Gunning for a fifth straight Cosafa Cup, Banyana Banyana were bundled out of the competition after being edged 3-2 by Malawi, thanks largely to a poor defensive display.
“Look, I’m really disappointed. We didn’t have a great first half. But we came out, got a goal right at the end of the first half. Which really lifted the team. Then we were on top of them all the way. We just couldn’t get the goal to go in,” Ellis said after the game.
“The defending was just criminal. For a team with so much experience to give away a goal like that right at the end. But we created a lot of opportunities to win this game. And once again, we didn’t take our chances. They took their chances.” It was the first time that seven-time winners South Africa failed to make the decider of the southern African championship, and sweet revenge for Malawi after they were beaten in last year’s semifinals by Banyana Banyana.
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