South Africa head coach, Desiree Ellis believes that her side will have little pressure heading into the WAFCON semis after they secured world cup football on Thursday night after seeing off Tunisia.Banyana Banyana managed to down the stubborn Tunisians to book a final semifinal berth and also secured world cup football. The 2023 world cup will be played in New Zealand.Despite having a WAFCON title to fight for, Ellis appears to be contented having secured world cup football. She believes that the players will now be more relaxed heading to the semi final match against Zambia.Full-time!🇿🇦1️⃣➖0️⃣🇹🇳⚽️ Jermaine Seoposenwe (13’)We are into the #TotalEnergiesWAFCON2022 semi-finals and WE HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE 2023 FIFA WOMEN’S WORLD CUP!💚💛🇿🇦#LiveTheImpossible pic.twitter.com/kEWNbKEmoT— Banyana_Banyana (@Banyana_Banyana) July 14, 2022 “Now that we have qualified, the players will have no pressure because you know when you lose here, you have to go to the other route and you do not want to go to that route. Ultimately, we are now going to the World Cup. That pressure is now off their shoulders and now they can prepare for the next game,’ she told CAF Media.Reflecting on the match, the former Banyana skipper admitted that the match was not a comfortable one as Tunisia caused them problems.“I thought we started very well but then we stopped. We kept creating chances and as the game went on, the players felt pressure and we tried to calm them down. We made some team mistakes. We had so many chances that we could have just knocked in and we didn’t do that. They were so clear cut but at the end of the day, we showed a lot of character. But hey, we are going to the World Cup!,”Semi final pairingsMorocco vs NigeriaSouth Africa vs Tunisia
