Chawinga sisters fire Malawi into Wafcon final
But the scoreline failed to tell half the story of a frantic, end-to-end encounter which featured two first-half red cards awarded after the intervention of the video assistant referee (VAR) and a slew of presentable opportunities which were spurned by both sides.
Temwa Chawinga extended the lead in the first minute of first-half added time before her team-mate Rose Kadzere was also dismissed before the break following another extended VAR check, this time for a studs-up lunge.
Algeria defender Morgane Belkhiter had already seen red for denying Malawi skipper Tabitha Chawinga a goalscoring opportunity before the older of the two sisters broke the deadlock in the 33rd minute, executing an acrobatic overhead kick which cannoned off the crossbar, hit the turf and spun extravagantly over the goal line.
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