South Africa reveal extent of World Cup impact back home
Coach Desiree Ellis and Jermaine Seoposenwe delve into how Women's World Cup fever has gripped South Africa.
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00:00 It took me about two days to answer all the WhatsApp messages.
00:05 I think when you looked at the videos that was going around, kids were not going to school,
00:11 they were watching matches.
00:13 In the office people were watching matches and I think it's really, you know, given a
00:18 lift to everyone back home.
00:21 People got up early in the morning to watch matches and this was something that could
00:25 put a smile on their face and I think that has really, really changed in the country.
00:31 As you know, the expectations are really high but I think we're up for it.
00:36 I think we inspire little girls back in South Africa to follow in our footsteps and I think
00:41 that's what you want as a player in your national team.
00:45 You want to inspire your nation, you want to inspire females that want to come into
00:50 the sport, whether it's playing or being administrators, whatever they want to do in women's football,
00:55 you can achieve that.
00:56 So I think what we are doing at the moment is raising our hand and showing that we are
01:01 being accounted for.