Defeated Under-20women's side keen to fight on

National Under-20 women's football team coach Thembinkosi Takobana says although her team crashed early from the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, they have learnt vital lessons for the future. The team was eliminated by Namibia 4-3 on penalty shootouts in the return leg of the qualifiers in Windhoek late last year.

This was after Namibia had beaten Botswana team 2-1 in extra time, meaning the two teams were level on points as earlier in Gaborone the Botswana team had beaten Namibia by the same margin.

Takobana said the team would continue to train for future competitions like the Zone VI championship. She added that for her players to play over 90 minutes in Namibia without showing any signs of fatigue was a clear sign that her side "is ready for the bigger stage". Takobana believes that if her team had enjoyed the same spectator support that they usually command in Gaborone, the girls could have done much better. She gave Batswana fans a pat on back pat for rallying behind the team whenever it plays at home.

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