WOMEN’S national team captain Barbra Banda says the team lacked experience as debutants, which led to their elimination from the ongoing 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. The Copper Queens’ dreams of progressing into the round of 16 sunk on the Nile on Wednesday after they suffered a second defeat of 5-0 against Spain. During an interview Thursday, Banda admitted that lack of experience contributed to their early exit from the World Cup. “It’s been a bad outing for us, and we are sad that we have been eliminated. Lessons learnt, and we have to forge ahead and look forward to the game against Costa Rica. I think we lacked experience. Most of the players we...

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