{"id":14113,"date":"2026-09-22T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/?p=14113"},"modified":"2026-09-22T14:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T11:13:27","slug":"eswatini-u20-3-2-lesotho-u20-cosafa-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/eswatini-u20-3-2-lesotho-u20-cosafa-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Eswatini U20 3-2 Lesotho U20: Gama Scores Dramatic Winner in COSAFA U20 Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eswatini U20 produced a sensational late finish to defeat Lesotho U20 3-2 in an action-packed COSAFA Championship U20 Round 2<\/strong> encounter, with Gama N. scoring the decisive goal just moments after Lesotho thought they had rescued a point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Southern African youngsters delivered five goals, a missed penalty and two stoppage-time strikes in a contest that kept football fans entertained until the final whistle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eswatini Takes Early Control<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eswatini made the brighter start and needed only 13 minutes to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Njabulo G.<\/strong> found the breakthrough to put Eswatini 1-0 ahead, giving his side the perfect platform from which to control the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesotho refused to let the early setback dictate proceedings. Their response arrived in the 30th minute when Kalache<\/strong> struck to restore parity at 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With half-time approaching, Eswatini regained the advantage. Andiswa Malaza<\/strong> struck in the 42nd minute to make it 2-1, ensuring Eswatini headed into the break with their noses in front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Missed Penalty Proves Costly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The second half brought another major turning point when Karabo L.<\/strong> stepped up for a penalty in the 60th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It represented an opportunity to change the complexion of the contest, but the spot-kick was missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That moment kept the match finely balanced heading into the closing stages, with Lesotho still chasing an equalizer and Eswatini trying to protect their narrow advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoppage-Time Drama Produces Two Goals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most remarkable period of the match arrived after the regulation 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesotho appeared to have snatched a dramatic point when Kabelo T.<\/strong> scored in the 90+1st minute, leveling the contest at 2-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrations did not last long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barely a minute later, Gama N.<\/strong> delivered the decisive response for Eswatini. His 90+2nd-minute goal restored the lead at 3-2 and completed a remarkable conclusion to the five-goal encounter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2-1 to 2-2 and then 3-2 in the space of two dramatic stoppage-time minutes, the closing stages provided a memorable finish to this COSAFA U20 clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eswatini Show Fighting Spirit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The victory highlighted Eswatini U20’s determination to keep pushing even after surrendering their advantage so late in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than settling for a draw after Lesotho’s stoppage-time equalizer, Eswatini immediately went searching for another goal and was rewarded through Gama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Lesotho, the result will be particularly difficult to digest. Their late equalizer appeared to have secured something from the contest before Eswatini struck almost immediately at the other end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"Eswatini
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Final Score: Eswatini U20 3-2 Lesotho U20<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eswatini U20 ultimately emerged victorious from a pulsating contest in which neither side stopped fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Njabulo opened the scoring, Kalache responded for Lesotho and Malaza restored Eswatini’s advantage before half-time. After a missed second-half penalty, Kabelo’s 90+1st-minute equalizer looked destined to earn Lesotho a draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gama had other ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His dramatic winner in the 90+2nd minute<\/strong> sealed a thrilling 3-2 victory for Eswatini U20<\/strong> and provided a fitting conclusion to one of the most entertaining finishes of the COSAFA Championship U20 round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eswatini U20 produced a sensational late finish to defeat Lesotho U20 3-2 in an action-packed COSAFA Championship U20 Round 2 encounter, with Gama N. scoring the decisive goal just moments after Lesotho thought they had rescued a point. The Southern African youngsters delivered five goals, a missed penalty and two stoppage-time strikes in a contest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4556,35,4547,30],"tags":[736,188,254,8426,8427,8424,8428,311,8425,8429,318],"class_list":["post-14113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","category-football-news","category-sports","category-sports-betting-news","tag-african-football","tag-bangbet-affiliate","tag-bangbet-tanzania","tag-cosafa-championship-u20","tag-cosafa-u20","tag-eswatini-u20","tag-eswatini-vs-lesotho","tag-football-betting-tanzania","tag-lesotho-u20","tag-southern-african-football","tag-sports-betting-tanzania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14118,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14113\/revisions\/14118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bangbet.com\/tz\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}