By Staff Reporter
Malawi national football team, The Flames, will face Lesotho in the semifinals of the HollywoodBets Cosafa Cup after beating Comoros 2-0 at Moses Mabhida Stadium in South Africa.
The first clear chance for Flames came in the 22nd minute through Alick Lungu who sent a cross to Lanjesi Nkhoma but Nkhoma’s shot went straight into the palms of Comoros goalkeeper.
Chawanangwa Kaonga put Flames ahead in the 30th minute from the spot after he was fouled by a Comoros defender.
Patrick Mwaungulu increased Flames’ advantage five minutes later from a rebound after Chimwemwe Idana’s shot hit the post.
In the second half, Gaddie Chirwa replaced Christopher Kumwembe in the 60th minute while Chifundo Mphasi and Frank Willard replaced Patrick Mwaungulu and Chawanangwa Kaonga in the 73rd minute.
Ekwendeni Hammers captain Blessings Singini replaced Chimwemwe Idana in the 87th minute and it still ended 2-nil in favour of the Patrik Mabedi boys.
The result means that the Flames has qualified as group B winners after winning all their three games and managing to keep a clean sheet.
In another match, Zambia has beaten Seychelles 4-2 to finish Group B as runners up.
