{"id":320122,"date":"2026-06-11T23:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T21:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=320122"},"modified":"2026-06-12T06:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T04:33:50","slug":"halftyd-bafana-bafana-se-terugkeer-na-die-fifa-wereldbeker-begin-moeilik-teen-mexiko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/halftyd-bafana-bafana-se-terugkeer-na-die-fifa-wereldbeker-begin-moeilik-teen-mexiko\/","title":{"rendered":"2 rooi kaarte, 2 doele pootjie Bafana Bafana: Begeesterde Mexikaanse span oorrompel SA by W\u00eareldbeker-sokkertoernooi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"h-bafana-bafana-se-terugkeer-na-die-fifa-wereldbeker-eindronde-verloop-tot-dusver-nie-volgens-plan-nie-nadat-hulle-donderdagaand-met-rustyd-met-1-0-agter-was-teen-mede-gasheer-mexiko-in-die-estadio-azteca\">Bafana Bafana se terugkeer na die W\u00eareldbeker-sokkertoernooi verloop tot dusver nie volgens plan nie nadat hulle Donderdagaand met rustyd met 1-0 agter was teen mede-gasheerland Mexiko in die Estadio Azteca. Bafana Bafana het die wedstryd met nege spelers op die veld ge\u00ebindig nadat beide Sphephelo Sithole en Themba Zwane rooi kaarte gekry het. Die eindtelling was ook uiteindelik 2-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die groot dag het uiteindelik vir Bafana aangebreek. Die span het, nes in 2010, in die openingswedstryd teen Mexiko gespeel, 16 jaar nadat hulle dit op eie bodem teen dieselfde El Tri gedoen het. Hulle kon nie vir die volgende drie weergawes van di\u00e9 toernooi kwalifiseer nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bafana was binne vyf minute byna agter op die telbord n\u00e1 \u2019n oorheersende begin deur El Tri. Doelwagter Ronwen Williams moes met \u2019n uitstekende poging alles gee om Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez se kragtige eerste skoot vanaf die rand van die strafgebied te keer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9545d366-8318-49e2-bfb8-28b674d85a5c.jpg\" alt=\"Twee Bafana Bafana-spelers het rooi kaarte gekry.\" class=\"wp-image-320141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9545d366-8318-49e2-bfb8-28b674d85a5c.jpg 650w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9545d366-8318-49e2-bfb8-28b674d85a5c-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/9545d366-8318-49e2-bfb8-28b674d85a5c-600x397.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Twee Bafana Bafana-spelers het rooi kaarte gekry. Foto: Jose Breton\/Pics Action\/NurPhoto\/Getty Images.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexiko het vier minute later steeds die voortou geneem toe \u2019n vinnige verdedigingslyn op Sphephelo Sithole daartoe gelei het dat hy balbesit verloor het. Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones het die geleentheid benut en die bal van die rand van die strafgebied deur Williams se bene net toe gejaag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">N\u00e1 \u2019n teleurstellende tydperk het Bafana se eerste kans om \u2019n doel te skiet eers laat in die eerste helfte gekom toe Mbekezeli Mbokazi \u2019n lang aangee van die strafgebied ingestuur het. Lyle Foster het met sy kop probeer afrond, maar sy poging het die doelhok gemis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mexico vs. South Africa | Match in 5 | FIFA World Cup 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jb6xLEW4gK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mexiko was minute voor rustyd naby aan \u2019n tweede doel toe Jim\u00e9nez \u2019n aangee terug vanaf die regterkant na Qui\u00f1ones gespeel het. Die aanvaller het \u2019n lae skop gegee, maar die doelpaal het Bafana van verdere skade gered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dinge het egter nie veel beter gevaar vir Bafana in die tweede helfte nie. Sphephelo Sithole het in die 49ste minuut \u2019n rooi kaart gekry. Sowat 17 minute late het Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez Mexiko se tweede doel aangeteken voordat Themba Zwane ook \u2019n rooi kaart gekry het. Anders as Sithole, wat die bal meer versigtig van sy opponent kon probeer afvat, was Zwane se rooi kaart suiwer vir vuilspel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoewel Mexiko ook \u2019n rooi kaart gekry het, kon die nege Suid-Afrikaners geensins genoeg geleenthede skep om eers een doel aan te teken nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volgens Opta Joe is Bafana Bafana die eerste span wat twee rooi kaarte in een W\u00eareldbeker-wedstryd ontvang sedert die W\u00eareldbeker in 2006, toe beide Nederland en Portugal hul ronde-van-16-wedstryd met nege spelers ge\u00ebindig het. Hoewel Mexiko se C\u00e9sar Montes ook laat in die wedstryd afgestuur is, was dit hul enigste suur oomblik van die dag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana se terugkeer na die W\u00eareldbeker-sokkertoernooi verloop tot dusver nie volgens plan nie nadat hulle Donderdagaand met rustyd met 1-0 agter was teen mede-gasheerland Mexiko in die Estadio Azteca. 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