AWCON FINAL: Australia club withdraws Bayana vice captain from Falcons final
Club duties have stopped Banyana Banyana of South Africa assistant captain, Refiloe Jane from playing a part in Saturday’s Africa Women’s Cup of Nations final against Nigeria’s Super Falcons at the Accra Sports Stadium in Ghana.
This is sequel to a formal request by Australian Women-League side, Canberra United that Jane who helped South Africa reach the final reports back after suffering back to back defeats.
Jane was in action against the Falcons in the opening match in Group B, which her side won 1-0, then found the net in their 7-1 rout of Equatorial Guinea.
Canberra lost their last two matches to Newcastle Jets and Adelaide United.
A disappointed Jane however believes her teammates are capable of finishing the job.
“We’ve got quality players in the team; we’ve got what it takes to lift the trophy whether I’m here or not.
“Also, I want to thank the technical team for allowing me to leave at this crucial point of the tournament.
”If it was any other coach I don’t think it would be easy for them to just say, ‘you can leave’ while we are going to play a crucial match, the final.
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“I need to say thank you to the team and to everyone who gave me an opportunity to be here, and to Canberra for allowing me to come and compete in the AFCON tournament.”
The match starts from 5pm.