Women's Under-17 soccer side crash out

MOSAH MOKGANEDI
Correspondent | Tuesday February 7, 2012 00:00

Despite the huge margin loss, coach Jacqueline Sefemo was impressed by her girl's performance. Sefemo said her team's tactical and technical awareness has improved compared to the last time they took part in the same qualifiers.

She described their weekend match as fair, saying her team had an upper hand, but were let down by poor finishing. 

Sefemo said her team played well but made the wrong decisions at crucial moments. She said Zambia scored the two goals in the first half and it was clear that they were under pressure in the second half as they played defensive football.

She said her team had clear cut scoring opportunities, but failed to convert. 'It is not like Zambia was a superior team. It was just that there were better prepared than us,' she said. Sefemo said there is still light at the end of the tunnel and that with better preparations the team can do well in future.

She believed the reason they lost with a reduced margin in the second game was because they had played an international friendly against North West. She said the game helped them identify their weakness that they managed to work on before the second match.

Sefemo appreciated the Botswana Football Association's (BFA) help in preparing for the matches although she said more still needed to be done. She said the support that the association gives junior teams is not much compared to their senior counterparts.

Sefemo emphasised the need to nurture young talent to ensure a reservoir of well-groomed players for future teams.