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Vera Pauw Optimistic About Olympic Qualifier

Vera Pauw Optimistic About Olympic Qualifier

Banyana Banyana head coach, Vera Pauw, maintains her charges are ready for their Olympic Qualifier against Equatorial Guinea.

Read: Pauw Hails Importance Of First-Leg Clean Sheet

The two nations have it all to play for in the second leg this afternoon, after they played out to a goalless draw in the first leg at the Makhulong Stadium.

The Banyana head coach insists they have prepared well and she feels her side are ready to get the hob done.

"The clock is ticking ever so closer. The moment we have all been waiting for is upon us. In the end, it boils down to the 90 minutes or so that will be played. But I am confident in my team, we came here for a mission and we want to see it through. I believe the team is ready," Pauw said in a statement released by SAFA.

"We have done everything we can to prepare the team and you saw how lively the looked at training – if they can repeat at the match what they did at the final training session then we are on our way to victory. We are also happy that everything went according to plan, travelling to Bata smoothly and the hotel being what we expected. So we are happy with off the field matters so let's just go and do it."

The match is scheduled to get underway at 17h00 at the Estadio de Bata, a win or a score draw will see Banyana qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio next year.

 

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