{"id":59494,"date":"2024-11-25T19:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/the-mares-in-tricky-group"},"modified":"2024-11-25T19:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T19:44:23","slug":"the-mares-in-tricky-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/the-mares-in-tricky-group","title":{"rendered":"The Mares in Tricky Group"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>The CAF Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2024 draw conducted in Morocco on Friday has placed the senior women national team, the Mares in a tricky group.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Mares are in Group B with Nigeria, Tunisia and Algeria, and although tough as it may seem, some football pundits are of the view that with good preparation and good technical support, they can compete.<\/p>\n

Some have argued that the team needed a good medical team, which included psychologist, dietician and physiotherapist that would work with the team during preparation until the finals.<\/p>\n

The Mares head coach, Alex Malete in an interview said that they welcome the draw.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no easy group in continental games. We have played against Nigeria in our first edition in 2022 and we lost the game 2-0,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Malete was however happy that the draw was conducted early as that would afford them time to profile their opponents, as a team and individuals within the team.<\/p>\n

The coach said as they profile teams, they would be looking to know the habits of their opponents, possible line ups, and the behavior of the team.<\/p>\n

Malete admitted that Nigeria had grown as a team but the Mares had also shown a lot of improvements since the last edition.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, he said this year the Mares played against Tunisia at the Tunis Cup and they lost 1-0, in a game they felt they could have won given that they controlled the game and dominated the ball.<\/p>\n

As for Algeria, the coach said the team was not new to WAFCON as they would be making their sixth appearance in the coming edition.<\/p>\n

He said Algeria had been active in the Olympic qualifiers and international friendly games playing good sides such as South Africa. <\/b><\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Botswana<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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