The South African U20 Women’s National team (Basetsana) has arrived safely in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where they will take on the hosts in the second round, first leg FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifier at the National Stadium on Saturday, 7 December.

Kick-off is at 16h00 in Tanzania (15h00 SA Time).

Two spots are up for grabs on the continent for the 2014 edition of the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup to be staged in Canada from 5-24 August. The third and final round of the continental qualifiers will be played in January 2014.

Basetsana head coach, Sheryl Botes has described the mood in camp as encouraging and said her players were raring to go against Tanzania having progressed to the second round on a 7-3 aggregate over Botswana.

“We arrived safely in Tanzania in the afternoon and are prepped up ahead of the first leg against Tanzania. We will have our final training session at the National Stadium this afternoon and work on the finishing touches.

“The girls have all worked hard this week and we need to go out there and knock in as many goals to put us at an advantage when we play the return leg on the 21st,” said Botes.

Upon hearing the news of the passing of former statesman, Tata Nelson Mandela, Botes said they were heartbroken.

“We were heartbroken upon receiving news about the death of Madiba, but we will draw strength from all the works he did to unite us as a nation. We will play this game in his honour and may his soul rest in peace,” said Botes.

The South Africans return on Sunday, 8 December 2013.-TDN
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