{"id":111307,"date":"2023-08-02T11:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T10:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/?p=111307"},"modified":"2023-08-02T11:55:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T10:55:27","slug":"banyana-banyana-vs-italy-pictures-womens-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/banyana-banyana-vs-italy-pictures-womens-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Best pictures from Banyana Banyana&#8217;s thrilling win over Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banyana Banyana of South Africa joins Nigeria to keep Africa on the map in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/womens-world-cup-fixtures-results\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by qualifying past Italy in an outstanding fashion to secure a place in the knockout rounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After lacklustre performances from Zambia and Morocco, who regained their honour to secure big wins in their last group stage games, the 2022 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations winners took the game to the Italians to secure a 3-2 win after more than 110 minutes of intense football.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some nice moments were captured from the game as Banyana Banyana secured Africa\u2019s second knockout ticket.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Comeback: complete. \u2705<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Banyana_Banyana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Banyana_Banyana<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWWC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFAWWC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FIFA Women&#39;s World Cup (@FIFAWWC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWWC\/status\/1686666410972655616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>South Africa 3\u20132 Italy: The match as it happened<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things got a bit scary from the start as Italy, who were on three points prior to their meeting with Banyana Banyana, peppered their opponents\u2019 defence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They eventually caused a mistake to happen leading to a penalty which was buried past Kaylin Swart in South Africa\u2019s goal by Arianna Caruso.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It took a little while for the 2022 Women\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/africa-cup-of-nations\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AFCON<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> winners to get in the game but in the 32nd minute, South Africa forced Italy to make a mistake of their own. Benedetta Orsi scored an own goal to give Banyana Banyana a lifeline, which saw them rise to two points. That was still behind Italy on the table and it became clear that they needed to win to qualify.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That fighting spirit which they have shown throughout the tournament was ignited and in the second half, Hildah Magaiah got on the scoresheet to give them the lead. It was not a long lead as less than ten minutes later, Caruso got a brace to keep Italy ahead of South Africa on the table.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It looked to be the end until captain fantastic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/thembi-kgatlana-salary-stats-husband\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thembi Kgatlana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scored what would prove to be the winner against Italy in the 92nd minute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The goal secured Banyana Banyana\u2019s first-ever knockout round ticket in the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, giving Africa another opportunity to go a little further in the tournament.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They will now face the Netherlands in the round of 16.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">South Africa have qualified for the knockout stages of a senior World Cup tournament for the first time in the nation&#39;s history.<\/p>\n<p>Banyana Banyana. \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWWC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#FIFAWWC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GDfgNZjEc1\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/GDfgNZjEc1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Squawka (@Squawka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Squawka\/status\/1686665439907098624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Best pictures from Banyana Banyana vs Italy at the FIFA WWC AUS\/NZ<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many interesting moments were captured by the photographers on duty at the Group G curtain closer between South Africa and Italy. See some of them below.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111332\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111332\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"Best pictures as Banyana Banyana claim historic win in Women&#039;s World Cup against Italy\" width=\"696\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-80x50.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-507x320.jpg 507w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-60x38.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-696x439.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-1068x674.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-1920x1212.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-665x420.jpg 665w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211707-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hildah Magaia of South Africa celebrates putting Banyana Banyana in the lead in the 67th minute. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111337\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111337\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111337\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-1024x847.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-1024x847.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-20x17.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-80x66.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-387x320.jpg 387w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-60x50.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-696x575.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-1068x883.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-1920x1588.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-508x420.jpg 508w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211355-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caruso Arianna of Italy celebrates one of her two goals in the game with Italy\u2019s bench. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111338\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111338\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-865x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-865x1024.jpg 865w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-768x909.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-17x20.jpg 17w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-68x80.jpg 68w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-270x320.jpg 270w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-51x60.jpg 51w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-150x178.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-300x355.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-696x824.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-1068x1264.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-1920x2273.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-355x420.jpg 355w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211343-scaled.jpg 1730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banyana Banyana star Linda Motlhalo during the game against Italy. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111339\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111339\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111339\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-20x14.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-80x58.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-444x320.jpg 444w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-60x43.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-696x502.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-1068x770.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-1920x1384.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-583x420.jpg 583w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-324x235.jpg 324w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211296-1-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Captain Thembi Kgatlana celebrates scoring the winner for Banyana Banyana to send them into the round of 16. Credit &#8211; Icon sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111340\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111340\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-111340\" src=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-1024x848.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-1024x848.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-20x17.jpg 20w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-80x66.jpg 80w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-386x320.jpg 386w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-60x50.jpg 60w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-696x576.jpg 696w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-1068x884.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-1920x1590.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-507x420.jpg 507w, https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/ICONSPORT_73211525-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" title=\"\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bambanani Mbane in action for Banyana Banyana against Italy. Credit &#8211; Icon Sport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay tuned to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goalball Live<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for excellent coverage on the African teams at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banyana Banyana of South Africa joins Nigeria to keep Africa on the map in the 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup by qualifying past Italy in an outstanding fashion to secure a place in the knockout rounds.\u00a0 After lacklustre performances from Zambia and Morocco, who regained their honour to secure big wins in their last group [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":977,"featured_media":111348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no"},"categories":[33143,1],"tags":[10585],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"modified_by":"Chandan Pandey","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111307"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111307"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111350,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111307\/revisions\/111350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111307"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goalballlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=111307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}