“We knew we can force them to make mistakes”- Desiree Ellis reveals her master-plan against the Super Falcons

The Tremendous Faalcons of Nigeria have been defeated by South Africa yesterday and the coach of Banyana Banyana Desiree Ellis has recounted how her group ensured they picked up a win over the Tremendous Falcons of Nigeria of their opening Group C match of the CAF Girls’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).

The South African facet went two objectives up in two second-half minutes by way of Jermaine Seoposenwe and Hildah Magaia earlier than Rasheedat Ajibade grabbed a comfort aim in added time to finish the match 2-1 in Morocco on Monday night.

The end result provides the Banyana Banyana a head begin over report nine-time winners Nigeria, in a bunch that incorporates each Burundi and Botswana as the opposite members.

Talking after the match, the South African coach highlighted that her group ensured that they dictated the tempo of the sport towards their Nigerian counterparts.

Ellis said that her group ensured to interrupt up the graceful play of the Tremendous Falcons, as an alternative forcing the West Africans to go lengthy and capitalise on the errors that arose from that.

Ellis stated: “We compelled them to play lengthy balls & we knew we are able to pressure them to make errors on the again which they did, the gamers ship our plans.”

Nonetheless, the 59-year-old supervisor reminded her group that it’s only the primary match of the match, stressing that they need to keep on track if they’re to attain their ‘aims.’

“We’ve to focus, we’re executed with this recreation and we now have to concentrate on our aims for the match,” she concluded.

The victory means the South Africans have now defeated the Tremendous Falcons in consecutive matches, following their 4-2 victory over the Nigerians within the ultimate of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Cup in September 2021.

Tremendous Falcons star ahead Asisat Oshoala additionally suffered an harm late within the match towards the South Africans, going off with a limp within the 82nd minute of the sport.