{"id":26574,"date":"2022-07-12T22:08:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-and-senegal-clash-with-the-world-cup-holy-grail-in-their-sights"},"modified":"2022-07-12T22:24:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:24:41","slug":"zambia-and-senegal-clash-with-the-world-cup-holy-grail-in-their-sights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/zambia-and-senegal-clash-with-the-world-cup-holy-grail-in-their-sights","title":{"rendered":"Zambia and Senegal clash with the World Cup holy grail in their sights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>The stakes are so high when his team faces Zambia in Casablanca tomorrow that Senegal coach Mame Moussa Ciss\u00e9 knows there will be little need for his pre-match talk.<\/p>\n

The team that wins this quarter final will qualify directly for the next FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, which would be a first for either of these nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo speech can motivate more than the stakes of this match, a place in the last four of this competition, but above all qualification for the World Cup. This generation can be a pioneer in Senegal, and change the course of the history of women\u2019s football in the country,\u201d says Ciss\u00e9.<\/p>\n

The Lionesses of Teranga will be boosted by the return of three key players in Coumba Sylla Mbodji, Anta Demb\u00e9l\u00e9 and Nguenar Ndiaye, who have all again tested negative for Covid-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cZambia is not to be taken lightly. They finished first in a group that contained Cameroon and Tunisia, two difficult teams to play against, which we met during our preparation for WAFCON,\u201d warns Senegal\u2019s Ndeye Awa Diakit\u00e9, before adding that \u201cwe are aware of our strengths and will give everything to win\u201d.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, the Copper Queens are full of confidence, before their clash. \u201cWe are well prepared. It is true that we have come a long way, but since the second group game we have been stepping up,\u201d said Hazel Nali, Zambia\u2019s goalkeeper.<\/p>\n

When Bruce Mwap\u00e9, the Zambian coach, was asked how he viewed Senegal, he replied: \u201cThey are a good team who did not arrive at this level by chance. We have a lot of respect for them, but we don\u2019t fear them\u201d.<\/p>\n

and Zambia have a fairly similar playing identity, relying on an attacking trio (Mapepa-Chanda-Chitundu for Copper Queens and Diallo-Ndiaye-Bald\u00e9 supported by Diakit\u00e9 for Senegal) and a solid defence (both have conceded only one goal in the tournament to date).<\/p>\n

The goal of qualifying for the World Cup hugely motivates both teams. \u201cThis is not the time to give up,\u201d says Bruce Mwap\u00e9. Qualifying for a FIFA World Cup, in turn says Diakite, will bring so much to women\u2019s football in Senegal.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing the first generation to be able to do this must not be synonymous with the last, our young sisters are watching us, they must now say to themselves that it is possible,\u201d concludes Diakit\u00e9 ahead of the biggest game of her and her country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. The stakes are so high when his team faces Zambia in Casablanca tomorrow that Senegal coach Mame Moussa Ciss\u00e9 knows there will be little need for his pre-match talk. 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