Linda Motlhalo admits there was an element of luck to women's team win in the Africa Cup semifinal
“Nelson Mandela once said it — sport unites. And I’m thankful that we are going to the final.
“I’m grateful that we were in the right position at the right time for the referee to make that call and VAR to make that call [a penalty awarded to SA]. What I can take from this is we are united, we are a team. “And whether the weather goes this way or that we are united and as a leader I will keep on encouraging my teammates. I’m there for them. It’s not easy.”The Football Association of Zambia has lodged an official complaint with the Confederation of African Football regarding the officiating in Zambia’s 1-0 defeat.
FAZ has contested the penalty awarded in injury time, by Ethiopian referee Lidya Tafesse Abebe, from which Linda Motlhalo scored the 93rd-minute winner in Casablanca.“Performance-wise we could have done better but this is a tournament — sometimes games are going to be good and sometimes they’ll be bad, and we take what we can get. We got a win and that’s what we’re going to take.
“And with the penalty, you need luck sometimes and I guess that was luck, and experience [too] in a way.”Would you like to comment on this article?
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