Bafana Bafana latest: Ghana take control of group + ALL match-day 1 results

Ghana edged Ethiopia 1-0 thanks to a Mubarak Wakaso goal after 35 minutes to take the early lead in Group G qualifying for the 2022 Soccer World Cup on Friday.

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Earlier in the day South Africa drew 0-0 away to Zimbabwe in a scrappy match that marked the debut of Belgian Hugo Broos as coach of Bafana Bafana.

South Africa will be notable absentees from the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon in January having finished only third in a group from which Ghana and Sudan qualified.

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They face Ghana again in the 2022 Soccer World Cup qualifiers at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday, 6 September (18:00) and, judging by the performance in Harare, are unlikely to finish above the west Africans. 

South Africa threatened to score only twice – when a Teboho Mokoena shot was brilliantly fisted away by goalkeeper Talbert Shumba and when a goal-bound Bongokuhle Hlongwane shot was cleared.

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Zimbabwe were even less threatening, worrying South African goalkeeper Ronwen Williams just once as Khama Billiat unleashed a close-range drive that was tipped over.  

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Soccer World Cup 2022 match-day 1 qualifying results in Africa on Friday:

Group B

Mauritania 1 (Niass 69) Zambia 2 (Mwepu 10, Mumba 57)

Tunisia 3 (Bronn 54, Skhiri 78, Khazri 82-pen) Equatorial Guinea 0

Group C

Nigeria 2 (Iheanacho 21, 45) Liberia 0

Group D

Mozambique 0 Ivory Coast 0

Cameroon 2 (Aboubakar 9, Ngadeu-Ngadjui 22) Malawi 0

Group G

Zimbabwe 0 South Africa 0

Ghana 1 (Wakaso 35) Ethiopia 0

Played on Thursday

Group A

Niger 0 Burkina Faso 2 (L. Traore 76-pen, Konate 79)

Algeria 8 (Slimani 5, 25-pen, 46, 53, Bensebaini 26, Bounedjah 40-pen, Mahrez 67, Zerrouki 69) Djibouti 0 

Group E

Kenya 0 Uganda 0

Group H

Namibia 1 (Hambira 24) Congo Brazzaville 1 (Hambira 57-og)

Group I

Morocco 2 (Aguerd 10, Ahmed 53-og) Sudan 0

Group J

Democratic Republic of Congo 1 (Mbokani 23) Tanzania 1 (Msuva 36)

Madagascar 0 Benin 1 (Mounie 22)

Played on Wednesday

Group C

Central African Republic 1 (Toropite 53) Cape Verde 1 (Tavares 36)

Group E

Mali 1 (Adama ‘Malouda’ Traore 19) Rwanda 0

Group F

Libya 2 (Salama 28, Al Ouarfali 89) Gabon 1 (Poko 11)

Egypt 1 (Magdy 5-pen) Angola 0

Group H

Senegal 2 (Mane 56, Diallo 81) Togo 0

Group I

Guinea-Bissau 1 (Mendes 46) Guinea 1 (Kamano 7)

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