Fans return as Mares look to finish-off Angola

At home: Taylor (centre) with Mares players PIC: BFA
At home: Taylor (centre) with Mares players PIC: BFA

FRANCISTOWN: The Mares have received a major boost ahead of their crucial 2022 African Women of Nations Cup (AWCON) qualifying clash as fans will be allowed into the stadium.

The Mares host Angola in the second leg of preliminary round of the qualifiers, at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium today.

This will be the first time spectators are allowed into the stadium to watch a national team since March last year. Only 2, 000 fully vaccinated spectators will be allowed into game. The Mares have all but secured a place in the last stage of the AFCON qualifiers, where they will meet Zimbabwe. The women’s team walloped Angola 5-1 in the first leg in Luanda last week and it will take a miracle for the visitors to reverse the deficit.

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