17 January 2025 – The South African U17 Women’s National Team will go into the second leg of qualifiers against Gabon with a 12-1 lead over the Central Africans.
This after they beat Gabon 12-1 in the first leg away from home after only playing the first half in Franceville.
The second half was called off by the Match Commissioner as Gabon could only field six players due to injuries.
Bantwana Head Coach Ntombifuthi Khumalo will be looking to try out new partnerships in the second leg as she prepares her squad for the next round of qualifiers against Nigeria.
“We are very happy that Gabon have arrived in South Africa for this second leg. We were very worried that they would not honour the match, but it’s good that they have landed and we will have a match this weekend,” said Khumalo.
“We will be trying out new partnerships in this second leg and will give new players a run because we didn’t get to see them in action last week as the match was called off.”
The match will be played at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Saturday 18 January 2025, and it will be televised live on SABC at 16h00. Attendance is free to the public.
