Mali’s Saloum confident South Africa are beatable in WAFCON battle

Mali women’s national team coach Mohamed Saloum ‘Housseï’ has exuded confidence they can upset African champions South Africa when they face off in their Group A final fixture of CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) at the Honneur Stadium in Oujda, Morocco.

While both teams have already secured their spots in the knockout stages, the fixture will provide the opportunity for either side to finish at the top of the pile.

South Africa and Mali progressed to the last eight after the completion of the round robin stages in Group A, with Morocco beating Senegal 1-0 and Zambia registering the same scoreline against DR Congo.

“Tanzania and South Africa play similar football, we beat Tanzania in our first match now we are facing South Africa, a team we know very well and we think are beatable,” said Saloum.

“But then again, games like these bring a different dimension but we have our own way of doing things and we will try and employ a different strategy and once the game starts you never know what will happen.”

This will be the second time the two nations meet, with the previous match ending in a 2-0 victory for South Africa in this same competition back in 2018 in Ghana in the semi-finals.