South Africa ruined the Africa party in the men football opening games in Tokyo 2020 Olympics after Egypt, Ivory Coast open campaign on a Positive note.
South Africa were beaten by host, Japan to kickoff their campaign with a winning start.
Bafana Bafana who were unable to hold the host who find their breakthrough in second half.
In the first game involving an African team, The Pharaoh’s of Egypt were able to hold Spain to a goalless draw
The Furia Roja struggled to create threats in the second half but came extremely close to a winner on 88 minutes when a superb cross from Bryan Gill down the left flank found Rafa Mir unmarked but his header went straight to Elshenawy’s hands as both teams shared the spoils.
Also, Ivory Coast record Africa first win in the Olympics with a 2-1 victory against Saudi Arabia.
Ivory Coast is making its first Olympic appearance since the 2008 Beijing Games when the team advanced to the knockout stage. Saudi Arabia hasn’t been to an Olympics in soccer since 1996.
Ivory Coast went ahead 1-0 late in the first half after an own-goal from defender Abdulelah Alamri, but Saudi Arabia rebounded when Salem Aldawsari scored in the 44th minute.
The Ivorian side got their winning goal in the second half to make a winning start to their 2020 Olympic Campaign.