Women's football ignites Gobabis
Tura Magic and Khomas Nampol showed that women's football in Namibia is reaching higher levels with a fine display of football in Gobabis.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
Khomas Nampol coach Novata Paulus says that their entire team must become the women senior national team after beating Tura Magic 2-1 in the final of the NFA Women Super Cup.
The match served as the curtain raiser for the final between Young African and Mighty Gunners in Gobabis at the Legare Stadium on Saturday.
Khomas Nampol FC played against a star-studded Tura Magic which included the likes of former European-based player Zenatha Coleman.
“Their team has been training every day, but we hardly train because we have to protect the nation.
“I think the girls showed that they are able to form an entire women's national team.
“We do not even have the facilities, but we showed that we can be a very successful side if more support is given to us.”
Khomas Nampol took the lead after Faustina Amutenya bullied her way through the Tura Magic's defence producing a cool finish to take the score to 1-0.
Khomas Nampol continued to push for more goals, while the Tura Magic's defence struggled to deal with the physical strength of Amutenya.
Magic, however, recovered and started playing linkage play which had the Nampol team on the back foot.
Coleman's class finally started showing as she dazzled past her opponents with ease.
Brave Gladiators Thomalina Adams scored a screamer of a goal with a pile driver for Tura Magic to bring the scores level to 1-1 just before halftime.
The teams were level going into halftime with both sides missing goal scoring chances.
The second half was far from balanced and exciting with many stoppages as the game became scrappy. Khomas Nampol survived several scares by Tura Magic who were searching for a second goal.
The Namibian police team, however, got lucky and were awarded a penalty which veteran Shirley Cloete converted to give her side a 2-1 lead.
Efforts from Tura Magic to rescue the game went astray resulting in a 2-1 victory by Khomas Nampol.
Khomas Nampol coach Novata Paulus says that their entire team must become the women senior national team after beating Tura Magic 2-1 in the final of the NFA Women Super Cup.
The match served as the curtain raiser for the final between Young African and Mighty Gunners in Gobabis at the Legare Stadium on Saturday.
Khomas Nampol FC played against a star-studded Tura Magic which included the likes of former European-based player Zenatha Coleman.
“Their team has been training every day, but we hardly train because we have to protect the nation.
“I think the girls showed that they are able to form an entire women's national team.
“We do not even have the facilities, but we showed that we can be a very successful side if more support is given to us.”
Khomas Nampol took the lead after Faustina Amutenya bullied her way through the Tura Magic's defence producing a cool finish to take the score to 1-0.
Khomas Nampol continued to push for more goals, while the Tura Magic's defence struggled to deal with the physical strength of Amutenya.
Magic, however, recovered and started playing linkage play which had the Nampol team on the back foot.
Coleman's class finally started showing as she dazzled past her opponents with ease.
Brave Gladiators Thomalina Adams scored a screamer of a goal with a pile driver for Tura Magic to bring the scores level to 1-1 just before halftime.
The teams were level going into halftime with both sides missing goal scoring chances.
The second half was far from balanced and exciting with many stoppages as the game became scrappy. Khomas Nampol survived several scares by Tura Magic who were searching for a second goal.
The Namibian police team, however, got lucky and were awarded a penalty which veteran Shirley Cloete converted to give her side a 2-1 lead.
Efforts from Tura Magic to rescue the game went astray resulting in a 2-1 victory by Khomas Nampol.
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