WINDHOEK: The national senior men’s football team, the Brave Warriors advanced to the semi-finals of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) Cup after defeating Seychelles 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon.
The 2024 COSAFA Cup is currently underway in Gqeberha, South Africa. Namibia finished second in Group C, level on seven points with Angola. The Brave Warriors won two matches and drew one in their group stage.
Heading into their final match of the group stages Namibia was tied on four points with Angola, and only a victory could secure their spot in the next round of the competition.
The dominant Brave Warriors squad on the day opened the scoring through a penalty by Muzeu Muzeu in the eighth minute to take matters into their own hands.
Muzeu could have doubled their score in the 23rd minute but shot straight into the goalkeeper in a one-on-one encounter and a minute later, Muzeu once again got an opportunity to find the back of the net, but luck was not on his side.
The first half saw
the Namibian boys dominate play as they looked strong going forward as well as creating many scoring opportunities, but all their efforts did not yield any results.
The first half ended 1-0 in favour of the Brave Warriors.
In the second half, the Namibian team continued from where they left off in the first half by scoring their second goal just two minutes into the second half through Erastus Kulula.
The Brave Warriors tripled their score with Muzeu scoring his second goal when he took advantage of Seychelles’ defence in the 80th minute.
Seychelles managed to score a consolation goal in the 87th minute after catching the Namibian defence off guard, but it was not enough to stop the Namibian team’s goal of advancing to the next round of the competition.
Namibia are now set to face Comoros in the semi-finals on Friday, hoping to reach the final scheduled for Sunday.
Source: The Namibia Press Agency