00:004, 3, 2, 1
00:08Let's battle commence
00:11as debutants Malawi go in search of what would be a shock qualification for the women's world cup
00:18not alone in place in the semi-finals
00:25they are going in search of an 8th semi-final in this competition
00:33and what would be a 4th appearance at the women's world cup
00:38their last back in 2007
00:41and the next tournament of course taking place in 2027 next year in Brazil
00:51and they hold up in play as the referee just has a word with Chantelle Boye-Haukler
01:08so Malawi all in red
01:12this is anything but
01:19a reminder that Algeria lie in wait for whoever makes it through
01:30and Ivory Coast
01:34will meet the losers in the African World Cup playoffs
01:37here at Garner trying to open the scoring earlier and into the middle it goes up goes Boadua
01:41Boye-Haukler with the strike
01:43Boye-Haukler with the goal
01:46her first of the campaign
01:49and Garner
01:51take an early lead
01:55excellent volley
01:57from the 30 year old
01:59waited for it to come down
02:02and made absolutely no mistake
02:05unerring into the bottom corner
02:08and lift off for the Black Queens
02:15Koussi did really well down the right-hand side and then put it across the Boadua
02:20unable to get and latching onto the rebound she had work to do still from that tight angle
02:27and managed to get it across four Malawi players
02:33that was the crucial tackle
02:34from Koussi
02:36headed up and headed on
02:38at the back by Roos
02:41Alufandika
02:44there is a check
02:45for the goal
02:49we will have to see
02:50we will have to see
02:52we will have to see
03:05Tama the turn to the byline and Conlon with a really important intervention and then Kudo anywhere
03:12she wanted to get it away too
03:14just hack it away
03:20that's a nice ball around the corner picked up by Simwaka
03:24into the middle it goes from Simwaka
03:27only as far as Tenwa, strike a goal from Tenwa, turned behind
03:30and turned in, a deflection takes it in
03:35well we've barely begun and it's already 1-1
03:39and with their first strike
03:42Tenwa has found the back of the net and she pays homage to
03:45Sabina Tom, the 30-year-old ruled out with a knee injury
03:49in the last game against Zambia
03:55Malawi's first attack of the game, all of the game
03:59she took her time, Tenwa
04:02strike at goal and
04:03well the deflection left Conlon, Cynthia Conlon
04:07with outer hope in the Ghanaian goal
04:12and Malawi making light of that at present
04:18and with Fandika away
04:24he's 20 years of age
04:27club football
04:28at home in Malawi like
04:30many of the team do
04:36six of the starting line-up based in Malawi
04:49looking for
04:51going to do what
05:01are not here
05:06and so one of Morocco
05:10Cameroon
05:12Algeria
05:15and possibly one of these two sides will be
05:17emerging champion
05:20a week today
05:24Bonsu, bit of space in the middle, where's the defence?
05:26oh she's missed again
05:29well the flag has gone up
05:33Badu was in
05:34Acres
05:35away area
05:36look at this, no one around
05:43down the sideline might need a little bit of work
05:45in the back for the Scorchers
05:48not so hot
05:55good joke
06:01Shikondi Godway looking for
06:04Samwako unable to find her
06:10Badu
06:13Kusi
06:14with Yeboah overlapping but she goes early looking for
06:21100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres
06:29she's one player you can possibly afford to misplace a pass to
06:42Kimelo with the delivery
06:44and up goes Simwaka, challenging for it
06:46and Conlon
06:49takes it well with both hands
06:51The 23-year-old.
07:11Gondwe.
07:14Here is Simwak.
07:17Ray Hawker loose.
07:19To Zilu. Tabitha.
07:23Into Temwak.
07:27And again, showing us her tricks.
07:30Goes to the United States with Kansas City Courant.
07:35She has hugely impressed.
07:39In the years she's been there.
07:42Temwak Chawinga.
07:50And he felt the guard up deliver their most complete performance of the tournament last time out against Marley in
07:55that 1-1 draw.
08:06Up against somebody even younger than her in Yeboah who's just 19.
08:29Asantoa.
08:33And Konduriri into Simwaka.
08:35And will get on her bike and get going. Here she is. Lovely ball into the middle.
08:39Mowache importantly away because Temwak was lurking behind.
08:53Into the middle.
08:56Tabitha just knocks it back to Kumalo.
08:58There are bodies forward here for Malawi.
09:01Five in the middle.
09:02And up it goes!
09:03And it's Simwaka who has the header.
09:05And then it's Conlon who makes the save.
09:08Couldn't generate the power that she would have wanted to.
09:12To Simwaka.
09:14Got a good ball in from Kumalo.
09:18Coach saying, you can hear him on the microphone.
09:22Kim Bjorkiger in the Sweden charge of the Black Queens.
09:31Still asking questions.
09:40In-swinger.
09:44Simwaka lifts it away.
09:46Yeboah.
09:50And that's enough.
09:51There goes the half-tying whistle.
09:53White on there.
09:54Two minutes of additional time.
09:56And at present there is nothing to separate.
10:00Debutants Malawi.
10:02More experienced opponents.
10:06Chantelle Boyhawkler.
10:08The opening goal.
10:10Really early on.
10:11Seven minutes on the clock.
10:12And then Temwak Chowenga.
10:14Equalizing just five minutes later.
10:17Leaves this fourth.
10:19And final quarter final.
10:21Delicately poised at half-time.
10:32Algeria.
10:35In Wednesday's semi-finals.
10:43In case you're joining us late.
10:44Ghana taking an early lead.
10:46To Chantelle Boyhawkler.
10:49And it did not take Malawi long to recover.
10:53Just five minutes later.
10:55With only 12 minutes on the clock it was 1-1.
10:59Tomwa Chowenga.
11:03With the strike which took a big and significant deflection off Alice Kusi who had made Garner's opener.
11:11Leaving Garner as a goalkeeper.
11:14With no chance there's.
11:17Fazeely.
11:19Who has done an outstanding job.
11:22With this Malawi inside.
11:24He's.
11:24Led youth sides in.
11:27Men's football.
11:29In his homeland.
11:30The 56 year old.
11:32Fold group for the Islanders.
11:35Really nice lob.
11:36But she's.
11:37Struggled despite having a fair few shots to.
11:40But.
11:42Looked dangerous since.
11:44The fans will be hoping that can change.
11:47Asante were trying to get away from Simwaka.
11:57I love.
11:58I love that.
12:00Tomwa.
12:01She wouldn't get with the defensive work.
12:03I love it.
12:08everything on the field.
12:18Hoping upon hope that a fairytale could be achieved.
12:21Kumale looking long.
12:24Shinzimu tries to flick it on.
12:26Do you want to clear their lines? Here is Tenwa.
12:31Madise.
12:33Simwaka.
12:35Kanzeri nicely out to the right-hand side to Mkande Wierat.
12:40In it goes, their body's in there.
12:42Conlon comes and gathers, not convincingly, it's spilled.
12:45It could have gone anywhere.
12:47It's going to be a Garnier free kick.
12:52Didn't gather there under pressure from Tabitha,
12:54and that was the touch where she spilled it.
12:56Miss Simwaka nearby, and she was helped out by her defender.
13:00Asantewa.
13:04Cut out by Kumalo.
13:16Yeboa inside to Bonsu.
13:22Kanzeri.
13:26This is coming all the way back to Kusi.
13:29Options in the middle for the Ghanaian.
13:31To deliver again!
13:33Well, she cannot miss, and there is Doris Boaduwa
13:36to restore Ghana's advantage early in the second half.
13:41Kusi again causing the problems down the right flank.
13:44And finally, Ghana's number nine has her second of the competition.
13:52Stern faces at the back for Malawi.
13:57Wasn't going to miss from there.
14:00Well, this is going to be looked at for offside.
14:05Well, let's admire the delivery from Kusi in the meantime.
14:09Once again, no marking in the middle of the park.
14:12For Malawi, and she rose really well.
14:15Boaduwa.
14:16She got high, got over it.
14:21Sekello had come out.
14:26And the ball sails far from her.
14:34Nervy weight all round.
14:37And it is not going to stand.
14:40So Malawi have a let-off.
14:45And Boaduwa as well.
14:48Her weight goes on,
14:49and she does finally find the back of the net.
14:53With his chalked off.
14:55But then you have to go back to Zimbabwe in 2000.
15:00For the last team.
15:02We made it to the last four.
15:07Just to put things in context.
15:08Malawi are ranked as the 32nd best team in Africa.
15:14And not even in the top half of the continent.
15:19Ghana are the third best team in Africa,
15:22according to FIFA's women's rankings.
15:34Malawi have never even been in the top 100 of those ratings for football's world governing body.
15:41And yet here they are, knocking on the door.
15:44Chenwa, that's missed in Waka.
15:46We'll keep it in.
15:47She's got Konzere on the edge of the air if she can play it back into her.
15:50She doesn't do so.
15:51But actually read it and the offside flag goes up as well.
15:56Playing at her sixth Wafcon.
16:01She last scored in the tournament way back in 2018.
16:08Used to be a striker.
16:10It has retreated backwards as her years have gone up.
16:16Here is Boacce.
16:18And she does strike a goal but straight into the wall.
16:26And Santua neatly done and then goes down.
16:31Under a little bit of pressure for some Waka.
16:33Yeboah comes over Boacce.
16:38No wonder the left foot.
16:40The height of Boacca to aim at.
16:42So too Boadua.
16:45But it's Yeboah who takes it in.
16:47Malouf and Dika.
16:49And Adise actually who gets it away.
16:51There's Chenwa into Simwaka.
16:54Looking straight back into...
16:57Lovely ball inside the full-back from Kujo.
16:59And I think that's why Kamala was obviously congratulating her skipper.
17:14Kusi with the delivery.
17:16Outswing on this occasion.
17:17Free header.
17:19And unable to guide that on target was Kujo.
17:27Trophies are plenty in Sweden.
17:29The People's Republic of China.
17:31France first with Paris Saint-Germain.
17:33Now with Lyon.
17:40She's yet to really get in the game as much as she would like, I would have thought.
17:44Tabitha Chawinga.
17:45Not like this, number 11.
17:47Kusi.
17:48Boy, Horkler with a swing, a goal.
17:50And off target.
17:56Not worth a strike.
17:57Play the 1-2 with Katsere.
17:59But they weren't on the same wavelength.
18:01Here's Kumalo.
18:04Skipping past one and then another.
18:07Just too many bodies to go past.
18:14And Ubeya.
18:16Unable to get around Gondwe, who's stuck to her task and performed really admirably well.
18:23The first game of the tournament.
18:27Yabawa.
18:29Straight into Kumalo.
18:35Just looking around for support.
18:37Nutmeg's the substitute.
18:38Here's Tenwa.
18:39Running a goal.
18:41It's going to spill here to Simwaka for Malawi.
18:45And that's announced.
18:47Pila will just line up in front of Kandawire.
18:51The two of them actually played together in Kazakhstan the year before last.
18:56They know each other well.
18:59Here's Chinzimu.
19:00Nicely turned away.
19:02And then looking for Tenwa.
19:04And Tenwa trying to feed the substitute as well, but blocked.
19:09Kandawire.
19:09Kandawire.
19:09I think that was a shot.
19:12He said it.
19:13He's going to be a pass.
19:14And rather useful as well to Cikupilac.
19:20Striker goal comes in and another deflection this time off Pogace.
19:24Well, it was Gondwe who got the shot away.
19:26Abigail Kim, a striker based in Turkey.
19:31He's being given instructions.
19:42That's nice.
19:43Kateri in behind for Malawi.
19:45Oh, it's dreamland for the Scorchers who lead Ghana with less than 20 minutes to go.
19:53Are the Wafcon debutants?
19:55Women's World Cup bound.
19:59She just ghosted through.
20:01And didn't she take it well?
20:04Her second of the tournament, Rose Kateri, will she ever score a more important goal?
20:11Ghana are behind.
20:16Malawi over ten minutes away from not just reaching the semi-finals.
20:22Of their very first ever Women's Africa Cup of Nations.
20:25They're making it through to the Women's World Cup.
20:29They're ranked 153rd in the world.
20:37She was unbelievably calm, the 20-year-old.
20:42As if she had all-day teams to eliminate Zambia as Malawi did in the group stage at the Wafcon.
20:51Went on to win the title.
20:52South Africa in 2022.
20:55In Nigeria last year.
20:58Boache looking long.
21:00And headed behind.
21:01And that's surely a corner.
21:03And it is.
21:05Ned Issei taking responsibility.
21:15In inverted commas to enter the last tournament.
21:19The 2024 edition.
21:21Their first qualification campaign was in 2004.
21:25Then they went again two years after that.
21:26Then they decided they'd do it again in 2012.
21:29Then in 2022.
21:32And then this time around.
21:35They're on the verge of getting to the Women's World Cup.
21:37As Kumalo again lets fly from distance.
21:41And again hits the target.
21:43It's delivered.
21:44The defense as well.
21:45Kumalo has been really good at the back.
21:49And they've just got to keep going for six minutes and whatever else is left.
21:54As Björkergren urges Garner for a Boache.
21:56Doesn't get the height on it.
21:58Into the middle.
21:59On the swivel.
22:00From Princess Marfo.
22:06Behind four.
22:07Distance has been very much a feature of this Black Queens campaign.
22:10They haven't always come off.
22:12She needs one to do so now.
22:14While on this occasion she's just gone straight for goal.
22:16From near the halfway line.
22:19I'm not sure that was the best decision.
22:21From the veteran.
22:32And she's caught, Boache.
22:36By Kadzere, who's got to be careful.
22:40She's been playing, Boache.
22:42For the Black Queens.
22:43Eye on her at the back for Garner.
22:45Well, Kumalo has lost a boot on the pitch.
22:48Which you might be able to see near the halfway line.
22:50And she's playing on without it.
22:53Madise.
22:54Just forcing Kim wide.
22:57And Hubera in the middle.
23:00Princess Marfo goes into the area.
23:03And there is a challenge coming in on her.
23:07And Chiqui Pilat.
23:11She possibly could have gone down, but she stayed on her feet.
23:14That's Tendai Sane, who's waiting.
23:17Touch forward from Princess Marfo.
23:19It's now or never for the Black Queens.
23:21Into the middle it goes.
23:22And behind for a corner.
23:26The five minutes of additional time are up.
23:35All eyes on the referee.
23:37And all eyes on this delivery.
23:39Because this surely is it.
23:43And Kumalo gets the touch.
23:45And Kanda Wire away.
23:48And that's it.
23:50Malawi.
23:51The rank outsiders.
23:54Tournament debutants.
23:5832nd best team theoretically in Africa are through to the Women's World Cup.
24:04They are nicknamed the Scorchers.
24:06And they have been red hot at this tournament.
24:09They have beaten Kanda by two goals to one.
24:13And they will be taking their place amongst the finest teams on the planet in women's football.
24:18At the Women's World Cup in Brazil next year.
24:23They have done it the hard way.
24:25They have overcome a group involving Nigeria.
24:28Ten time African champions.
24:29Defending champions.
24:31They've risen above Zambia.
24:33They've now overcome Kanda.
24:36Serial semifinalists in this competition.
24:39One, two, three.
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