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Bafana failed to reach the Africa Cup of Nations finals in Cameroon next year as they lost their final Group C qualification match 2-0 to Sudan in Omdurman on Sunday.
Two first half goals by Saifeldin Maki and Abdel Raman Yousif gave hosts Sudan the win and the second qualification spot in Group C.
In a match played at a high tempo, Sudan took the lead in the opening minutes before scoring the second and decisive one on 31 minutes, from which Bafana could never recover.
It was a disappointing result for Bafana Bafana who came into this encounter looking to avoid a defeat to qualify.
But before the visitors could settle down, the hosts got a free kick on the left which Maki nodded home past a diving Ronwen Williams.
Bafana Bafana immediately responded with a flurry of corner kicks, one of which came off the crossbar.
But there was always the risk of being caught on a counter attack and when Rahman swept past the Bafana defense to plant his ferocious shot past Williams, the writing was on the wall.
Sudan joined Ghana in qualifying for Cameroon 2022 while Bafana Bafana miss the finals of the marquee African competition for the fourth time in seven editions.
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