{"id":93289,"date":"2026-04-08T18:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93289"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:34:24","slug":"bulgaria-falls-as-south-africa-wraps-up-uefa-four-nations-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/?p=93289","title":{"rendered":"Bulgaria falls as South Africa wraps up UEFA Four Nations in style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29506 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/soccer-goal-2021-09-24-01-24-01-utc-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"soccer goal\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/soccer-goal-2021-09-24-01-24-01-utc-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/soccer-goal-2021-09-24-01-24-01-utc-1-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/soccer-goal-2021-09-24-01-24-01-utc-1-scaled-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>South African u16 National Team<\/strong> ended their participation in the <strong>UEFA<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Four Nations Development Tournament<\/strong> on a winning note on Wednesday, eclipsing the host nation, <strong>Bulgaria<\/strong>, 4-3 in a penalty shootout after their match ended in a 2-2 draw after regulation time.<\/p>\n<p>The clash revealed South Africa&#8217;s strong character, with the tourists fighting back from a 0-2 deficit to level the contest.<\/p>\n<p>After a goalless first half, Bulgaria broke the deadlock in the 62nd minute and added another goal 13 minutes later, leaving SA with only 15 minutes to swing the contest.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa needed a rapid response, and they got it only four minutes after conceding a second goal, with <strong>Thabang Makoba<\/strong> providing the finish. Then, with six minutes remaining before the final whistle, <strong>Selaelo Moloisi<\/strong> equalised.<\/p>\n<p>With the game on the line, the South African side stayed calm and composed in the shootout and were rewarded with a narrow 4-3 victory from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n<p>Their tour began on a sour note when, on Saturday, 4 April, they lost 0-3 to Georgia. <a href=\"https:\/\/ssschoolsplus.co.za\/ferguson-and-mosana-braces-lead-south-africa-to-uefa-four-nations-victory\/\"><strong>South Africa rebounded on Monday with a 5-1 victory over Kosovo<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The UEFA Four Nations tournament in Bulgaria provided the touring side with invaluable international experience and exposure,\u00a0 as well as good preparation for the <strong>u17 TotalEnergies Confederation of African Football (CAF), Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon),<\/strong> which takes place in <strong>Morocco<\/strong> from 13 May to 13 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African u16 National Team ended their participation in the UEFA\u00a0Four Nations Development Tournament on a winning note on Wednesday, eclipsing the host nation, Bulgaria, 4-3 in a penalty shootout after their match ended in a 2-2 draw after regulation time. The clash revealed South Africa&#8217;s strong character, with the tourists fighting back from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":29506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.ssschoolsplus.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}