South Africa need just a point in their last Group C match versus Botswana at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday to seal best position in the pool and set up a quarterfinal clash with Tunisia.Banyana Banyana have two wins from two in pool play so far, however face precarious Mares side who will be no pushovers and have had a lot of contact with Des Ellis' group in the new past through the CSOAFA Women's Championship.
That being said, they have never beaten Banyana in 15 previous attempts (D3 L12), yet took them out of the Tokyo Olympic Games qualifying in 2019 on penalties after the tie finished 0-0 on aggregate.Botswana have proactively sealed their position in the quarterfinals and unless there is an uncommon set of results, will finish third in Group C.
For them to finish second they need to either better the result of Nigeria against minnows Burundi, or beat Banyana to see the main three all end up on six points, making a smaller than expected association between them to decide last positions.
However, as things stand, and will probably wind up, it is South Africa versus Tunisia, Nigeria meet Cameroon and Botswana against hosts Morocco in the Last 8.That is just about the best result Banyana could have expected given the strength of teams they might have looked in the following stage, and keeping in mind that Tunisia will be extreme, they are truly conquerable.
The four semifinalists at this year's African championship qualify naturally for the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup, with two of the losing quarterfinalists going through a troublesome course by means of the inter-mainland end of the season games.
Banyana coach Des Ellis will have blended emotions at the opposition so far, watching her side beat reigning champs Nigeria in their opener, however at that point put in an unfortunate display in the following game that yielded a 3-1 successes over Burundi, yet suggests her side should up their game considerably against harder opponents.
"We will also view the opposition and see how we can benefit from their weaknesses," Ellis said of Botswana. "An exceptionally recognizable group we've played against so frequently, and we'll ensure that we execute our arrangement.
"We must ensure that we start well. We always need to start on the front foot and ensure that we put opponents under tension. We will examine what we can improve [than against Burundi]."
For Nigeria it is a case of gathering speed after their stuttering start thus will not wat to take the foot off the pedal against a Burundi side that were especially open against Banyana and could have yielded twofold figures on one more day.
"We need to expand on the certainty that we got from dominating our second match," Super Falcons coach Randy Waldrum said. "At the point when you go into the third gathering game, as the coaching staff, we start taking a gander at who we need to play, who should rest.
"Some of our players have played an hour and a half two times as of now and it is a long competition. Assuming you are sufficiently lucky to endure six games, we must be careful so these are some of the challenges that we have. So we need to attempt to track down that equilibrium."
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