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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Sihlangu…………… (0)1<\/b>
\nPhilani 60th<\/b>
\nSenegal…………… (1)1<\/b>
\nCamara 9th<\/b>
\n(Senegal won 11-10 after penalty shootouts)<\/b>
\nPenalty shootouts that looked like they would be taking eternity were finally decided on Sihlangu\u2019s 10th kick when midfielder Mzwandile Mabelesa ballooned his attempt over the bar.
\n<\/b>
\nIt was a nerve-wrecking shootout, the longest the COSAFA Cup has seen in history. Goalkeepers Sandanezwe Mathabela of Sihlangu and the Terenga Lions\u2019 tall Aliou Faty never looked like saving any of the spot-kicks as both sets of players took turns in converting.<\/p>\n

Mabelesa in all honesty did not inspire any confidence when he stepped up for Sihlangu\u2019s 10th after Senegal\u2019s second half substitute Ethene Tendeng piled all the pressure by converting his team\u2019s tenth take.<\/p>\n

God know why but this game should not have ended in the lottery penalty shootouts. Dominic Kunene\u2019s charges should have finished this game as a contest inside 90 minutes.<\/p>\n

It was a brave performance but somehow, Sihlangu\u2019s stars had left their scoring boots at the spacious Garden Courts South Beach Hotel they are lodged in for the tournament. After Mathabela presented the West African guest nation the opener, it was all Sihlangu missing a chance after the other more than the times yours truly\u2019s 64-year-old mother takes to insert a cotton fibre in a needle.<\/p>\n

Harmless<\/b><\/p>\n

In what looked like a harmless free kick, Sandanezwe was beaten 35-yards out on the near side pitch by Lamine Camara. The Mbabane Swallows goalkeeper buried his head in embarrassment. He should have easily dealt with that one considering the daring saves he made, not just in this game but since the first game on July 6.<\/p>\n

In the 22nd minute, Sabelo \u2018Sikhali\u2019 Ndzinisa stretched the opponents\u2019 defence with a trademark run on the channel, pulled the ball back for an unmarked Sandile \u2018Saviola\u2019 Gamedze but the match\u2019s best player shot straight at goalkeeper Faty.<\/p>\n

Left back Kwakhe Thwala surged forward with five minutes of the opening half remaining and squared for an unmarked Neliswa \u2018Tiger\u2019 Dlamini at the back post but with goal beckoning, the Manzini Wanderers midfielder shot over the bar from three yards out.<\/p>\n

Two minutes after the recess, \u2018Saviola\u2019 Gamedze broke through but overcooked his chip over an advancing Faty as the ball sailed over the bar. \u2018Sikhali\u2019 had a diving header going wide from an inch perfect Sifiso Matse cross on the right. Goal scorer and game changer Philani Mkhonto did a decent job and the right thing pulling the ball back for \u2018Sikhali\u2019 but the tournament\u2019s top scorer ballooned the ball over the bar.<\/p>\n

A Sihlangu goal was not in sight and clearly, the ancestors had their backs on the team. Sandanezwe made sure the game went to penalty shootouts when he denied Cheikhou Ndiaye one-on-one in referee\u2019s stoppage time in one of Senegal\u2019s rare as a hen\u2019s tooth attacks in this half.<\/p>\n

Just like the previous edition at the Nelson Mandela Bay, the lottery penalty shootouts had to decide this tie.<\/p>\n

Sihlangu will now fall in the second fiddle Plate Cup of the tournament and will face Botswana\u2019s Zebras at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium tomorrow in a noon kick-off.<\/p>\n

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