U-20 tournament: Hungary beat South Africa

  1. Posted on Thursday 1 October 2009 - 16:00
    AfricaNews editor
    AfricaNews sports desk
    Hungary beat 4-0 SA in Group F at the U-20 World Cup on Wednesday. Hungary goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi made several good saves in the first half as South Africa started the game well. Zsolt Korcsmar opened the scoring just after half-time before Vladimir Koman converted a penalty following a foul by Collen Zulu.
    egypt 2009
    Andras Debreceni added a third before an Adam Presinger free-kick in injury time sealed the rout for Hungary, BBC reported.

    South Africa has just a single point from their two games so far, while Hungary moves to three points.

    In the Group's other game United Arab Emirates beat Honduras 1-0 to qualify to the knockout stage of the tournament.

    In Saturday's final games, South Africa takes on Honduras while the UAE will play Hungary.

Latest News

  1. OPINION: Welcome to African Green Revolution24/05For the past century and a half, Africa has tried various agricultural ap…
  2. Egyptians vote in historic election23/05Egyptians began voting freely on Wednesday for the first time to pick the…
  3. Women struggle to rinse hunger, poverty stains21/05Just looking at her one clearly appreciates that she is old and frail the…
  4. Climate Climate change affects migratory birds…21/05Changes in the climate globally have affected the movement of both migrat…
  5. Ghana: Foreign retailers cited for currency…18/05The Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA) is attributing the sharp de…
  6. Kenya: Community radio brings succour to…18/05Korogocho, a slum in northeastern Nairobi with 100,000 inhabitants, had m…
  7. Veld fires 'flame' Zimbabwe's…16/05Over the years, Zimbabwe has experienced the scourge of veld fires destro…
  8. Liberia commends ECOWAS for support14/05The induction training of pioneer Economic Community of West African Stat…
News archive