Teenager Loreta Kullashi came off the bench to score twice as Sweden weathered an early South African storm before coasting to a 3-0 victory in an international friendly at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday. A crowd of about 12‚000 turned out to watch the entertaining fixture that Banyana Banyana used to kick-start their campaign to build towards the 2018 African Women’s Championship in Ghana in November. The Sweden side is packed with stars who have played at the highest level in Europe and the US‚ coming into the match ranked 10th in the world compared to Banyana’s 54th place. The home side matched them for much of the game‚ but poor control and decision-making proved the difference. Banyana were closing the Swedes down well in the early stages and after Thembi Kgatlana had won possession‚ a sweeping move saw a shooting chance from 10m for Sduduzo Dlamini that went just wide. Sweden lead on 10 minutes when former Paris St Germain and Manchester City midfielder Kosovare Asllani deliv...
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