Zambia, Malawi to clash in Cosafa U17 semis
Neighbours Zambia and Malawi will renew their over 50 year rivarly on Tuesday in the semi finals of Region V/Cosafa Under-17 Championship in Maseru, Lesotho.
Kick-off will @ 10h00 & Live on SuperSport 227 Variety 2, ZNBC TV 3 on TopStar & Cosafa.tv.
Tournament favourites Zambia finished top of Group A after recording back to back wins.
The George Chilufya tutelage young guns beat hosts Lesotho 2-0 in the opening before recording a narrow win over eSwatini two days ago to book a semi final place.
Despite not winning a match at the tournament, Malawi came second behind Angola in Group B.
The young Flames were held by Botswana on match day 1 before loosing 4-2 to Angola.
Angola then beat Botswana 2-0 in the other Group B tie.
While both Malawi and Botswana have a point each on the log, the former advanced to the semis having scored two more goals.
Angola will have to wait for the winner between Eswatini and Lesotho to confirm their semi final opponents.
The Eswatini and Lesotho match was abandoned in the 56th minute due to heavy downpour of rains.
The match, in which Eswatini was leading 1-0 will now be played on Monday at 13h00.
BOYS U17 TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
| GROUP A | P | W | D | THE | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| Zambia (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Eswatini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| GROUP B | P | W | D | THE | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
| Angola (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Malawi (Q) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 1 |
| Botswana | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
BOYS U17 TOURNAMENT STATS
Matches Played: 5 *
Goals scored: 14
Biggest victory: Lesotho 0 Zambia 2 (Group A, December 1), Angola 2 Botswana 0 (Group A, December 4); Malawi 2 Angola 4 (Group B, December 5)
Most goals in a game: 6 – Malawi 2 Angola 4 (Group B, December 5)
* Lesotho vs Eswatini to be completed