Serbia exhibition clash exposes Banyana’s weak spots

Positives for Ellis from the exhibition match were how her team applied the instructions from the coaching staff and them playing for each other.

“It’s exciting and encouraging to see that what we worked on,  a lot of it came together. In the second half, there was one moment we pushed up for a corner and lost the ball, our players sprinted back to get into position, and that shows the willingness to work and play for the team, which was important.

“With regard to the performance, we showed not just a lot of character but we showed we can play, we created opportunities and we put them on the back foot. And that for us was important, seeing the player absorb what we trained them in the last two weeks and put that into practice,” Ellis said.