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‘Distraught’ Van Wyk walks out of Banyana ahead of DRC tie

Van Wyk expressed her disappointment of not being performed within the first leg in opposition to DRC on social media.

After being left-out on the bench in Banyana Banyana’s 1-1 draw with Democratic Republic of Congo in a Caf Olympics qualifier first leg in Kinshasa final week Wednesday, defender Janine van Wyk has determined to depart the workforce’s camp.

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Van Wyk, who introduced her retirement from worldwide soccer final week, was known as up into the nationwide girls’s workforce with the view of the participant being handed two extra caps as a way to turn into the longest serving participant each female and male with 185 caps.

The defender is at present on 183 nationwide workforce caps, whereas the report of the longest serving nationwide workforce participant, which is held by Egypt legend Ahmed Hassan, who has 184 intrnational caps.

Van Wyk sat on the bench within the sport in opposition to the DRC, which resulted in a 1-1 draw, with coach Desiree Ellis beginning the match with a very new defence pairing – which consisted of Lonathemba Mhlongo, Karabo Dhlamini, Fikile Magama and attacking m-midfielder Wendy Shongwe being deployed at left-back.

The former Banyana captain expressed her disappointment of not being performed within the first leg in opposition to DRC on social media X, beforehand often known as Twitter, stating that she will be able to’t clarify how she is feeling after being denied a possibility to set the continental report.

“I can’t describe the ache I’m feeling deep inside of me. One final second I’m meant to embrace has turned to be a second of distraught,“ wrote Van Wyk.

Ellis confirmed Van Wyk’s exit from, with the Banyana mentor admitting that the defender was not pleased with what transpired within the away match.

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But, revealed that she nonetheless has a possibility to attain her objective within the upcoming matches.

 “Janine is not here, she is mentally not ok with what happened in DR Congo because we didn’t give the cap. There is still an opportunity for her getting that cap. We have games coming up with the final qualifier for the Caf Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) next month,” stated Ellis.

Banyana will host the DRC within the return leg set to be performed at Orlando Stadium on Monday, and the winner of the two-legged tie will progress to the subsequent section of the qualifiers.


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