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Bafana Bafana continue Afcon giant killing act as they maul Morocco to reach the last eight

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Teboho Mokoena scored the second goal that sealed Bafana Bafana's 2-0 win over Morocco to advance to the last eight of the 2023 Afcon.
Teboho Mokoena scored the second goal that sealed Bafana Bafana's 2-0 win over Morocco to advance to the last eight of the 2023 Afcon.
Sia Kambou / AFP

A lad from Ga-Mampa, in rural Limpopo, beat a Moroccan defence of players plying their trade for some of the best clubs in Europe to send Bafana Bafana to the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) on Tuesday at the expense of the No. 1 ranked team in the continent. 

Evidence Makgopa embodied the odds Bafana had to beat to get the better of the Atlas Lions, whose players were developed in some of the best facilities in the world. 

Morocco came into this match not only as the highest-ranked team in the continent, but they also could brag to be one of the four best teams in the world after becoming the first African nation to reach the semi-final of the World Cup in Qatar late last year. 

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