WAFCON 2024: Super Falcons players visit Injured Banyana player in hospital

Published on July 23, 2025 at 05:29 PM

Super Falcons players, in a spirit of sportsmanship, paid a visit to Banyana Banyana midfielder Gabriela Salgado in Casablanca on Tuesday.

Salgado sustained a serious injury in Banyana Banyana’s 2-1 defeat to Nigeria at the Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, on Tuesday. The player suffered a fracture in her left leg following an accidental collision.

She underwent successful surgery at the Mohammed VI University Hospital on Wednesday.

The 27-year-old is expected to be out of action for about a year.

Banyana Banyana will face Ghana in the third-place match at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations on Friday.

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