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World Cup dream still alive for group of four at Wafcon
A group of four of groups are wanting to make a stride nearer to understanding their fantasies about playing at the 2023 Fifa Women's World Cup when they challenge repechage matches at the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations for a spot in the between mainland end of the season games one year from now.
Senegal take on Tunisia and Botswana meet Cameroon in Sunday with the groups having lost their quarterfinal conflicts recently.
The champs of these binds will progress to the 10-group worldwide end of the season games in New Zealand in February, where they will challenge for the three excess spots accessible at the finals.
Taiwan, Thailand, Haiti and Panama are four sides who have proactively booked their places in that competition.
Wafcon debutants Botswana stay confident of fixing their place yet the significantly more experienced Cameroon hinder them.
The Mares lost to Morocco in their quarterfinal, while Cameroon were beaten by Nigeria, positively no shame in both of those losses.
Botswana likewise played South Africa and the Nigerians in the gathering stages, so could never have requested a harder arrangement of matches in the opposition. This will be another.
"We have played against extreme groups that have global players and as far as we might be concerned, it is our most memorable time at this competition. I think we have gained from these games yet in addition, Cameroon is a group like some other. Indeed, it is a high-positioned group, yet we know how to move toward these games. We understand what we can do," Botswana mentor Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang said.
"This will be one of our hardest arrangements for a game as far as what lies ahead yet for the most part taking a gander at what we shown during the competition particularly in our last game against Morocco with the arena completely stuffed, we are persuaded going into our next game with Cameroon.
"Seeing the manner in which Cameroon played against Nigeria, we are persuaded that we can improve. We have dissected their solidarity and shortcomings and we trust that we can dominate this match and meet all requirements to the following season finisher competition."
Cameroon mentor Gabriel Zabo has made light of his side's tag as top picks promotion is anticipating an intense test from The Mares.
"I accept that Botswana and us are equivalent. We will play to our best. Losing to Nigeria awakened us and presently we have turned our concentration to fitting the bill for the World Cup. We will keep our desire to accomplish this since we really want to dominate this game. We will give a valiant effort," Zabo says.
"Football involves expertise and some karma. We have not scored numerous objectives at this competition. We drew against Zambia in the primary game, tracked down the rear of the net against Togo and afterward dug up some authentic confidence against Tunisia. Against Nigeria, we battled to score yet we have been dealing with adjusting our mix-ups and we believe should improve against Botswana."
"We want to fit the bill for the World Cup. The Wafcon title is currently history. We actually have trust for qualifying and our center is currently to do that."
Senegal should put behind then a punishment shoot-out misfortune to Zambia in the quarterfinals, while Tunisia were edged 1-0 by South Africa.
"We need to expand on our previous experience, so we don't rehash the mix-ups we made in our last game against Zambia. We showed great things in our most memorable gatherings at this competition, we should return to it," Senegal mentor Mame Moussa Cisse said.
"Just the last score will count, more than our exhibition in the game. Against Zambia, we drove, played well however we turned out to be killed. I don't need a similar situation."
Tunisia mentor Samir Landolsi trusts his side can track down the psychological courage for one final fight.
"We needed to support the young ladies after the loss against South Africa. Travel likewise between Casablanca, Rabat and Casablanca once more, moving all our coordinated operations, has been testing. Genuinely, the young ladies are still in top shape, yet they are somewhat impacted mentally," he said.
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