By Happy Milanzie

Lilongwe, November 18, Mana: Malawi national team (Flames) beat Burkina Faso (Starriots) in the 2025 African cup qualifiers at Bingu national stadium in Lilongwe.

Despite the failure to participate in the 2025 African Cup of the Nations that will take place in Morocco, the Malawi team destroyed Burkina by three goals to zero in total energizes African Cup qualifiers.

Malawi secured a 3-0 victory with goals from Gabadinho Mhango in the 28th minute of the first half, Richard Mbulu in the 57th minute, and Loyd Banega Aaron in the 62nd minute.

Interim Head Coach for Malawi national team, Kalisto Pasuwa, said the win has come such that players responded from the advice that he told them at the dressing room as well as during the training.

"The players utilized the advice that was given at the dressing room and the coordination that players portrayed today has revealed that Malawi can have a strong team that can compete with strong national teams in Africa, and winning Burkina Faso is a great sign that the country has good materials in football," he said.

According to Pasuwa, Burkina Faso's defensive gaps allowed the Malawi national team to capitalize on those opportunities and score three goals.

Meanwhile, coach for Burkina Faso, Brama Traore, welcomed the defeat and said it has happened because of some injuries that the Starriots faced during the training.

"We did not underrate the Malawi national team but the problem is the injuries that have been happening during the training when we were making some preparations for the game," he said.

Traore further said Malawi is a good team despite being unqualified for 2025 African Cup of the nations.

The Malawi national team finished in fourth place in Group L with four points, having lost four games, secured one win, and drawn a match against Burundi in Ivory Coast.