{"id":3943,"date":"2023-11-17T14:56:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T12:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2023-11-17T14:56:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T12:56:11","slug":"rabale-eyes-second-star-with-sundowns-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=3943","title":{"rendered":"Rabale eyes second star with Sundowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Lesotho women\u2019s team captain Boitumelo Rabale has her eyes on winning her second CAF Women\u2019s Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns ahead of Sunday&#8217;s final with Sporting Casablance<\/h3>\n<p>Rabale scored the all-important solitary goal as Sundowns got their revenge on defending champions ASFAR of Morocco to reach their third successive final.<\/p>\n<p>The Lesotho star has been impressive in the ongoing tournament in Ivory Coast and was rewarded with a place in the Best XI of the Group Stage.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old was part of the Sundowns squad that were crowned champions of the inaugural edition of the tournament two years ago, becoming the first player from Mountain Kingdom country to taste Champions League success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was exciting to win the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League with Sundowns two years ago, which was the first time for a player from Lesotho,\u201d Rabale said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt boosted my confidence to continue working hard and strive for more success with the club\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rabale admitted that memories of losing the last final to AS FAR still haunts them and is adamant they will make amends when they face Sporting Casablanca in the final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learnt the hard way when we lost in the final to AS FAR and we come back a better team having rectified our mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our dream to conquer the continent again and I have no doubt that we have what it takes to get our second star by the end of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be very good to add the second CAF Champions League medal to my trophy cabinet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was exciting to win the CAF Women\u2019s Champions League with Sundowns two years ago, which was the first time for a player from Lesotho,\u201d Rabale said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt boosted my confidence to continue working hard and strive for more success with the club\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reigning Hollywoodbets Player of the Season, admitted that memories of losing the last final to AS FAR still haunts them and is adamant they will make amends when they face Sporting Casablanca in the final on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe learnt the hard way when we lost in the final to AS FAR and we come back a better team having rectified our mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our dream to conquer the continent again and I have no doubt that we have what it takes to get our second star by the end of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be very good to add the second CAF Champions League medal to my trophy cabinet,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lesotho women\u2019s team captain Boitumelo Rabale has her eyes on winning her second CAF Women\u2019s Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns ahead of Sunday&#8217;s final with Sporting Casablance Rabale scored the all-important solitary goal as Sundowns got their revenge on defending champions ASFAR of Morocco to reach their third successive final. The Lesotho star has been&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rabale eyes second star with Sundowns - Lesotho Football Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lefa.co.ls\/?p=3943\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rabale eyes second star with Sundowns - Lesotho Football Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lesotho women\u2019s team captain Boitumelo Rabale has her eyes on winning her second CAF Women\u2019s Champions League with Mamelodi Sundowns ahead of Sunday&#8217;s final with Sporting Casablance Rabale scored the all-important solitary goal as Sundowns got their revenge on defending champions ASFAR of Morocco to reach their third successive final. 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