it-was-a-tough-game-dominic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IT WAS A TOUGH GAME - DOMINIC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI always expect fireworks when we play Eswatini.\u201d These were the words of Botswana\u2019s Zebras gaffer Mogomotsi Mp ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/it-was-a-tough-game-dominic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-07T17:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-07T18:46:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/07\/sm_1688733218.290134.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/it-was-a-tough-game-dominic#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/it-was-a-tough-game-dominic\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"IT WAS A TOUGH GAME &#8211; 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