Scorchers Coach Lovemore Fazili is confident his charges will get a positive result when they face South Africa’s Banyana Banyana in a second international match tomorrow.
Malawi lost 3-0 in the first match played on Saturday courtesy of Nonhlanhla Mthandi’s brace and Linda Motlalo’s spot kick but Fazili says he has worked on the weaknesses in his team that will see them turn the tables on Tuesday afternoon.
The Fazili side has been boosted with the coming in of midfielder Asimenye Simwaka who was in Namibia on an Athletes’ Commission assignment.
Speaking after their final training session on Monday afternoon, Fazili said his panel has done strategic changes in the team’s play after the first match.
“We have made some changes looking at how our girls played in the first match.
“We have also welcomed Asimenye Simwaka who had a meeting in Namibia. She was with us in camp and was in our plans here and we now have an advantage because of her pace and hopefully. She will bring change upfront where we had challenges,” said Fazili.
The team will miss the services of right back Maureen Kenneth who sprained her ankle in the first game.
“Maureen is a young and very energetic young player, and we are going to miss her but we have an immediate replacement for her in Bernadettar Mkandawire who is equally good and has been playing in that position so we believe that we will do better come tomorrow.
“South Africa had some weaknesses in defense and it was just unfortunate that our team could not capitalize on that. But we have worked on our weaknesses and with the coming in of Asimenye, I am very sure that we will have a good show tomorrow”, he said.
The venue for tomorrow match has been changed to Lucas Moripe Stadium due to the bad condition of UJ Soweto Stadium which hosted the first match.
