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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Shirlene Booysen\u2019s Bright Starlets are continuing with preparations ahead of the first 2022 international friendly against neighbouring Sudan this month. The girls are expected to play two friendlies on February 16 and February 20, 2022, against Sudan\u2019s senior women\u2019s national team.<\/p>\n

The South Sudanese side will be hoping to get their first international competition under Booysen after their terrible performance last year, which saw them record heavy losses in games.<\/p>\n

The Deputy Secretary-General of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA), Joseph Apai, said the team will be travelling to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, ahead of their friendlies against the home side.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bright Starlets senior team will be travelling to Khartoum this month, although the date of travel will be communicated anytime soon. But the team is continuing with their preparations,\u201d Apai confirmed.<\/p>\n

In one of the team\u2019s training sessions last week in Juba, Booysen lauded her team\u2019s improvement, saying there was a great positive development in terms of creativity among the lads. She said that after three weeks of preparation, the girls looked better and were ready to take on this year\u2019s challenge.<\/p>\n

She said that after entering the FIFA classification for women\u2019s teams, \u201cthe South Sudan team is now working to enter the stage of serious preparation for winning matches, and I am proud that the girls are very focused during training\u2019\u2019. She added: \u201cTheir level of team spirit, I am optimistic about better performance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s head coach said the players are undergoing hard physical and mental training to improve their abilities and gain a better understanding of the game strategy, emphasising the significance of concentration during this first stage of preparation.<\/p>\n

Booysen went on to say that the squad\u2019s technical management is putting in a lot of effort to get to the final list, and she praised the players for their team spirit.<\/p>\n

Last week, the Bright Starlet\u2019s captain, Amy Lasu Luate, promised the fans good results from her team. She said the team had learned a painful lesson and would focus on improving their performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough last year\u2019s results ended in defeats, I have seen much improvement among us as a Bright Starlet team, and I can say we are a really good team at this time,\u201d Lasu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not completely poor; we have talents in the country. However, our ladies are not encouraged in the same way that other girls in other countries are. I am glad that we have begun to recognise that our girls can be like other women. \u201c<\/p>\n

The captain challenged the citizens to take responsibility by extending their helping hands to support grassroots football as a means of promoting talent among young girls.<\/p>\n

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