* Let’s wish them some kind thoughts and then make the Pharaohs see red on return leg at Bingu National Stadium on Tuesday, November 17
* Only a single point separates us with the leaders Egypt and runners-up Angola in fight for a place at AfCON Pamoja 2027
It’s a fact that the Flames have an insurmountable task in this evening’s Africa Cup of Nations (AfCON) Pamoja 2027 qualifier in Cairo, whose betting odds are at 4/9 (bein Sports) in favour of the hosts.
But let us not be discouraged — let’s reserving some kind thoughts for them to cause a major upset but if it doesn’t materialise, well and good, because our boots are on foreign soil and the terrain doesn’t favour them at all.
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I plead with us to help the Flames on the return leg by making the Pharaohs see red at Bingu National Stadium on Tuesday, November 17. That’s our moto; ‘Let’s Make Them See Red’.
The fans’ turn-up for Malawi Scorchers at Bingu against Zimbabwe in the first leg of the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 qualifiers was unprecedented, which was acknowledged by the global football family as indeed groundbreaking in as far as world women football is concerned.
Let’s repeat it against the Pharaohs on Tuesday, let’s boo every touch Mo Sallah will make, whom Egypt have recalled just as a scarecrow, who badly needs to qualify for the finals to try and win his first-ever AfCON title that has eluded him for the past 15 years.
As a reminder, the Flames are 3rd on Group B log table after beating South Sudan 2-1 and losing 1-3 to Angola, but we are just a single behind both leaders Egypt and runners-up Angola, who share 4 points.
Most likely, Angola, who are hosting South Sudan tomorrow, will win and at this stage of the race, it’s every man for himself — thus we need to beat Egypt this evening or for the worst salvage a draw, just like Angola did at the same Cairo International Stadium in the opening campaign in September.
It’s possible to beat the Pharaohs at their own turf since South Africa managed a 1-0 win at the same Cairo International Stadium in preparation for the back-to-back encounters against the Flames — the lads just need to remain focused guided by the wisdom of coach Kalisto Pasuwa.
Malawi Deputy Ambassador to Egypt Rev. Baxton Maulidi paid a courtesy visit to Flames in Cairo yesterday to boost their morale
Pasuwa told FAM Media yesterday that his focus remains on the players his charges will face than changes to the opposition’s technical panel by replacing coach Hossam Hassan with Ali Maher.
The Flames have always disappointed when we least expected of them and rewarded us immensely where we also never anticipated at all.
The betting odds are based on past experiences between the two teams, but let us all believe in the lads to give us an early Christmas present and while it looks like it’s insurmountable task, anything can happen in this ‘Beautiful Game’.
Whatever the result in Cairo this evening at 21h00 CAT, which will be broadcast live on GOtv on Channel 63/228, I urge ourselves to turn up in large numbers at Bingu National Stadium on Tuesday.
Online tickets are available through famticketsmw.com while advance physical ticket sales start tomorrow, November 14. The advance of online advance tickets is enjoying a discount of K2,000 off the Standard physical ticket of K10,000 and K5,000 off the VIP’s K25,000.
