Mozambique’s soccer team was defeated by Malawi this Tuesday, a national holiday, with a score of 0-1 in the Group D Round 2 match of the 2022 World Cup qualification, finishing last with a dot.
Malawi’s victory was achieved in the 10th minute, when Mbulu, curiously, the ex-forward Costa do Sol won after negligence on the part of the Mozambique defense.
As with the Ivory Coast game, in the first round, Horacio Gonçalves presented a very defensive play with a clear intention to surprise the opponent with counterattacks, which never happened throughout the match. When Melke was alone in the front and Luis Mikisson was the only creative unit in midfield, it was easy for the Malawians to nullify Mozambique’s fruitless midfield efforts right in midfield.
The truth is that the Malawian side has always been closer to increasing the score than Mamba to a draw. Victor Guambé intervened three times (he came in the first half to replace the injured Hernan) to avoid the more expressive triumph of Chamas, who, incidentally, were much better, even though they were playing outside.
It should be noted that Malawi had to play in South Africa after the CAF failed to organize their venues due to the fact that they were unable to host international matches.
After this setback, faced with the most accessible enemy in the group, the Mozambicans got into big trouble together, as in the next round, the last round of the first round, they play in Cameroon and are still traveling to Ivory Coast. …
It should be noted that only the one who was the first to qualify gets into the last stage of qualification for the 2022 World Cup.
Current classification: Ivory Coast (4), Cameroon (3), Malawi (3) and Mozambique (1).
