Banyana showed 'resilience, bravery and courage' against Swedes, says Ellis: Banyana Banyana showed how much they have improved on the World Cup stage with their performance of 'resilience, bravery and courage', almost matching third-ranked Sweden in…
“We had a gameplan and I thought it worked throughout. I thought we were defensively very sound,” Ellis said.“Our transitions could have been better. If our decisions in the final third had been better we’d be speaking about a different result now.
“Unfortunately we conceded at a moment where we were in complete control and that put us back a bit. And to concede right at the end I thought was a bit cruel, but that is football.“We might not have had the preparation we wanted but the group of players have shown resilience, they’ve shown bravery and courage — and through that we could have got a better result.
“At times I thought if we had taken our chances, or better decisions where we were maybe two-vs-one and went on our own, we could have had a different result, even with them scoring at the end.”
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