{"id":37519,"date":"2026-06-19T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T11:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37519"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:26:09","slug":"37519","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/37519\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafana Bafana draw with Czechia to keep World Cup hopes alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bafana Bafana have drawn one all, in their crucial FIFA World Cup group-stage clash against Czechia in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States (US), keeping their hopes in the tournament alive.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana Bafana came from behind to snatch a one-all draw in their second Group A match of the 2026 edition against Czechia in Atlanta, Georgia, in the US.<\/p>\n<p>They now need to beat South Korea in their last group match next Thursday in Monterrey, Mexico, to stand a chance of advancing.<\/p>\n<p>Czechia were on the score sheet as early as the sixth minute through Michal Sadilek.<\/p>\n<p>Bafana, who enjoyed the lion\u2019s share of possession, were awarded a penalty for handball in the 83rd minute, which Teboho Mokoena converted.<\/p>\n<p>The goal and draw secured Bafana Bafana the crucial point they needed to stay alive in the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Mokoena will, however, miss Bafana\u2019s last group match after receiving a second yellow card.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35912,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,20],"class_list":["post-37519","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Czechia were on the score sheet as early as the sixth minute through Michal Sadilek.","published_date":"","news_description":"Czechia were on the score sheet as early as the sixth minute through Michal Sadilek.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37524,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37519\/revisions\/37524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}