Malawi’s Young Scorchers host Nigeria’s Falconets at Bingu National Stadium needing a three-goal win to reach the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland.
In the face of battle a warrior worth the salt fights to the last of breath.. The Malawi Under-20 Women’s National Football Team, the Young Scorchers plunge into the battle against Nigeria’s Falconets at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe this afternoon in what some believe is mission impossible.. The Young Scorchers go into the tie with a deficit having lost 2-0 to the Falconets at Remo Stars Stadium in the first leg of the decisive
2026 Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifiers.. The odds are stacked against the Scorchers in this afternoon’s clash.. Malawi need to beat Nigeria by three goals without a reply to automatically qualify for the finals.. Nigeria, on the other hand, need a draw to book their ticket to the World Cup finals.. There is a feeling in Young Scorchers camp that step by step, keep going.. In all fairness, the Young Scorchers need to double
their efforts to get a positive result to reach the Promised Land.. It is a match that requires great character from the word go.. The Young Scorchers need to rise to the occasion in the final round of the qualifiers.. At stake is a place in this year’s Fifa U-20 Women’s World Cup to be staged in Poland in September.. Buoyed by the availability of two foreign-country-based starlets’ midfielders Faith Chimzimu and Rose Kabzere, there
is renewed hope within the football fraternity.. Apart from Chimzimu and Kabzere, the Young Scorchers also have several weapons such as Fatima Lali, Eneless Fabiano, Leticia Chinyamula, Maureen Kenneth and Victoria Mkwala.. Coach Maggie Chombo- Sadik will likely make some changes in today’s match.. The coach will have a selection headache on who will start between the sticks this afternoon.. Goalkeeper Emily Nkhwazi was forced off due to injury in the first leg before she
was replaced by Esther Maulidi in the second half.. Chombo-Sadik said the battle is not over yet.. “Anything is possible in a game of football.. We can turn the tables here with good support.. If you watched the first leg we gave them easy goals,” she said.. Chombo said the availability of Chimzimu and Kabzere has lifted the spirits in the squad.. “Morale is high in camp with the coming in of Faith and Rose..
We believe we will have a good game,” Chombo said.. Nigeria arrived in Lilongwe on Thursday aboard a chartered flight.. Coach Moses Adukwu was optimistic that his charges would complete the mission.. The Young Scorchers reached the final qualifying round following a 6-2 victory over Guinea Bissau on aggregate.. In the third round, Malawi claimed a 3-1 victory over South Sudan on aggregate.. Malawi beat Sudan 2-0 in the first leg before a 1-1 stalemate
in the second leg.. Both matches were played in Juba, South Sudan.. In the first round, the team knocked Central African Republic out of the qualifiers after a 4-2 victory on aggregate.. Malawi beat CAR 3-1 in the first leg match at Bingu National Stadium but settled for a 1-1 stalemate away in Cameroon.. Nigeria, on the other hand, qualified for the last round after beating Senegal 3-1 on aggregate
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