Gaobinelwe confident ahead of Burundi World Cup qualifier

The game, which marks the start of the junior Mares' World Cup journey, kicks off at 3pm. Burundi is the home team and has chosen to play their fixture in Gaborone, with the return leg set for Friday in Botswana. Gaobinelwe has said the arrangement will work to their advantage as the Botswana team does not have to travel and face Burundi conditions. “It is an advantage to us because we are home. We are going to have our home fans, these are the conditions that we know and are well aware of. We believe that the climate is going to favour us and all those that surround a player during the game,” she said.

But Gaobinelwe said her camp would tread carefully and not think the away and home card will do the job for them as more work needs to be done on the field of play.