The National Women’s football team The Mares are on their fourth day in camp in preparation for their game against The Brave Gladiators of Namibia on the 30th of September.

 

In an interview, The Mares Coach Gaoletlhoo Nkutlwisang said that for this game there is a mixed collection of players looking at their age and strength, a lot of them possess great experience from both AWCON and COSAFA tournaments. She added that she is aware that Batswana are eager to see their performance.

 

“It is the first time we are called to celebrate our Independence with Batswana at large, we are excited but we understand the magnitude of the task at hand” Coach Nkutlwisang.

 

Commenting on injuries Coach explained that they have two injuries from COSAFA, Keitumetse Dithebe and Tshegofatso Mosotho, “Ben 10 was not called to camp because of the injury she had at COSAFA, we thought Mosotho will be fine by now, but our medical team think that she still need to rest,” explained the Coach.