Banyana take on rivals Nigeria in their opening game of the WAFCON.
Banyana Banyana defender Noko Matlou eager for continental success. Picture: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images
At 36-years old, Matlou is a very experienced player in the Banyana squad who has been played at three WAFCON’s, and all three Banyana earned the tagline of being bridesmaids having finished as runners-up of the competition, taking the tally to five times.Matlou, who is a former African Woman Footballer of the Year , knows best the pain of having to finish in second place and coming close to Banyana winning their first continental tournament.
“We have come close so many times and it has been heartbreaking. It’s not nice finishing as second best, especially in such a tournament like the WAFCON, a continental tournament which every nation wishes to win at some point. But, what we have to do now is to focus and forget about what happened in the past.
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