South Africa, host of the FIFA Confederations Cup, gained precious three points by defeating New Zealand 2-0 in its second Group A match of the intercontinental tournament on Wednesday in the South African northern city of Rustenburg. Both squads desired for a victory to keep alive their dreams of progressing from Group A after South Africa held a scoreless draw with Asian champions Iraq while European champions Spain thrashed New Zealand 5-0 in the first round of Group A matches.
Bafana Bafana staged more effective attacks than the Kiwis throughout the match, which could amount to 22 shots and 10 shots on goal, in a sharp contrast to the record of New Zealand which stood at five and one respectively.
South Africa front-runner Bernard Parker redeemed his fatal fault in the last match against Iraq by scoring twice for his team in the match against the Kiwis.
Everton's Steven Pienaar, left-back Tsepo Masilela and Parker formed a blitz trio of Bafana Bafana. Pienaar played it out wide to Masilela. Paker received the pass from Masilela and finished the assault by hammering the ball in to enable the hosts to take the lead in the 21st minute.
Six minutes after the interval, Pienaar once again controlled the rhythm of attacks. Masilela got the ball down the left and passed it to Parker who flicked it home briskly.
The two goals may help Parker amend his mistake in the match against Iraq on Sunday in which he inadvertently stood on the way of the goal-bound header of his teammate Kagisho Dikgacoi.
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