{"id":299121,"date":"2020-12-13T07:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T05:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=299121"},"modified":"2020-12-13T07:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T05:22:28","slug":"namibia-into-the-u-20-cosafa-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=299121","title":{"rendered":"Namibia into the U-20 COSAFA final"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>NAMIBIA and Mozambique will tackle each other in the final match of the COSAFA Qualifiers for the Total U-20 AFCON tournament that will take place in Mauritania next year after winning through hard-fought knockout matches in Nelson Mandela Bay on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Namibians Under-20 team beat the Angolans with one goal to nil on Friday in a hard-fought match played at the Wolfson Stadium in Nelson Mandela Bay. The match was played in very windy conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Captain Steven Damaseb, who had scored the goal against the Comoros that got Namibia into the semi-finals, lined-up a long-range free-kick.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"451\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Namibia-into-the-U-20-COSAFA-final.jpg\" alt=\"Namibia Mozambique final match COSAFA Qualifiers U-20 AFCON tournament\" class=\"wp-image-299127\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Namibia-into-the-U-20-COSAFA-final.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Namibia-into-the-U-20-COSAFA-final.jpg 427w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Namibia-into-the-U-20-COSAFA-final.jpg 150w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Namibia-into-the-U-20-COSAFA-final.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><figcaption>Photo: Courtesy of COSAFA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His effort was caught by the wind and swerved at the last moment, beating Angola goalkeeper Manuel Antonio with a shot that the latter would have felt he should save.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique held defending champions Zambia to a goalless draw despite playing the final 52 minutes with 10 men.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mozambican victory came as surprise for the young Zambians who already have 11 title wins under their belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both teams have also sealed their place at the continental showpiece event next year and stay on track to potentially reach the 2021 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It means the competition will have an all-new champion because neither Mozambique nor Namibia has ever lifted the trophy before.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The final two games of the competition on Sunday, which includes a third-place play-off between Angola and Zambia, will be played at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, the iconic 2010 FIFA World Cup venue that will be a glorious, fitting stage for the finale to what has been an extraordinary year for COSAFA and its competitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The final match will kick-off at 15:00 and the bronze medal match before that at 12:00.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":299127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-299121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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