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The Baby Warriors signed a semi-final of the Cosafa U17 World Championship with neighbors from northern Angola after a comfortable 2-0 win over Botswana in their last Group A match in Mauritius on Tuesday.
The result, coupled with Mauritius 6-1 win over Seychelles in the other match of the group played simultaneously, means Namibia qualify for the semifinals as group winners, while Mauritius, also on six points, are awaiting the result of Malawi's meeting against Swaziland Group C on Wednesday to determine who Namibia meets the winners of Group C, Angola, who qualified for the Last four with one game to play, Friday, while they're looking to regain the title that they won in 2016.
"This win was the result of an effort to win. team, as illustrated our first goal.After our loss in Mauritius, we had to focus more on the mentality of the boys, and we had to encourage them to believe it again. "Head Coach Paul Malembu said to the NFA website: "Sharkshooter Prins Tjiu's attacker eza stayed on track for the gold punt with his fifth goal when he broke through the stalemate as a result of a quick counter-attack.
Gonzales Tsuseb put the points safe for Namibia when he hit after 59 minutes as the Baby Warriors took the lead.
Namibia finished top of Group A with six points Mauritius, second, and Botswana, third, also collected the same number of points, while Seychelles did not score points.
In addition to recovering the title, the Baby Warriors are motivated by the opportunity to secure a spot at the 2019 Under-17 African Championships in Tanzania by winning the Cosafa Tournament.
The Continental Tournament is also a qualifier for the Fifa World Cup in Peru later in the year.
"We went through, and now we have e to relax and regroup to plan for Angola in the semi-finals, and see where we can go." The sky is the limit, the Boys really surprised us, and they can do more from now on, "said Malembu.
Meanwhile, South Africa surprised Zambia with a 2-1 win to qualify for the semi-finals. B winners, and at the same time send the Young Chipolopolo home after the first round.
South Africa came back from the shock of conceding an early goal to claim victory over Zambia and head with seven points.
Vincent Kalinda put Zambia in the lead, but minutes later Thando Buthelezi equalized for the South Africans with his second goal of the campaign.
Zambia pushed hard to put the Amajimbos back at the top of the table. A few minutes from when Boitumelo Radiopane found a winner for the champions twice
South Africa is now expecting the best second for a semi-final matchup.
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