Brave Gladiators defeat Swaziland
Anna-Marie Shikusho played one of the best games of her life after finding the back of the net on more than one occasion.
The Namibia senior women national team on Saturday defeated Swaziland 3-2 in a friendly match at the Namibia Football Association (NFA) Technical Centre.
A brace from Anna-Marie Shikusho and a goal by Twelikondjela Amukoto was enough to put the game beyond Swaziland’s reach.
The Gladiators played the better football for most of the first half, creating more chances than their opponents.
Swaziland however came back a better side and managed to score two goals in the second half.
Celiwe Nkambule scored the first goal for Swaziland followed by a penalty from teammate Nqobile Dlamini in the dying minutes of the match.
The match served as preparations for the 2017 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) women’s senior tournament.
Both Namibia and Swaziland will be playing in the tournament.
Namibia has been drawn in Group C with South Africa, Lesotho and Botswana.
Coach Brian Isaacs said that the prospect of the team is looking promising, but will still have to improve their style of play.
The most important thing that Isaacs will be willing to work on is by creating more chances and scoring more goals.
“It is important that we score the enough goals with the chances that we are creating, but we did not do that today.
“This was my first game in charge and so I had to access the players by making changes in the game,” Isaacs said.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
A brace from Anna-Marie Shikusho and a goal by Twelikondjela Amukoto was enough to put the game beyond Swaziland’s reach.
The Gladiators played the better football for most of the first half, creating more chances than their opponents.
Swaziland however came back a better side and managed to score two goals in the second half.
Celiwe Nkambule scored the first goal for Swaziland followed by a penalty from teammate Nqobile Dlamini in the dying minutes of the match.
The match served as preparations for the 2017 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) women’s senior tournament.
Both Namibia and Swaziland will be playing in the tournament.
Namibia has been drawn in Group C with South Africa, Lesotho and Botswana.
Coach Brian Isaacs said that the prospect of the team is looking promising, but will still have to improve their style of play.
The most important thing that Isaacs will be willing to work on is by creating more chances and scoring more goals.
“It is important that we score the enough goals with the chances that we are creating, but we did not do that today.
“This was my first game in charge and so I had to access the players by making changes in the game,” Isaacs said.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
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