Banyana would be glad to have at least got an away goal in this tie, which will give them an away goal advantage going into the return leg.
Thembi Kgatlana scored the equaliser for Banyana Banyana against the DR Congo on Wednesday. Photo by Andy Cheung/Getty Images)
Banyana Banyana had to fight their way back into the game after finding it hard to overcome Democratic Republic of Congo in the first leg of the Olympics qualifier, with the game ending in a 1-1 at Stade des Martyrs on Wednesday.Banyana went into the half-time break trailing the DRC 1-0, but they managed to level matters in the second half through Thembi Kgatlana.
The South Africans, however, would be glad to have at least got an away goal in this tie, which will give them an away goal advantage going into the return leg when they host the DRC. As current African champions, Banyana came into this game as favourites, but found it difficult beat the DRC, who are ranked 111Kgatlana made a couple of attempts at goals, but she couldn’t find the back of the net with the most notable opportunity coming in the 12The DRC also asked some questions to their visitors, with striker Grace Mfwamba being troublesome for the Banyana defence, forcing a great save from Kaylin Swart in the 19While Banyana were struggling to make a breakthrough, the DRC...
With the game ending in a draw, the second leg which played at Orlando Stadium on 30 October will certainly be highly contested to determine which team will progress to the next round.
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