Tanzania started their TotalEnergies CAF Ladies’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 marketing campaign with a well-known 2-1 win over South Africa of their Group B match on Monday night.
The East Africans produced a courageous show on the Moulay Rachid Stadium in Casablanca to defeat the previous African champions and declare an essential three factors.
Tanzania made a shiny begin and practically took the lead within the thirteenth minute when captain Opa Tukumbuke chased a free ball contained in the penalty space, however South African goalkeeper Andile Dlamini made a great save.
Two minutes later, South Africa survived one other scare after a again header nearly led to an personal objective, however Dlamini recovered in time to cease the ball from crossing the road.
South Africa responded with probabilities of their very own. Hildah Magaia fired simply over the crossbar earlier than Karabo Dhlamini struck the woodwork with a robust long-range effort.
Regardless of South Africa’s strain, Tanzania went forward within the thirty seventh minute. Diana Msewa beat her defender earlier than calmly ending previous Dlamini on the close to publish.
South Africa pushed for an equaliser and located one in first-half added time. After Tanzania goalkeeper Najiati Idrisa made a save, Bambanani Mbane reacted quickest to go the ball into the online and make it 1-1 earlier than the break.
The defending champions nearly took the lead simply after the restart, however Refiloe Jane was unable to transform her probability.
With the match heading for a draw, Tanzania struck the winner within the 86th minute. Substitute Hasnath Ubamba turned her marker contained in the field earlier than firing a low shot previous Dlamini to seal a memorable victory.
The win provides Tanzania an ideal begin to Group B forward of Friday’s match towards Burkina Faso. South Africa will now look to bounce again after they face Côte d’Ivoire on the identical day.
