COPPER QUEENS’S HOPEFUL

By MICHAEL MIYOBA                                                                                                                                            COPPER Queens captain Barbra Banda says the team is still hopeful of doing something when they face Brazil in the last group F fixture at the Olympic Games in Japan.Speaking after she made history by becoming the first female footballer to score two hat-tricks in two games following Zambia’s 4-4 stalemate with China on Saturday, Banda said the Copper Queens are working as a team and were looking forward to face Brazil.Banda, who features for Chinese club Shanghai Shengli, said there is a lot of improvements in the team after their disappointing 10-3 loss to the European Champions Netherlands in their first game at the Olympics.“There is a lot of improvements from the first game (against Netherlands). What we wanted mostly (against China) is a win but unfortunately settled for a draw but I like the team spirit that we have.“We are working as a team and we are looking forward to […]