Will the Safa saga have an impact on Banyana Banyana's world cup campaign?

 

Safa's impact on Banyana Banyana

When it was time to boost Banyana Banyana's moral to the highest level, the opposite was done. 

Source: Twitter@Banyana Banyana.

Banyana Banyana is set to participate in the 2023 World Cup that is taking place in New Zealand and Austria from the 20th of July to the 20th of August. This year's world cup is the nineth edition of the women's World Cup, and it is highly anticipated to who will win this year's world cup campaign. 

What happened: Banyana Banyana were set to play against Botswana at Tsakane Stadium before heading to New Zealand for the world on the 1st of July 2023. As the match was about to start there was a dispute between the Banyana players and SAFA as it was stated by the Banyana players that they were not happy with the stadium that was chosen for the match against Botswana and an additional complaint has been stated by the players as they were not met halfway with their salary demands before the World Cup starts. The match Banyana Banyana had with Botswana ended up being Botswana vs Banyana Banyana with 13-year-old players playing in the match according to Goal as the first team players were refusing to play until their demands were met. 

The effects of the Banyana vs SAFA saga: This comes down to downgrade Banyana's morale coming in into the world cup as they would not feel that the country has their backs considering the fact that this is the most important time to support them as a country. It comes with a notion of question marks from the Banyana Banyana players as all of this should have been resolved months before the World Cup campaign. This will however require the team to dig deep from a technical perspective and looking for solutions going forward as their World Cup encounter starts on Sunday, the 23rd of July against Sweden which is a tough encounter as both teams will want to start off on a good note. 

The Motsepe foundation has however came into the picture to resolve disputes between Banyana and Safa and has given financial support towards Banyana Banyana before the start of their World Cup campaign. It all comes down to see if the saga that was had with SAFA has had an effect on them on Sunday against Sweden.

The question is do you think this saga will have an effect on them during this world cup encounter?