{"id":46686,"date":"2026-01-04T21:20:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46686"},"modified":"2026-01-04T21:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T21:20:27","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmakgopas-late-strike-not-enough-to-send-bafana-through-as-cameroon-book-2025-afcon-quarter-final-berth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/04\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmakgopas-late-strike-not-enough-to-send-bafana-through-as-cameroon-book-2025-afcon-quarter-final-berth\/","title":{"rendered":"Makgopa\u2019s late strike not enough to send Bafana through as Cameroon book 2025 AFCON quarter-final berth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-139439\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Makgopas-late-strike-not-enough-to-send-Bafana-through-as.jpeg?resize=396%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cameroon-2025-afcon-.jpeg?w=1638&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cameroon-2025-afcon-.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cameroon-2025-afcon-.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cameroon-2025-afcon-.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cameroon-2025-afcon-.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cameroon-2025-afcon-.jpeg?resize=396%2C264&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Cameroon-2025-afcon-.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767561624_468_Makgopas-late-strike-not-enough-to-send-Bafana-through-as.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Evidence Makgopa\u2019s late strike was not enough to send South Africa through to the quarter-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after Bafana Bafana lost 2-1 to Cameroon in a Round of 16 match played on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Makgopa struck in the 87th minute to reduce the deficit after Cameroon had taken a two-goal advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The Indomitable Lions opened the scoring in the 34th minute through Stoke City man Junior Tchamadeu. They doubled the lead in the 47th minute through Bayer Leverkusen forward Christian Kofane.<\/p>\n<p>The result ended South Africa\u2019s hopes of progressing to the quarter-finals for a second successive tournament after finishing third in the 2023 edition in Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon, who won the tournament in 2017, will now face hosts Morocco in the last-eight round.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco progressed after beating Tanzania 1-0 earlier in the day.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged afcon, Bafana Bafana, Cameroon, South Africa<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Makgopas #late #strike #send #Bafana #Cameroon #book #AFCON #quarterfinal #berth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Evidence Makgopa\u2019s late strike was not enough to send South Africa through to the quarter-finals of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,1432,9492,1641,439,1690,9490,9491,2703,643],"class_list":["post-46686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-bafana","tag-berth","tag-book","tag-cameroon","tag-late","tag-makgopas","tag-quarterfinal","tag-send","tag-strike"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46686"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46688,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46686\/revisions\/46688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}