Banyana Banyana head coach, Desiree Ellis, says their failure to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is a setback to women’s football in South Africa.

Banyana Banyana were held to a goalless draw against Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Tuesday night at Loftus Stadium.

The result was enough to see the Falcons through having won the first leg in Abuja 1-0.

“It’s a big disappointment not just for us but for everyone involved in women’s football, because we didn’t go in 2020, we were in a similar situation where we had so many chances to – but didn’t go to the next round,” a visibly disappointed Ellis said in her post-match.

“Likewise we didn’t go to the Olympics because of this, it will take a while to recover from this though.”

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It remains to be seen if Ellis will

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