Simbeye said after a training session at the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka yesterday that she was happy that the team kept improving each day.She said after a light workout in the morning, the team was expected to resume intense training in the afternoon as the coaching bench continued to work on fine-tuning the team for the qualifiers.
Simbeye said the team's aim was to perform better in 2012 compared to this year where they failed to qualify for the 2011 Maputo All Africa Games and 2012 London Olympic Games.
"Training is progressing well and I am happy that the team seems to be improving each day that passes. The players have remained focused and dedicated to training and we are positive of a good game this time around," he said.
Simbeye expressed happiness that all the players summoned to camp had reported with a few minor injuries which she said were manageable.
Meanwhile, the Malawi women's team regrouped on Christmas Day ahead of the clash against Zambia.
The Nyasa Times reports that Malawi, who dropped in the women FIFA rankings to 129 from 126, regrouped on December 25 to start preparations against Zambia.
The paper reports that the Malawi team which finally entered the band of world ranked teams earlier this year has paid the price of inactivity after returning from the 2011 Cosafa women's championship in Zimbabwe.
After making a promising comeback to international football after a five-year break, the team went through to the semi-finals of the tournament and earned ranking.
The Malawi women football team has since been out of action and will only return next month in the CAF women championship first leg match against Zambia.he paper reports that the Malawi team which finally entered the band of world ranked teams earlier this year has paid the price of inactivity after returning from the 2011 Cosafa women's championship in Zimbabwe.After making a promising comeback to international football after a five-year break, the team went through to the semi-finals of the tournament and earned ranking.
The Malawi women football team has since been out of action and will only return next month in the CAF women championship first leg match against Zambia.One of the country's most respected women football pioneers and owner of Malawi's top women's football side DD Sunshine, David Dube told Nyasa Times that the rankings were a true reflection of the situation on the ground because the team had been inactive for a long time.
"We needed to play some games at least to remain competitive and move up the ladder but that has not been the case and we deserved the drop really," Dube said.
Dube says a lot had to be done to make Malawi move up the ladder and should atleast organise some matches for the girls.
United States are still the top ranked women's football team followed by Germany. World champions Japan are on position 4. Zambia is yet to enter the world ranking charts.
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