Banyana eye Africa Women’s Championship semifinals
Coach Desiree Ellis’s side need a point from final game to advance in Africa tournament
Banyana Banyana vice-captain Refiloe Jane says the team go into their final Africa Women’s Championship Group B clash with Zambia on Saturday confidently after the thumping 7-1 victory over Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday. Coach Desiree Ellis’s side dominated the game throughout but only held a 2-1 lead at half-time‚ before running away with the encounter in the second period as they used their pace and precise passing to overwhelm the central African side. Banyana need just a point from their final game, against Zambia, to advance to the semifinals‚ while a defeat and a likely win for Nigeria over the hapless Equatorial Guinea would leave the trio on six points. As the Confederation of African Football uses the headto-head results to separate teams‚ it would mean a mini-league is created using only results between Banyana‚ Nigeria and Zambia‚ which would go down to goal difference. Nigeria would be on +3‚ Banyana +1 and Zambia -4. The latter would need to not only win‚ but do so by ...
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