Cape Town – Banyana Banyanas goal statistics at the COSAFA Womens Championship in the “Friendly City” of Port Elizabeth are very impressive even as defending champions.
Coach Desiree Ellis team have found the net a whopping 23 times in their three group matches and a further boost is that they conceded just one goal.
This pretty set of figures suggests that Zimbabwe are going to have to pull a rabbit out of the hat to subdue the heavily-favoured South Africans in the semi-finals of the regional competition at Wolfson Stadium tomorrow.
However, the neighbouring team will draw some confidence from their own smooth victories, which featured a total of 15 goals and, like Banyana, only one conceded.
During Banyanas 3-0 win over Madagascar in their last group game at Wolfson Stadium on Monday, midfielder Mamello Makhabane celebrated her 100th cap for the national team.
She then said about the coming game: "There is always room for improvement and you can never be fully satisfied with your performance, but I thinking winning all three games so far says something, its good motivation for us, since we didnt do well at the World Cup recently and in previous matches.
"Against Zimbabwe, we are going to be tested. They are not an easy team to beat. The game is going to need our full concentration and determination."
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