Kansas City’s forward Temwa Chawinga’s and her sister, Tabitha Tuesday gave debutants Malawi their greatest in history as they beat defending champions, Nigeria’s Super Falcons 3-2 in their opening match at the ongoing 2026 WAFCON in Casablanca, Morocco.
After a drab fisrt half, the Malawians parading two Chawinga sisters, Temwa and Tabitha took the battle to the African champions looked ordinary on the day.
Man of the match, Temwa Chawinga exploited the weakness of the Falcons to open scores in the 73rd minute before her sidter Tabitha made it 2-0 in the 79th minutes.
Falcons’ captain Rasheedat Ajibade pulled one goal back from a spot kick few minutes into added time but the more coordinated Malawians increased their tally to three through their poster girl Chawinga from an assist from Benadetta Mkandawire.
Even though the Nigerians scored a second goal through Uchenna Kalu it was too late for them to look for the equaliser as the Rwandan referee Aline Umutoni blew off the match after 10 minutes of added time.
It was a shock to Nigerian fans who had hoped that the Falcons would make a mince of Malawi who qualified for tge first time following the increase in participating teams from 12 to 16 in this edition.
The Nigerians who occupy the third spot in group C would need to beat Zambia and Egypt to qualify.
