Swallows frustrate wasteful AS Inter Ladies

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OBAMBA - AS ,nter Ladies drew - in an (swatini Women Football League ((WFL) match which was played at Lobamba Sports *round yesterday afternoon.

AS ,nter Ladies dominated the match, but they could not convert the chances they created into goals on the day. ,nter Ladies did most of the attacking in the early stages of the match and they had a chance to take an early lead in eight minutes into the match, after

LSwallows goalkeeper Somisi +lamusa failed to collect a cross which was floated into the box. The ball fell kindly onto the path of Ayanda =ikalala who has a knack for scoring against Swallows. The ,nter Ladies midfielder placed her powerful shot over the crossbar as the visitors survived an early scare.

Samkeliso Malinga had a chance to break the deadlock from a freekick situation in a promising area, but the defender’s effort from the set-piece narrowly missed the target. 3ressure mounted on the Swallows Ladies defence with half-time break fast approaching. +lamusa was beaten by 3humlile Kunene’s low shot at the near post, but the upright came to the goalkeeper’s rescue, before +lengiwe Mkhatshwa cleared their lines for the visitors.

AS ,nter Ladies goalkeeper Lindelwa *webu then pulled off a decent save to deny the visitors’ midfielder Anna Dieter who had tried his luck from range. The last chance of the first-half fell on Bongiwe Dlamini in the Swallows box, but the midfielder fired over the crossbar. The second-half started on high intensity as the host forced Swallows goalkeeper +lamusa to make a poor clearance

and played a good through pass for Condile Nd]imand]e who rounded the goalkeeper but somehow the midfielder missed the target. ,n the minute, Swallows

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Nelile Mnisi had a chance to snatch a late winning goal for Swallows but she placed his effort wide. Both teams continued with their search for the elusive goal until the referee blew the final whistle as the teams settled to share the spoils.