Former Free State coach Kinnah Phiri and his Malawi Flames staged one of the biggest upsets in the 2010 World Cup and Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, beating reigning Africa kings Egypt 1-0 on Saturday to top group 12.
Substitute Chiukepo Msowoya replaced Ajax Cape Town’s Russel Mwafulirwa in the 75th minute to volley home the injury time winner and shock the Pharaohs.
Malawi, who started their campaign with 8-1 whipping of Djibouti then lost 1-0 to Democratic Republic of Congo, top the group with a superior goal aggregate after tying on six points with the second placed DRC and third placed Egypt.
Djibouti are anchoring the group without a point in three games and look dead certain to go out of the campaign for both the World Cup and Nations Cup.
Saturday’s win was the biggest result Malawi has achieved in recent years, turning Kinnah into an instant hero, barely a month after replacing resigned Englishman Stephen Constantine.
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