Copper Queens head coach Bruce Mwape says his team will play a cautious game away in Ghana.
Mwape says it won’t be an open game away as the home team will have the home support but feels the team has gained enough experience to help them navigate past the Black Queens.
Ghana will host Zambia, in the 1st leg at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday, February 23rd.
“We will play cautiously because it won’t be an easy game. They will have the home support but that won’t discourage our players. We have gathered experience of late and it will help us,” he said.
“The team we have called, majority have played in the Olympics and World Cup which will help us as we look to get the better of Ghana.”
Mwape is expecting a tough match against the Black Queens who he feels are preparing adequately thanks to Copper Queens recent form which has seen them play at the Olympics and World Cup in the last four years.
“We have 30 players in camp, we started the camp on Tuesday and started training on Wednesday. No injuries so far it has gone well,” he said.
“Black Queens, we played them here at Nkoloma some four years ago, they gave us a tough time though we managed to win through a Kundananji (Rachel) hat-trick. It won’t be easy because we have been playing in these big competitions and they have all seen. They are preparing for us, I am sure , because they know we are not pushovers.”
The Copper Queens will host Ghana on Wednesday, 28th February in the second leg at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium with the kick off set at 18h00.
The winner between Zambia and Ghana will face either Tunisia or Morocco in the last round of qualification.
Well we now have a target on our back. With the most valuable player in women’s football we surely can not afford to fail to qualify for any major competition in Africa or world wide.
Clearly we have the talent! The squad members need to pull up their nsokoshi and market themselves under the limelight shinning on Kundananji.
Bola na lesa. Can’t wait for the games especially the final qualifications round. I believe we shall go that far.
WAFCON JULY 2024 QUALIFIED NATIONS:
NORTH AFRICAN REGION:
1. Morocco (Hosts) 🇲🇦,
2. Algeria, &
3. Tunisia.
CENTRAL & EAST AFRICAN’s CECAFA REGION:
1. DR Congo🇨🇩, and
2. Tanzania 🇹🇿.
SOUTHERN AFRICAN – COSAFA REGION
1. Botswana 🇧🇼,
2. South Africa 🇿🇦, and
3. Zambia 🇿🇲.
WEST AFRICAN REGION:
1. Ghana🇬🇭,
2. Mali,
3. Nigeria 🇳🇬, and
4. Senegal.
Hopefully COSAFA sends shock waves again and dominates the knock out stages ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆.
Southern, East & Central African teams are improving.