Banyana Banyana suffered a 7-2 loss to Norway in their World Cup preparation match, with Coach Desiree Ellis confirming that the negative result is a big concern for her side.
The South African women's national team will get their 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign underway this week against Spain, although, were unable to make the most of their final friendly encounter ahead of the competition.
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"Not a good day at the office but there were a few circumstances leading up to that, a trip that should have taken one and a half hours, took way more than that. We left at five and got here at quarter to nine and the game started at half past nine so everything was rushed. But yet we should have done better," Banyana head coach, Desiree Ellis told SAFA.
Ellis then went on to admit that it is a big concern for her that Banyana have not won any of their friendly and preparation encounters leading up to this week.
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"It is a big concern but it hasn't been easy games either, the one game that was winnable was the Jamaica game and we did not win that, against the USA it was always going to be tough and some of the other games especially in the Cyprus Cup, we were in good positions and at times, we felt that if we had taken that opportunity we would have gone in leading.
"If you don't take your chances you will get punished and that is another lesson that we have learn very quickly," she said.
