Banyana Banyana wrapped up their two-match series against Lesotho on a winning note after beating the neighbouring country 2-0 in an international friendly played at the UJ Soweto Campus on Tuesday.
Coach Dr Desiree Ellis’ youthful charges picked up where they left off on Saturday – they beat the visitors 1-0 in the first international friend at the same venue – and raced to an early lead after Sibongile Ntoane opened the scoring in the fourth minute. The Sasol-sponsored South African senior women’s national team could have scored more goals as they continued to raid visiting goalkeeper Reitumetse Tuoane’s goal area. They were eventually rewarded when Unathi Simayile increased the lead just before the halftime break.
Dr Ellis said she took a lot of positives from the game and her youthful charges will learn from the experience gained during this camp.
“I think we started well, and then of course we stopped playing, so it’s easy to show that now, and then whatever we did in leading up to that goal, we didn’t do,” she said.
“We started running with the ball, started getting caught in possession, everyone, and we tried to tell them just to, because for many of these players, two games in quick succession like this, they’re not used to that.