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Ghana 3 (Doris Boaduwaa 23′ 32′ 81′) -1 Malawi (Tendai Sani 15′)
Scorchers Head Coach Lovemore Fazili says he is confident in the team he has built ahead of October’s crucial Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Angola.
Fazili said made the remarks after the team’s 3-1 loss to Ghana in the friendly match played at the Ziaida Complex in Morocco on Saturday evening.
This was the second friendly match for the team in Morocco having played the Atlas Lionesses on Wednesday, a match which ended 4-2 in favour of the hosts.
The head coach said, though the team has lost both matches, he is confident that his side is good and ready for Angola.
“Now with just three months before meeting Angola, I believe that we now have a team and though all the foreign based players were not present at once, we have been monitoring them and we hope that they will all be there when we meet Angola and it will be a strong side”, he said.
The Scorchers were the first to score against Ghana 15 minutes into the match though Tendai Sani before Doris Boaduwaa’s equaliser from the spot eight minutes later.
Boaduwaa scored the second goal for the Black Queens at 32 minutes and the first half ended 2-1 in their favour.
The second half saw goalkeeper Ireen Sibande making two saves on the line guarding the goal to deny the Black Queens access into the net but it was Boaduwa again with the hat trick just nine minutes before the final whistle.
To head Coach Fazili, his girls played well but Ghana was more tactical.
“The match was good and the girls played very well more especially in the first half. Unfortunately, we have lost because we were playing with a more experienced side. In the second half, we were second on the ball and gave away the goal to them.
“We have learnt a lot of lessons having played the two teams Morocco and Ghana on top of the other friendlies we had against Zambia and South Africa. Now that we have had a taste of how teams from the other regions play, we are very confident that we are ready to compete at high levels” he said.
Lineup: Ireen Sibande, Faith Chinzimu (Justina Jumbo 68′), Maureen Kenneth, Rose Kabzere (Fanny Magombo 86′), Asimenye Simwaka (Victoria Mkwala 35′, Chisomo Banda 68′), Tendai Sani (Zainab Kapanda 68′), SabinaThom (Jessie Yosefe 78′), Tabitha Chawinga, Letticia Chinyamula, Ireen Khumalo, Rose Alufandika
