Buffaloes face WAFCON stars
TODAY YOUNG BUFFALOES (ESWATINI) VS GREEN BUFFALOES (ZAMBIA) AT SUGAR RAY STADIUM AT 3:30PM:
MBABANE – It’s a battle of the army ladies teams. The battle lines have been drawn in the +ollywoodbets 2022 COSA)A Women’s Championship, as Young Buffaloes ladies lock horns with Zambia’s Green Buffaloes in the opening match scheduled to kick off at 3:30pm at the Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium in Durban, South Africa.
This is a Group B match which will be preceded by a Group A clash between last year’s champions Mamelodi Sundowns, who went on to win the CA) Champions /eague as the tournament also serves as a qualifier for the winning team. Buffaloes are bringing a historic domestic league record into the tournament, parading a clean sheet in 2 games that saw them amass a whopping 22 goals and did not concede a single goal.
MOTIVATED
The army ladies team led by +ead Coach )isiwe +lophe and her assistant Bongani .unene will face a highly motivated team in Green Buffaloes, who have five players that featured in the national team squad that played in the Women Africa 1ations Cup WA)CO1 in Morocco where they won third place and qualified for the World Cup. (swatini will be hopeful of scoring through Celiwe µCece’ 1kambule, who was the domestic league’s golden boot winner, having led the scorer’s chart with goals.
This promises to be a mouth-watering game as both teams are equal to the challenge and armed with highly potential players. Zambia’s Buffaloes are going into the game all fired up after being motivated with promotions by their Army Commander /ieutenant General Sitali Dennis Alibuzwi on Tuesday and will also be recruited by Zambia Air )orce. Midfielder /ungu Ireen, who was promoted to the rank of Corporal, assured Green Buffaloes were geared for the TOTA/(nergies CA) Women’s Champions /eague COSA)A Qualifiers. /ungu thanked the fans for the massive support they rendered during the WA)CO1 in Morocco, and urged them to continue with the same spirit.
Young Buffaloes and Green Buffaloes
Today
Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium:
M. Sundowns (SA) vs Costa do Sol (Moz) Noon (A)
Gr. Buffaloes (Zam) vs Y. Buffaloes (Esw) 3:30pm (B)
Tuesday (August 9, 2022)
Double Action Ladies (Botsw) vs M. Sundowns Noon (A)
O. De Moroni (Com) vs Gr. Buffaloes 3:30pm (B)
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Costa Do Sol vs D. Action Ladies Noon (A)
Y. Buffaloes vs O. De Moroni 3:30pm (B)
3rd/4th place play-off:
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Runner-up (A) vs Runner-up (B) Noon Winner (A) vs Winner (B) 3:30pm
were drawn into Group B where they would be fighting for the top spot in order to progress to a fierce battle against Group A champions to fight for a qualification for the CA) Champions /eague. Green Buffaloes will have their second match on Tuesday, playing against Comoros’ Olympique De Moroni at 3pm at Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium, while Young Buffaloes face same on Thursday at 3:30pm.
The runners-up in the pools will contest for a bronze medal in the play-offs on the same day as the finals are at noon on Saturday, which would be some consolation for not reaching the finals. Teams that fail to qualify in their group stages will be expected to officially pack their bags and head back home by )riday. The two top teams per group advance to the semifinals with runners-up facing each other and group winners also going head-to-head.