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Football Association of Malawi (FAM) President Fleetwood Haiya has refuted claims that the Scorchers will not honour their friendly against Zambia’s Copper Queens during the FIFA window between February 17 and 25.
There were reports in Malawi that the friendly had been cancelled because Malawi National Council of Sports had indicated there were no funds for the activity and thus casting doubt on the trip.
“As you are aware the team is in camp preparing for two friendly matches against Zambia on the FIFA window between 17 and 25 February 2025. Initially, during the period, the Scorchers were scheduled to play Congo Brazzaville in the 2026 CAF Women’s AFCON Qualifiers, but the matches were cancelled following the withdraw of Congo,” Haiya told Malawi FA website.
“As FAM we decided to arrange friendly matches against Zambia on the same dates. The idea was to use the same funds we would have used for the Congo matches for our trip to Zambia.”
On Malawi FA relationship with the government, Haiya explained: “We will continue to engage government to fund this important activity despite the stand as communicated by MNSC, and we hope that we will be able to unlock some doors so that our girls are not denied this precious opportunity.”
He continued: “We have called all the foreign based players for the match camp, and we expect them to be in the country in the next few days. Zambia is also bringing all their players, and we are going to do the same.”
The Scorchers were initially scheduled to play against the Republic of the Congo in the WAFCON qualifiers, but Congo withdraw from the competition. In the next round of AFCON qualifiers, Malawi will play against the winner between Zimbabwe and Angola in October and will qualify for their debut AFCON if they win that tie.
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