Women’s Africa Cup of Nations final: Malawi to meet Cameroon

Malawi continued their giant-killing run at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and beat Algeria 3-1 on Wednesday to book a place ‌in the final against Cameroon. Cameroon upset hosts Morocco 3-1 on penalties after the match ended goalless following extra time in the other semi-final. Competing at the finals for the first time, Malawi beat defending champions Nigeria ⁠in their opening group fixture before edging more fancied rivals Ghana in the quarter-finals. The Cup of Nations finals served as qualifiers for next year’s Women’s World Cup in Brazil with the four quarter-final winners going through. Malawi’s heroics continued on Wednesday with Chawinga sisters, Tabitha (2) and ​Temwa, netting the goals in the semi-final triumph with Ikram Adjabi ‌getting ⁠Algeria’s consolation. Morocco had a controversial penalty awarded to them two minutes before the end of extra-time after a VAR review but Fatima Tagnaout had her effort saved. Cameroon goalkeeper Michaely Bihina ⁠went on to save three more spot kicks in the shootout before ​teenager Myriam Nyadjou coolly converted the winning ​penalty ⁠to send her country through to the final. The final on Sunday in Rabat will crown a new African ⁠champion with all past continental tournaments having been won by either Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria or South Africa. Source: Reuters