After di heavy defeat wey dem suffer for dia opening match, Egypt future for di TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations 2026 don dey hang for air.
Di Pharaohs bin lose 6-0 to Zambia, and now dem need to bounce back sharp sharp against Malawi wey dey fly high after dem bin shock Nigeria 3-2.
For Egyptian coach Mohamed Kamal, di equation simple: any other slip-up go put dia tournament life for serious trouble.
But Kamal no dey panic. He talk say, “We want to show di true face of di Egyptian team. We analyze di mistakes from di first match, and di players dey understand more and more di demands of tournament of dis magnitude.”
He add say di team still dey learn after long absence from continental stage, and every match and training session na experience wey go help dem progress.
Egyptian captain Nadin Ghazi talk say di defeat don make dem even more motivated. “We want to show what Egyptian women’s football represents and make our families, our fans, and di entire nation proud.” She tok say winning dis match go be rebirth for dem, and dia only objective na to take di three points.
For Malawi side, dem bin cause big upset wen dem beat Nigeria, but di coach Lovemore Fazili no gree make im players get swollen head. “It go be a completely different match,” he warn. “We don prepare well, and we know e no go easy. Dere plenty pressure because we absolutely want to win.”
He also talk say dem no dey take Egypt lightly, because Egypt fit cause plenty problems.
Malawian midfielder Leticia Chinyamula talk say “Don’t judge a book by its cover.” She believe say many people long time bin dey underestimate dem, but now na dia moment.
Di Chawinga sisters, Temwa and Tabitha, bin score for di victory against Nigeria, and dem go be key again for dis match.
Statistically, Egypt don face Southern African teams four times for WAFCON, wit one win and two losses. Dem don lose dia last two games to COSAFA teams, including di 6-0 defeat to Zambia and 5-0 against South Africa for 2016.
Dis go be dia first ever meeting for WAFCON history, and both teams get plenty reason to fight for victory.
