After the game ended in a scoreless draw, it took the Zambian team sudden death to hold off the regional champs with a 6-5 victory. After 120 minutes of play, the score remained 0-0, and both teams still appeared intent on winning the title of South African champions.

Following Chuene Morifi's missed penalty, Joana Benaya ensured the Buffaloes won by scoring to secure the southern region's championship trophy.

Coach Haalubono Charles of the Buffaloes is happy with his team's ability to maintain composure and defeat the defending champs.

“This is the big team we have in Africa, they are so good. They are able to move the ball and keep possession which makes opponents to suffer like we did. They had a red card but it looked like they had added one player, this shows how organised the team is. We started with high pressing and later on we started suffering so we have learnt something on game management, when to press and when to control our players and game,” says Charles.

Sundowns Ladies coach, Jerry Tshabalala was disappointed by the results especially after five of his stars played in the recent women’s Afcon.

“We lost against a very good side. When you looked at the game before even we got to extra time, it was a game of two halves, I think they prepared quite well. At some point in the first half there were times where they were pressing us with three strikers and we needed to rely more on our keeper. We had a better second half and I told my players that with the intensity of the game there was no way we could last and it really showed in the last 20 minutes of the game. Credit must go to my players, after receiving the red card we still managed to press them high,” says Tshabalala.

However both teams have qualified for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Champions League finals in Morocco later this year and will represent the Cosafa region in the continental showpiece.