The Zambia Girls’ U17 football team cruised to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Botswana at the 2021 Region 5 Youth Games in Maseru, Lesotho.
The champions finished the competition unbeaten in three matches and without conceding a goal as they displayed their quality and lived up to their billing as the pre-tournament favourites.
The Zambians are also the first side from the COSAFA region to claim the trophy in this age-group, after Uganda won the inaugural Southern African championship in 2019 and Tanzania claimed victory in 2020.
The excellent Pumulo Lubasi was named as Player of the Tournament, which comes with an incredible opportunity of spending a week in Spain as a guest of LaLiga Santander, where she will take in the sights and sounds of one of the world’s great footballing nations, train with an academy and hopefully take part in a LaLiga match.
Lucy Kajiya claimed the Golden Boot for her three goals that saw her as the leading scorer, while Zambian goalkeeper, Chitete Munsaka, took home the Golden Glove.
The team Fair Play award went to Botswana.
Region V Youth Games Women’s Football Final Result on 6 December 2021:
Zambia 4-0 Botswana
Photo 1 Caption: The Zambia Girls’ U17 football team cruised to an emphatic 4-0 victory over Botswana at the 2021 Region 5 Youth Games in Maseru, Lesotho. Photo: FAZFootball (Twitter)
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