Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis has spoken about the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League tournament and which teams she sees being successful in the competition. Ellis was part of the CAF panel that was discussing the tournament in Morocco and she gave her opinion on the South African sides taking part. She says that UWC is a team that she expects to do well, despite being newbies in the competition. Ellis also named Mamelodi Sundowns to show their quality. “Mamelodi Sundowns they’ve won it twice in the last three editions,” Ellis answered in the webinar. “We all know what they bring. They’ve got some new players and have won the league already in South Africa with quite a number of games to go, because they have the quality they’ve also bought really well.” “UWC on the other hand, over the last couple of years, they’ve run Mamelodi Sundowns very, very close,” she continued. “Yes, they’ve lost a couple of players due to injury and some going abroad but Coach Thina [Thinasonke Mbuli] is well versed on the African continent, and I think a lot of people were worried when they went to the COSAFA playoffs.”