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Cosafa Cup: Banyana Thrash Comoros 17-0

Cosafa Cup: Banyana Thrash Comoros 17-0

by Niyi Busari,
Aug 02, 2019
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Banyana Banyana have thrashed Comoros 17-0 to top Cosafa Women's Championship standings on Wednesday.

Stand-in captain Refiloe Jane bagged four goals and Amanda Mthandi scored a hat-trick.

Coach Desiree Ellis made three changes to the team that played against Germany in the last fixture of South Africa’s 2019 Fifa Women’s World Cup campaign.

Defenders Bambanani Mbane and Tiisetso Makhubela were brought in to play in central defence ahead of captain Janine van Wyk and Noko Matlou, while Bongeka Gamede got her first start in a Banyana Banyana shirt as she earned her second cap playing at left-back.

This was not only Banyana Banyana biggest ever victory in the Cosafa Women's Championship but also the clubs biggest victory.

Banyana were drawn in Group A alongside the Comoros Islands, Malawi and Madagascar.

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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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