{"id":1090,"date":"2025-12-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalmzansi.com\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:40:44","slug":"bafanas-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalmzansi.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/bafanas-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana\u2019s praise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Angola\u2019s 2-1 loss against Bafana Bafana in their opening Group B match at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations on Monday, Patrice Beaumelle believes his side gave a good account of themselves against a \u2018top\u2019 African team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking after the game, Beaumelle reserved special praises for Bafana, while mentioning that Angola are sad after their opening day defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cObviously, we are a bit sad because we lost the first game and when you start a competition, it\u2019s always important to start with points,\u201d Beaumelle said on Prime Sports With Mahlatse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut facing a top team in Africa, I think we did a good game when we play such a team. We made two mistakes and then we played catch up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first goal we get back, and we try to contain. We tried to apply the plan that we prepared during all weeks but finally we made another mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCongratulations for Bafana Bafana and we just have to keep your heads up because we still have two games to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angola head coach Patrice Beaumelle lauds Bafana Bafana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,30],"tags":[96,59],"class_list":["post-1090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bafana-news","category-international-news","tag-2025-afcon","tag-bafana-bafana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bafana\u2019s 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