Blow by blow: Bafana Bafana vs Ghana

Starting XI

South Africa: Brilliant Khuzwayo, Anele Ngcongca, Thabo Matlaba, Rivaldo Coetzee, Erick Mathoho, Dean Furman (C), Andile Jali, Mandla Masango, Thuso Phala, Tokelo Rantie, Bongani Ndulula

Ghana: Brimah, Afful, Rahman, Amartey, Mensah, Acquah, A. Ayew, Wakaso, Atsu, Gyan, J. Ayew

– referee blows for full time. Full time score, Bafana Bafana 1-2 Ghana

– 90′ 3 minutes of added time will be played

– 89′ Brimah is booked for time wasting

– 88′ Letsholonyane’s shot is blocked

– 84′ Bernard Parker replaces Bongani Ndulula of Bafana Bafana

– Goal alert! Senegal 0-2 Algeria

– 82′ Bafana Bafana 1-2 Ghana

– 80′ corner kick to Ghana. Bafana defend success fully

– 79′ corner kick for Ghana

– 78′ Furman is booked

– 74′ Khuzwayo with a brilliant save to deny Ghana

– 72′ Bafana Bafana 1-1 Ghana. Dede Ayew gives Ghana the lead.

– 70′ corner kick to Bafana. The ball goes out for a second corner

– 68′ Bafana attacking from time to time to catch Ghana on the counter

– 67′ free kick to Ghana

– 66′ throw in for Bafana

– 64′ Wakaso is pushed off the ball by Jali. Free kick to Ghana

– 62′ Bafana defend successfully. Goal kick to Bafana

– 61′ free kick to Ghana. The ball goes out for a corner kick

– 59′ throw in for Ghana

– 56′ Thuso Phala is replaced by Sibusiso Vilakazi for Bafana Bafana

– 55′ Khuzwayo intercepts Ghana’s cross in the box

– 54′ corner kick to Ghana. Furman clears the corner cross

– 52′ corner kick to Ghana. The cross in punched away by Khuzwayo

– 51′ Ndulula is marked and fails to trouble Brimah in the box. Matlaba’s cross goes over the goal post

– 50′ Atsu wins a free kick for Ghana, Mathoho heads the ball clear

– 49′ throw in for Bafana

– 48′ Gyan fires the free kick shot over the goal posts

– 47′ Gyan gets a free kick on the D line for Ghana. Bafana to defend the free kick

– 46′ Brimah leaves his line early to beat Ndulula to the ball

– the second half is underway.

– referee blows for half time. Half time score, Bafana Bafana 1-0 Ghana

– 45′ 1 minute of added time will be played

– 43′ free kick to Bafana. Mathoho fails to control the ball and it goes out for a goal kick to Ghana

– 41′ Masango over cooks his cross into the box. Goal kick to Ghana

– 39′ Ndulula’s header is blocked by goalkeeper Brimah, superb goalkeeping

– 38′ Ghana’s long ball forward is too strong for Atsu to control

– 36′ Ngcongca is booked for comments directed at the referee

– 34′ a brilliant save from Khuzwayo to deny Ghana

– 31′ Ndulula slips and fails to connect with Masango’s corner kick cross in the box

– 29′ Jali’s shot is deflects out for a corner. Jali needs medical treatment after clashing with Rahman as he took the shot

– 27′ corner kick to Ghana. Amartey misdirects his header in the penalty box. Goal kick to Bafana

– 25′ corner kick to Ghana. Bafana’s counter attack is stopped by the offside flag

– 23′ corner kick to Ghana. The ball is punched out by Khuzwayo

– 22′ Bafana lose the ball in the final third

– 20′ offside call goes against Bafana

– 19′ Gyan runs into a wall of Bafana players outside the box

– 16′ Mandla Masango scores a thunder bolt for Bafana. Bafana Bafana 1-0 Ghana

– Goal alert! Senegal 0-1 Algeria

– 14′ goal kick to Bafana

– 13′ throw in for Ghana

– 11′ offside call goes against Ghana

– 10′ Ndulula fails to connect with  Phala’s cross into the box

– 9′ a hand ball from Ghana gives Bafana the advantage

– 8′ the offside call goes against Bafana

– 7′ throw in for Ghana

– 5′ Khuzwayo keeps J. Ayew’s shot out of goals.

– 4′ Mathoho commits a foul on Gyan. Free kick to Ghana

– 3′ goal kick to Bafana

– 2′ throw in for Ghana

– 1′ a long ball forward from Ngcongca can’t find Ndulula

– Ghana playing from right to left, while Bafana attack from left to right

– Kickoff! Ghana get the game underway