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Ellis names Banyana squad for Turkish Women’s Cup

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Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis has announced her 26-woman squad for their participation in this month’s Turkish Women’s Cup.

The Turkish Women’s Cup is scheduled to take place from 13-23 February, with the likes of Slovenia, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Zambia also participating in the tournament.

Ellis’ side are set to play host Turkey on Wednesday, 15 February before taking on Uzbekistan on 18 February followed by a clash against Venezuela on 21 February, with all the fixtures taking place at the Gold City Sport Complex.

“We are very excited to be going to the Turkish Cup. In our group at the Fifa Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, we have Sweden and Italy, who are European opposition, and then obviously we have Argentina, who are South American opposition,” Ellis said.

“We are very excited and grateful that we will be playing an European nation (Turkey) in the Turkish Women’s Cup. We also play Uzbekistan, who are Asian, and then finally a South American opponent (Venezuela).

“So yes, it is a good start to our preparations and we want to also say thank you to the South African Football Association in the efforts to get us the opposition that we want in terms of European and South American sides.

“And also thank you to SASOL for their partnership and their support. We are really looking forward to the upcoming camp and to see what we still need to work on, and obviously to get ready for this big year that culminates in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.”