Saturday, June 15, 2013

Botswana 3 - Central African Republic 2

Central African Republic made the trek to Lobatse to face Botswana with neither team having any hope of making it to Brasil 2014.  Nicaise Ozingoni opened the scoring for the visitors, but their bright start looked to be thrown out the window with five minutes left in the half.  Central African Republic were reduced to ten men by a direct red card shown to Ali Calvin Tolmbaye for bringing down Mogakolodi Ngele in the box.  Botswana converted the penalty kick, and the match was all square at one goal apiece at halftime.

Five minutes after the restart, Ozingoni had his brace as the visitors were not yet exhausted from having to cover extra territory with one less player.  Eventually, the disadvantage came back to harm them.  Ngele equalized with a quarter hour left on the lock.  Then, a rebound from a Botswana free kick was knocked in by Ofentse Nato (pictured, blue) to give Botswana a late lead.  Botswana held on to win 3-2.

Ethiopia 10 pts +4
South Africa 8 pts +5
Botswana OUT
Cen. Af. Rep. OUT

Goals
Botswana
Jerome Ramatlhakwane 41 PK
Mogakolodi Ngele 74
Ofentse Nato 86

Central African Republic
Nicaise Ozingoni 33, 50

Match Reports:
http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=3494
http://www.bloemfonteincelticfc.co.za/articles.aspx?Id=1975424
http://www.mtnfootball.com/international/fifa-world-cup-2014/matches/reports/2013/june/15-botswana-v-car.html

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