WeeklySA_AdminISOLATION: Lives Come First
Banyana Banyana’s trip to Netherlands was early this week cancelled after five of the travelling players tested positive for Covid-19 resulting in the entire delegation being placed in isolation.
The squad was scheduled to travel to Netherlands on Monday and play the hosts on Saturday in Zwolle as part of their preparations for the CAF AWCON qualifiers scheduled for later this year.
Netherlands were to use the friendly international match to prepare for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics where they are favourites to win gold in the women football category.
Coach Desiree Ellis said while the cancellation of the trip was a heavy blow, people’s health and lives come first.
‘’This is a difficult time where we are in the middle of the third wave in our country, and unfortunately Banyana Banyana has not been spared from this pandemic. Due to positive cases in our camp, the full delegation has been put into isolation, and we will therefore not be able to honour the friendly fixture against the Netherlands,’’ said Ellis.
“At this moment, of utmost importance is the health of everyone – both us and our opponents – and football takes second place,’’ she added thanking Netherlands for the invite and wished them well at the Olympics. – safa.net/wsam
