Copper Queens of Zambia star Rachael Kundananji has said today’s (Saturday) clash with Nigeria’s Super Falcons will determine the fate of both teams in this year’s Women’s African Cup of Nations (WAFCON)in Morocco.

Defending champions, Super Falcons, did not have the best of starts in the competition after suffering a shock 3-2 loss to debutants Malawi in Group C.

However, Zambia had a perfect start following a dominant 6-0 win against Egypt.

Now, the two teams will head into second group clash with a lot at stake, and Kundananji admitted a lot is riding on the game.

“The moral is high, the team is ready,” she said in Friday’s press conference. “we understand it’s not an easy task, it’s the game that will determine both team’s fate, it’s the game that will make everything easy or tough. It won’t be an easy game and we are just looking forward to doing our best.”

Speaking also at the presser, Zambia head coach Nora Häuptle said her team will not go into the contest to play for a draw.

“We never play for a draw, it’s not in our nature, we always chase for the lead in games. In the last edition we lost against Nigeria in the Quarterfinals, we learnt a lot in the game in our game against Egypt we were flexible so we can surprise Nigeria.”

The Swiss coach stated there is tremendous growth in her team, thanks to the series of top friendly matches they featured in as part of their preparations for the WAFCON.

She added:”We have grown as a team, this year we played in the FIFA series where we faced top 20 oppositions in the world to learn about high level games and the summary of those learnings makes us stronger and make us grow so I have a lot of confidence in my team.”