🇲🇼 Malawi’s stunning WAFCON run is the best football underdog story for years
The Scorchers are into Sunday's final in their debut Women's Africa Cup of Nations!
Only two weeks ago, I wrote about Malawi’s shock win over Nigeria in their first-ever Women’s Africa Cup of Nations match.
That was stunning enough. Nigeria, for context, are 10-times African champions. The winners of four of the last five WAFCON tournaments. The Super Falcons are a superpower.
Malawi, on the other hand, are continental minnows.
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Now they are WAFCON finalists after a sensational run that has defied all pre-tournament predictions. Incredibly, Malawi will be WAFCON champions with a victory over Cameroon in Sunday’s final.
The way they’ve been playing, and the teams they have already beaten, one last win might not be beyond The Scorchers.
This is an underdog story that deserves to be revisited.
