South Africa’s Under-17 men’ side, Amajimbos, are out of the race for this year’s Cosafa men’s Under-17 Championship title following their 7-0 defeat against Zambia at Mpira Stadium on Monday afternoon.
Zambia’s first goal came in the 11th minute when Miguel Chaiwa headed home a brilliant opener following a cross from the far side.
Eight minutes later, Joseph Banda made it 2-0 after controlling a long ball from his teammate inside the 18-yard box, before coolly converting the chance.
Amajimbos weaved a few beautiful touches while pressing forward in search of creating goal-scoring opportunities of their own, however, Zambia was not willing to budge in their rearguard.
In the 38th minute, brace scorer Rickson Ng’ambi made it 3-0 with a beauty of a free kick taken just next to the corner flag from the far side.
The ball made its way straight into the net as it went an inch above every defensive clearance Amajimbos’ defensive line tried to make in leaping for it.
In the second half, Zambia wrapped things up with four impressive goals scored by Ng’ambi, Moses Mulenga, Charles Mumba and Peter Chikola.
Vela Khumalo’s side will now face Eswatini in their final Group A tie, while Zambia will play hosts Malawi. The games will be played at Kamuzu and Mpirat stadiums respectively on Wednesday at 2pm.
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