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Banyana to get World Cup send-off match, Opponents confirmed

Banyana Banyana will face Botswana in a pleasant worldwide to be performed at Tsakane Stadium, within the East Rand, on Sunday, 2 July 2023.

The match will likely be used as a send-off for the Sasol-sponsored South African senior girls’s nationwide workforce as they put together to journey to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand subsequent month.

Banyana coach Desiree Ellis introduced her closing 23-member FIFA Women’s World Cup-bound squad at a glittering ceremony held at Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest home in Tshwane on Friday (23 June 2023).

Banyana Banyana will get a send-off match

The FIFA Women’s World Cup will likely be co-hosted in Australia and New Zealand from 20 July – 20 August 2023.

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Ellis stated she was wanting ahead to the match in opposition to Botswana which would be the workforce’s final on residence soil.

“We simply need to thank the Football Association getting us a send-off match. We comprehend it has been a tough process, we’re actually grateful and we ask the followers to come out of their numbers to assist this workforce and to give us a improbable send-off. We look ahead to enjoying the match and we thank Botswana as effectively for coming ahead to play this send-off match, added the Banyana mentor.

“It’s an enormous match for us, the final match earlier than we go away the shores of South Africa. We really need to put up efficiency and once more we urge the followers to come out and actually give us a improbable send-off,” Ellis informed www.safa.net .

Nozipho Mbatha, Senior Manager: Group Brand & Sponsorships at Sasol, shared her pleasure about Banyana Banyana enjoying their closing pleasant sport on residence soil, in opposition to South Africa’s neighbours, Botswana, as a part of the preparations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

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“As the main enabler of girls’s soccer in South Africa, Sasol needs to make sure that the gamers have alternatives to put together adequately for the varied tournaments, together with the upcoming Women’s World Cup.

“We consider that the encounter in opposition to Botswana will assist the gamers gauge their readiness and know what to nonetheless work on earlier than they depart for Australia and New Zealand. We know that Sasol will not be alone in our assist for Banyana Banyana, as this workforce carries the hopes and goals of 60 million South Africans. We invite all South Africans to come out and assist Banyana Banyana on the stadium and keep in mind, your assist provides them the vitality to carry out.”

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