Copper Queens sneak into COSAFA Semis

The Copper Queens crawled into the semi-finals of the COSAFA Women’s Championship following a hard-fought 2-1 win over Eswatini at Seshego Stadium in South Africa on Tuesday afternoon. Defending champions Zambia came from behind to beat Eswatini in their final Group B match to secure top spot finish. Eswatini scared Zambia with a 14th minute lead against the run of play.

Defender Agness Musesa equalised for Zambia after 21 minutes with the winning goal coming seven minutes after the break. It was a tough encounter in which favourites Zambia laboured for victory against little fancied Eswatini. “It is a good result,” said Copper Queens interim head coach Charles Haalubono.

“Today we tried more players whom we selected to come and test. We struggled; we didn’t play well in the first half but picked up in the second half,” Haalubono said. “We are here to prepare the team for the Women’s Africa Cup,” he said. Zambia’s Maweta Chilenga was named Player of the Match.