Twiga Stars suffer 1-0 defeat away to Zambia

_{The Copper Queens of Zambia have defeated Tanzania national women’s team 1-0 in an international friendly match played in Lusaka on Sunday.}

_{After a goalless first half, substitute Comfort Selamani netted the lone goal for the hosts after 66 minutes at the Woodlands Stadium.}

_{Copper Queens created several scoring chances, but found the Twiga Stars defending line strong and up to the task. Donisia Minja and Turkish based professional Oprah Clement also had some chances for the Twiga Stars.}

_{The Zambian team used the friendly to prepare ahead of their departure to Germany for the pre-camping ahed of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup were they will be one of the African representatives.}

_{Bruce Mwape, the Zambian coach said that facing Tanzania was a very good friendly match because it is solid team.}

_{Tanzania’s Twiga Stars also used the friendly match to prepare ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers. Bakari Shime, the Twiga Stars coach who also handled the junior team at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in India this year said the friendly came at the right time for him to be able to access the balance of the team. “We played against a good team preparing for the World Cup and it has given us a good lesson,” added Shime.}