Algeria and South Africa share the spoils in friendly thriller
Algeria and South Africa played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in their ‘Fifa Series’ international friendly at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Baraki, Algiers, on Tuesday.
The Desert Foxes and Bafana put on a feast of attacking football, headlined by a brace of goals from Themba Zwane and an early contender for the 2024 Puskas Award (prize for best goal of the year) from Yassine Benzia, who opened and closed the scoring on the night.
South Africa made 10 changes compared to the starting XI which faced Andorra last Thursday, with only Thabang Monare retained in the line-up.
And the visitors nearly made a dream start, with Oswin Appollis latching onto Nyiko Mobbie’s low cross from the right flank and firing off a powerful shot which thundered off the crossbar in just the third minute.
South Africa offered further threats on goal via shots from Teboho Mokoena and Aubrey Modiba, but Algeria claimed the lead in the 22nd minute when Yacine Brahimi fed Yassine Benzia on a counter attack, and the forward sent a left-footed drive through the legs of Grant Kekana and into the bottom corner of the net for 1-0.
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