Banyana Banyana will undergo final preparations today as they look ahead to their opening fixture of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
The South African Women's national team will lock horns with Spain in their first group encounter of the 2019 FIFA World Cup, with Head Coach Desiree Ellis revealing some of her final thoughts ahead of the game.
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"Two years of hard work, getting to qualify first and preparing from there on, now the moment is there, we had a couple of friendlies that we didn't get good results," Ellis told SAFA.
"In training, the mood is high, the players are excited and we practically there, getting ready for our first game against Spain and that is going to be very crucial for us.
"We want to make sure through all our training that players understand what it is that they need to do on the field, because come game day it is all about them, we would have done our job, it is all about them putting everything together, supporting and encouraging each other on the field.
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"We are analysing Spain and they are obviously analysing us, at our previous game they had a whole entourage of people there.
"It is our first World Cup, we are in a difficult group but we know what this team is capable of," she added.
