Man of the Match Reneilwe Letsholonyane

Still no goals for Bafana

Still no goals for Bafana

Posted: 17 November 2009 Time: 10:34 pm

It was yet another night of frustration for Bafana Bafana as they were held to a goalless draw by Jamaica in Bloemfontein.

The South Africans dominated the first half, but could not get going after the break as the islanders comfortably held on for the draw.

That means the World Cup hosts have now scored just six goals in their last 12 internationals.

Bafana had the better of the opening exchanges, with Benni McCarthy particularly influential. He combined with Siphiwe Tshabalala to play in Katlego Mphela, but his shot from the edge of the area was sliced wide.

On 11 minutes it was McCarthy and Mphela again – this time a neat one-two which saw Mphela one-on-one with goalkeeper Dwayne Miller, but he took a touch too many and his effort was saved.

Against the run of play, Jamaica almost took the lead when a cross from the left clipped off Aaron Mokoena’s boot, but Rowen Fernandez was alert to the danger.

A couple of minutes later, however, Fernandez was beaten after a great run by Jason Morrison left a lot of defenders in his wake. Fortunately Mokoena was back to clear the ball off the line.

McCarthy was looking lively and fired in a powerful free-kick which was well saved by Miller. Three minutes later Mokoena had a great chance at the back-post, but his powerful header was straight at the keeper.

Jamaica then almost snatched the half-time lead, but Demar Phillips’ powerful free-kick sailed inches over.

There was precious little goalmouth action after the break – Mphela’s cross-cum-shot almost finding McCarthy, before Tshabalala’s free-kick sailed wide.

Kagisho Dikgacoi came closest in the second half, firing a curling shot inches over with the keeper well beaten, but ultimately it was a disappointing second half effort.

In fact, Jamaica came closest to scoring - substitute Omar Cummings heading over from right in front with just 10 minutes to go.

South Africa: Rowen Fernandez - Anele Ngcongca (Lance Davids 46th), Aaron Mokoena, Morgan Gould, Lucas Thwala - Kagisho Dikgacoi – Siphiwe Tshabalala (Bernard Parker 81st), Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Teko Modise (Elrio van Heerden 69th) - Katlego Mphela, Benni McCarthy (Richard Henyekane 68th) (Daine Klate 90th)

Jamaica: Dwayne Miller - Shavar Thomas, Jermaine Taylor, Dicoy Williams (Adrian Reid 80th), Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Eric Verman 66th) - Jason Morrison, Devon Hodges (Omar Cummings 69th), Demar Phillips, Jermaine Johnson (Nivean Boyd 76th) - Dane Richards (Lowel Palmer 84th), Rodolph Austin (Richard Edwards 76th)

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Anonymous
posted: 10:43 pm
Hai. Nna I give up. Bafana is emotionally abusive. I think the coach can't wait to go home.
Anonymous
posted: 10:55 pm
'king' teko must retire hehehe and letsholonyane can double as our sangoma
Anonymous
posted: 10:58 pm
Jhowee! al dat hufin&pufin 4 what.aaai torture 2 watch BB. HHUWWI.. haai nna i give up hayi khona.such abuse by bafana.mms
Anonymous
posted: 11:03 pm
Another disappointing 0-0 drwaw, yet the boyz played well, we created chances in the first half but couldnt convert. i think we miss those golden touches from steven (schilo) pienaar not taking anything away frm Yeye he really played well, the less said about Teko the better the guy needs to pull up his socks b4 its too late. must admit thou credit must be given to the guys at the back Aaron once again prove that he's not a captain by default he really lead by example. not quite sure with Lucas Twala's per
Anonymous
posted: 11:11 pm
indeed dissapointing results,it huts & the pain is unbarable.

well my pleas to all my country man is please let show the true spirit of believing in our team, yes i know we r all fed up.but lets do what other nations do, rally behind the team during dark days not only in bright days only.i myselft cant even get out 2day cause 90% of my co.workers r all jamaicans & they promised me they wont loose 2day. well just a reminder & something to give us hope. do u all remember south korea in 2002?? & do u all remember greece in the euro 2004? so think about it & stop giving up hope, yes we can still pull the pieces together. lets support the boys & give them words of encouragement instead of calling them names. VIVA 2010, PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN.

keizer
USA
Anonymous
posted: 11:18 pm
Da best league in africa... Produce bench warmers in Europe. Nxa... In 1995 Pirates won caf champs league n 96 we won nations cup. Now we undermining caf champs league n we think we can do better against da world. Siss
Anonymous
posted: 11:22 pm
Kuyabheda madoda! Even our president(Zuma) is not happy at all!! Bahana bahana go to hell...
Anonymous
posted: 11:26 pm
The first half was a bit exciting. I ain't sure if the coach told the boys to go slow in the secod half cos all they did was take foot off the pedal. My personal feeling is that Mphela shouldn't have been given a full game bcos he has already proven himself. Kermit Erasmus should have been introduced so that he can be assessed with the big guns. Why spare substitutions when U have players still to be tested. Bravo to Mbazo for saving us from the situation that we most thought was a goal.
Anonymous
posted: 11:27 pm
"emotionally abusive"- that's the ideal term to describe the national team...
Anonymous
posted: 11:29 pm
The sooner we realise that Modise is ready for the rubbish bin the better for us.otherwise signs of promise are on the horizon
Anonymous
posted: 11:30 pm
To my fellow south africans, this is the time where BB need our support the most, is still early to panic. lets raly behind our national team as is the only BB we have, if we dont support them who will? enough pointing fingers and let us support the boyz.
Anonymous
posted: 11:37 pm
@Smallicious, its early for 2014 not 2010WC
Anonymous
posted: 11:41 pm
The coach is still trying combination instead of org bombs 2 kill. We have no time for this hallaballu and next games r in 2010 march for bb. I feel like i can explode, the jaman's were not so tough to complicate this game 4 us. Aaaaaagga man!!
Anonymous
posted: 05:42 am
Better overall perfomance."Nywe nywe nywwe I need one touch to score" Nx where are those goals after two games please don't brag when you finished.Soccer is physical not a heart wish.However my fav player Teko should be dropped from the team.If we did drop Mokoena on prevous games I am sure we would have won some games. But Mbazo's form is back after this two games but I do not think the national team is a place for sentiments. Out of form = no callup and on form=call up. with that the team will win. I don't think Pienaar would have made us to win but we need him.
Anonymous
posted: 06:10 am
if u cant score, then dont concede either. its better that way. they are still affected by Santana mania
Anonymous
posted: 06:51 am
Most bloggers here do not seem to know how football is played. During the first half, Teko Modise lost the ball twice and won it six times and was doing more defensive work than the central midfielders. Also in the first half, he found a striker in the 18 area three times and even came close to scoring with that cross come shot at goal. It was his interpaly with Tshabalala that allowed Letsholonyane to move the way he did. Teko does not spend as much time on the ball as he did before. Almost without fail, his third touch is a completed pass (at least 80%) to a teammate. What you are witnessing is a transformation of Teko into a better footballer.

The problem that many have with Teko is down to their own prejudices and the fact that we expect him to be the catalyst for our victories and the team is not winning, so we blame him. On the other hand, that is the standard that he himself has set.

When Schillo comes back, I guarantee you that it will be Tshabalala that will be benched. Remember that Simphiwe has one leg and Teko can play anywhere on the field and has a better eye for space between defenders. More an more Teko's game involves the whole team and Parreira recognizes that. That is why he would rather accuse Pirates of not properly managing Teko instead of benching him.
Maxy
posted: 07:29 am
no1fan: 2009-11-18 06:51 [ Report ] I agree with you 100% sir. I did not see anything wrong with Teko. If you look at him he try to play different combinations. Passing, dribbling, creating spaces etc which many footballers cannot. I think the prophets of doom have been waiting for Teko to make one mistake and criticize him, which mistakes are part of football. Show me any footballer who does not make any mistake.And quite resonably I know where those prophets of doom come from but I'm not going to mention them because of the spirit of soccer


Diski101
posted: 07:43 am
excellent assesment no1fan! no one could have said what u said abt Teko better! i also noticed yesterday that he did not hang on to the ball like he normally does. which is what his haters wanted. bt they still complain. personally i miss the fearless Teko who can players on with his eyes closed bt if u played football,u should that when u r off-form u tend to adjust ur style of play so that u can regain ur confidence. reducing time spent holding on to the ball is one of them if u r a creative player that likes to when on top form!
Anonymous
posted: 07:45 am
The match against Japan was a bit slow and boring for me. There was no moving forward in terms of scoring goals.

However yesterday's match was a bit better and there were lovely touches going forward even though the build up from the back was too slow or should I say the boys were keeping more position on our own half.

When going forward, it looked promising though the final pass was always disapointing.

We had lot of chances in terms of set pieces but we failed to use them. In any case, it ment that the more we put pressure on the Jamaican half, something was happening

Overall, the success is there and I hope we will do better as times goes on.

AS FOR YOU GUYS COMPLAINING AND BLAMING OTHER PLAYERS......I SAY SHAME ON YOU GUYS
Anonymous
posted: 07:51 am
YES WE CAN! WE seriously need courage instead of being Negative. lets keep our heads-up! jst stop complaining.
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