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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>MEHALALITOE will embark on their 2022 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship campaign by taking on eSwatini today at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.<\/p>\n

The two nations will face off for the first time since 2018. That year, they clashed during the African Women Championships qualifiers in which Lesotho beat eSwatini 1-0 at home and 2-1 away.<\/p>\n

Mehalalitoe are hoping to mark their return to international competitions in style after a one-year break. They last competed in this tournament was in 2020.<\/p>\n

Ahead of today\u2019s game, Pule Khojane said he was expecting a balanced encounter indicating the two sides had brought a mixture of young and experienced players to the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have noticed that eSwatini have a mixture of experienced and inexperienced players like ourselves,\u201d Khojane said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, I am expecting a balanced match. We are ready to make them run for their money.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter what they bring into the game, our only focus is to work hard and get three points.<\/p>\n

\u201d Morale is high in his camp, and he is confident that their chances will be good. In their next Group B match, they will lock horns with Zambia on Sunday before taking on Namibia next Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Mehalalitoe are hoping for better results this time around as they they have failed to go past the group stage of the tournament since their first appearance in 2002.<\/p>\n

In their maiden competition in 2002 they lost 15-0 in their opener to Zimbabwe. That was followed by a 3-0 defeat to Malawi and a 3-1 loss to Zambia. <\/a>It didn\u2019t get any better in 2006 as they lost 9-0 to South Africa and 3-0 to Malawi in a three-team group.<\/p>\n

They were close to a semifinal qualification in 2011 when they beat Mozambique 3-2 but lost to Malawi in their play-off decider. In 2017, they claimed a fine 2-1 win over Namibia in pool play but lost to South Africa and Botswana, both by a 3-0 score line.<\/p>\n

Mehalalitoe returned in 2018 but lost all three matches, going down 2-0 to Zambia, 2-1 to Mozambique and 6-0 to Cameroon. After skipping the 2019 tournament, the side was back in 2020 but again lost both their group stage matches 8-0 to Zambia and 9-0 to Malawi.<\/p>\n

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