Malawi end young Zebras� dream

With the first leg drawn 1-1, the Young Zebras hoped to finish off the Malawians at home, but this was not to be. The visitors posted a stellar second half performance to punish Botswana for some erratic defending and wasted opportunities in the first half.

Botswana dominated the first half and created many scoring opportunities, but they all went begging as the Young Zebras’ strikers fired blanks. Innocent Morapedi’s boys were duly punished for poor defending when Silver Stars’ striker, Kaonga Chawananga squeezed in a shot in the 53rd after a goalmouth melee.