Mohammed Saloum, coach of Mali during the 2018 TOTAL African Womens Cup of Nations Mali Press Conference at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium (Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix)
Banyana beat the Malians 2-0 to reach the final of the competition and also earned a spot at next year’s Fifa Women’s World Cup in France.
“We played against a well organised team which has great strength, unfortunately we lost 2-0. We did our best, but again, we played against a very good team,” said the Mali coach through a interpreter.
Mali have failed to reach the final of the competition, but can still qualify for the World Cup if they beat Cameroon in the third place playoff match on Friday.
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