Desiree Ellis admitted that the Banyana Banyana’s failure to qualify for the Olympics is a setback for women’s football in South Africa.

The African champions were held to a 0-0 draw by Nigeria in Pretoria on Tuesday night.

The result was not enough to see them through with the Super Falcons having won the first leg 1-0 in Abuja last week.

‘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.

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

Banyana Banyana will now shift attention to the defence of their WAFCON title this summer.

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