To go to the World Cup as African champions has a lovely ring about it.
While the men’s team, Bafana Bafana, continue to languish in an almost perpetual nowhere, Banyana are flying the South African flag high and proud, going from strength to strength in the women’s game.
Hildah Magaia’s brace on Saturday, two expertly taken strikes from the 27-year-old Korea-based forward, grabbed a deserved win for Banyana, who took the game to the hosts in front of a partisan crowd, defying even the green lasers shone in their faces, a constant blight from the stands in the game in these parts.Banyana won all six of their matches at the Wafcon, topped by a brilliant win over the continent’s superpower Nigeria, and tailed by this final triumph.
With a narrow 1-0 win over Tunisia in the quarter-finals, Banyana sealed their place in a second successive Fifa Women’s World Cup finals, the next edition to be played in Australia and New Zealand from 20 July to 20 August next year. There was, however, still a deep desire to finally win the continental crown after so many near misses.And on top of this, with all that is going on right now, South Africa must lap up any kind of cheer.
“SA this is for you!” screamed Ellis into a camera after the match. Thank you, Desiree, and thank you, Banyana.
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