Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis is optimistic is charges will be able to overturn the tables when they take on Super Falcons of Nigeria in the return leg of their CAF Women’s Olympic qualifier on Tuesday.

The South African side will have to give it all in the second leg after going down 1-0 to the Super Falcons of Nigeria in the first leg on Friday at MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja. The visitors had a slow start with the hosts dominating the first half and doing most of the attacking.

The constant pressure finally paid off in the 43rd minute when defender Noko Matlou committed a foul inside the box and the Falcons were awarded a penalty. Rasheedat Ajibade made no mistake converting from the spot as Banyana Banyana went to the break trailing by that solitary strike.

“Look, we said it was going to be a tight game but we are hopeful of overturning this result in the second leg,” said Ellis after the game.

“We are still in the game. We created a couple of chances, a penalty decided the match but the game is not over. I thought in the second half we raised our game a lot and created good chances and could have equalized. Maybe we could also have gotten a penalty at the end when Jermaine was fouled but I’m very proud of the team and we will take it back to Pretoria.”

The two African giants will lock horns for the second leg on April 9 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.