Banyana finish fourth after Zambia pip them on penalties

A late equaliser in normal time was not enough for Banyana.

Patricia Lampi of Zambia gets to the ball ahead of Ntombifikile Ndlovu of South Africa during the 2021 COSAFA Womens Championship 3rd/4th playoff at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday. Zambia claimed third in the end via a penalty shootout. Picture: Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix.

Against Zambia on Saturday, Banyana again didn’t perform to their level best and failed to utilise their goal scoring chances, which saw them having to come back into the game after Zambia took an early lead. Two minutes later, the Zambians opened the scoring through Ochumba Lubanji. Banyana weren’t able to make a breakthrough, finding it hard to create opportunities to level the scores.

With more firepower in attack, the home side started looking lively, but they still couldn’t find the back of the net.While Zambia looked comfortable with the lead, but they were still eager to get the second goal in order to extend the lead.

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