The Women’s FIFA World Cup Trophy is on a two-day tour to South Africa, ahead of the tournament to be hosted by New Zealand and Australia between July and August this year.
Today, the Trophy is in Pimville at the Shapa Soweto Centre where a SAFA delegation has received it. Banyana Banyana players and legends, amongst them Banyana Banyana Coach, Desiree Ellis attend the event which will see community members given a chance to take photos with the trophy. Banyana Banyana will be representing the country at the Women’s FIFA World Cup.
“This is not just one level, this is a couple of levels up from WAFCON and we say to the players, all the time, you select yourselves by performances and it is up to them to raise their hands. Raise their hands they did, team of the year nomination, a couple of you players have individual nominations as well, it has been good 24-months or so for this team and it shows.
I think it is well deserved, I think the players really did put in the work, they have really raised their hands and I always say they deserve what they deserve. If the team does well, it is fantastic, it says we are on the right track, we are trusting the process and hopefully come world cup we get the results that we want. You are going to be at the FIFA World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, there it is, you can taste it now,” says Desiree Ellis, Banyana Banyana’s coach.
The Women’s World Cup, founded in 1991, has been won by four countries since its inception, Germany, Japan, Norway and the US.
Source: SABC
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