{"id":49780,"date":"2026-02-12T21:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49780"},"modified":"2026-02-12T21:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T21:41:02","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncaf-celebrates-maswanhises-afcon-goal-in-a-glowing-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/12\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncaf-celebrates-maswanhises-afcon-goal-in-a-glowing-post\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF celebrates Maswanhise&#8217;s AFCON goal in a glowing post"},"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-139879\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"407\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CAF-celebrates-Maswanhises-AFCON-goal-in-a-glowing-post.jpeg?resize=407%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\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=1024%2C664&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=768%2C498&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=1536%2C995&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?resize=407%2C264&amp;ssl=1 407w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tawanda-Maswanhise-Warriors-.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\"\/>&#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\/02\/1770932459_6_CAF-celebrates-Maswanhises-AFCON-goal-in-a-glowing-post.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has celebrated Tawanda Maswanhise\u2019s goal at the 2026 Africa Cup of Nations in a glowing post.<\/p>\n<p>Maswanhise scored a stunning goal in the final Group B match against South Africa. He beat four markers before slotting the ball past Ronwen Williams to equalise.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, the continental body reminisced about the goal, captioning it: \u201cPause your feed. Maswanhise did that.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pause your feed. Maswanhise did that. \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\uddfc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TotalEnergiesAFCON2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TotalEnergiesAFCON2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qH25wfaZme\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/qH25wfaZme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CAF Online (@CAF_Online) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAF_Online\/status\/2021977599510294887?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Maswanhise was also heavily involved in the Warriors\u2019 second goal, which resulted in an own goal by Bafana Bafana defender Aubrey Modiba.<\/p>\n<p>The Motherwell forward only started that match, having made a cameo appearance against Egypt. He was an unused substitute in the game against Angola.<\/p>\n<p>His performance against South Africa heavily influenced his selection among the promising talents at the 2025 AFCON.<\/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, caf, Tawanda Maswanhise<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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#CAF #celebrates #Maswanhises #AFCON #goal #glowing #post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has celebrated Tawanda Maswanhise\u2019s goal at the 2026 Africa Cup&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,922,91,9671,927,5490,2750],"class_list":["post-49780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-caf","tag-celebrates","tag-glowing","tag-goal","tag-maswanhises","tag-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49780","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=49780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49781,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49780\/revisions\/49781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}