Ladies First: COFASA Championship 2023 Zambia Malawi

Finale

15 octobre 2023

Luca Moripe Stadium

PORT

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L’édition 2023 de la COSAFA Women’s Championship s’est achevée dimanche au Lucas Moripe Stadium avec un victoire du Malawi. Les SheFlames inscrivent leur nom au palmarès de cette compétition pour la première fois. Elles ont battu la Zambie sur le score de 2-0. Dans la petite finale, la médaille de bronze est revenue au Mozambique, également primé pour la première fois. La Zambie n’est pas parvenue à retenir son titre décroché l’an dernier. La faute à une excellente formation du Malawi qui est montée en puissance au fil des rencontres avant d’être récompensée de sa constance affichée tout au long du tournoi. Dans un stade bruyant, les deux équipes ont livré une excellente prestation. Il était toutefois évident que les Malawites évoluaient un cran au-dessus.

Asimenye Simwaka a été la première à dégainer dans cette rencontre. Elle a mis le Malawi devant en ouvrant le score à la 35e minute. Les Malawites ont ensuite multiplié les occasions sans pour autant réussir à faire le break. La Zambie profitait à son tour pour recoller au score. Les Copper Queens bénéficiaient d’un pénalty en fin de rencontre. Sans hésitait, Agnès Phiri assumait ses responsabilités et offrait l’égalisation aux Zambiennes. Mais l’équipe du Malawi avait de la ressource et surtout de l’ambition. C’est ainsi que dans le temps additionnel, Sabinah Thom inscrivait le deuxième but du Malawi dans cette finale offrant ainsi la coupe à son pays.

Malawi were crowned the 2023 COSAFA Women’s Championship winners for the first time after defeating holders Zambia 2-1 at a buzzing Lucas Moripe Stadium on Sunday. Zambia were in charge of the game in the opening minutes of the match and could have gotten the opener from a corner inside the first 15 minutes but Salome Phiri landed the ball on the roof of the net. Malawi took the game to their neighbours with Temwa Chawinga threatening but Letisha Lungu cleared quickly and soon after Asaminye Simwaka found her captain, who headed over the bar. Sarah Jere, Zambia’s top goal scorer at the tournament, had an opportunity to score but her attempt was tame and easy for Mercy Sikelo to save. Immediately after that it was Jere again making a run forward and passed to Phiri, who was in the box however failed to get a touch. After 20 minutes there was a foul on Rose Kadzere and Malawi were awarded a free-kick which Chawinga stepped up to take but it was deflected for a corner which was fruitless in the end.

Four minutes after the half hour mark Chawinga squared to Simwaka who didn’t make a mistake and broke the deadlock to hand the Scorchers the lead with her second goal of the tournament. Malawi got into second gear and built a wonderful team goal started by Chawinga, who passed to Simwaka, who then gave it to Sabinah Thom to extend the lead. However Video Assistance Referee (VAR) technology disallowed the goal with evidence that Chawinga fouled the Zambian captain Lushomo Mweemba. Malawi could have had a second goal in the opening five minutes of the second half through Kadzere but her shot went wide. With Malawi searching for a second goal, the Wuhan Jianghan star was brought down and her side got a set-piece. Irene Khumalo took the shot from range and forced Lungu to punch way for a corner and nothing came of it. Late in the match, Irene Khumalo gave away a penalty with a hand ball and Agness Phiri converted to equalise with four minutes left on the regulated time clock. That was shot lived as a defensive error by the Zambian captain saw Thom punish the Copper Queens in injury time to regain the lead with the ultimate championship winning goal.

VARIOUS HIGHLIGHTS

PRECEDENT ROUNDS

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GOALSCORERS

9 goals – Temwa Chawinga (Malawi)

5 – Thubelihle  Shamase (South Africa)

4 – Sarah Jere (Zambia)

3 – Fridah Kabwe (Zambia), Sabinah Thom (Malawi)

2 – Leticia Chinyamula (Malawi), Deolinda Gove (Mozambique), Balothanyi Johannes (Botswana), Luvunga (Angola), Kesegofetse Mochawe (Botswana), Asimenye Simwaka (Malawi)

1 – Hadhirami Ali (Comoros), Amelia Banze (Mozambique), Caupe (Angola), Emili Cazembe (Mozambique), Ennety Chemhere (Zimbabwe), Vanessa Chikupira (Malawi), Lone Gaofetoge (Botswana), Millicent Hikuam (Namibia), Rose Kadzere (Malawi), Ivone Kooper (Namibia), Sikhanyiso Magagula (Eswatini), Cina Manuel (Mozambique), Carolyne Mathyola (Malawi), Matuvova (Angola), Lucia Moçambique (Mozambique), Priviledge Mupeti (Zimbabwe), Rudo Neshamba (Zimbabwe), Lushomo Mweemba (Zambia), Eddelsisingh Naris (Namibia), Nobukhosi Ncube (Zimbabwe), Tenanile Ngcamphalala (Eswatini), Jackline Nkole (Zambia), Khesani Nkuna (South Africa), Agness Phiri (Zambia), Rina Raharimalala (Madagascar), Mohamed Roukia (Comoros), Sambo (Angola), Samkelisiwe Selana (South Africa), Sphumelele Shamase (South Africa)