‘It was emotionally draining’: Banyana coach Desiree Ellis on picking the final World Cup squad: Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis says picking the final squad for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup was possibly the most difficult selection of her long…
On Friday, Ellis announced a strong squad of 23 players, with a blend of experience and youth, to be captained by Refiloe Jane of Italian side Sassoulo with Andile Dlamini and Thembi Kgatlana as joint deputies.Ellis also included striker Wendy Shongwe of University of Pretoria as the only uncapped player while goalkeeper Kebotseng Moletsane of Royal AM has only one cap.
“They put in so much work but at the end of the day I could only select 23 and that was the hard part. I encouraged them to keep going, because there are more competitions to come and you never know what could happen.“We pray that nothing happens but they have to be ready if something happens. I just encouraged them to stay in touch and keep on working and make sure that when the call up comes they will be sitting on the other side and not on the same place.
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