Soccer-Mofokeng double steers South Africa to 5-0 win over Eritrea

Sept 30 (Reuters) - Relebohile ⁠Mofokeng scored twice as South ⁠Africa eased to a 5-0 win ‌over minnows Eritrea in their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations Group D qualifier in neutral Cairo ​on Wednesday.

South Africa have a ⁠full haul of ⁠six points from their first two qualifiers ⁠under ‌new coachPitso Mosimane, while Kenya (one point) and Guinea (zero) meet in ⁠their second encounter in Conakry on Thursday. ​Eritrea ‌have a single point from two ⁠games.

Mofokeng has ​made a fine start to the new season at Belgian side Royale Union ⁠Saint-Gilloise and continued that form ​with two first-half goals, while he also struck the post.

Sphephelo Sithole, Iqraam Rayners and ⁠Luther Singh added three more goals in the second period as South Africa easily won the first-ever meeting between the ​sides to stay on ⁠course for the June 19 to July ​17 finals that ‌will be staged in Kenya, ​Uganda and Tanzania next year.

(Reporting by Nick SaidEditing by Toby Davis)

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9月30日（路透社）——周三，在开罗中立场地举行的2027年非洲国家杯D组预选赛中，南非队以5-0轻松战胜弱旅厄立特里亚队，雷莱博希勒·莫福肯梅开二度。

在主教练皮特索·莫西曼的带领下，南非队在前两场预选赛中取得了6分的佳绩，而肯尼亚队（1分）和几内亚队（0分）将于周四在科纳克里进行第二轮交锋。厄立特里亚队两战仅积1分。

莫福肯在新赛季加盟比利时球队皇家圣吉罗斯联队后表现出色，并在上半场梅开二度，同时还击中了门柱，延续了这种状态。

在第二节比赛中，斯佩佩洛·西索尔、伊克拉姆·雷纳斯和卢瑟·辛格又各入三球，南非轻松赢得了双方之间的首次交锋，继续朝着明年6月19日至7月17日在肯尼亚、乌干达和坦桑尼亚举行的决赛迈进。

（尼克·赛义德报道，托比·戴维斯编辑）

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