Kickoff (Cape Town)
11 October 2008
Former Ajax Cape Town striker Russell Mwafulirwa scored twice in the second-half to hand Malawi a 2-1 victory over the Democratic Republic of Congo in their World Cup qualifier in Blantyre on Saturday.
The result ensures Malawi will finish in the top two in African zone Group 12 but will have to wait until the end of the weekend's full programme of qualifiers to confirm their progress to the final phase of the 2010 World Cup preliminaries.
Congo, who as Zaire were the first black African side to reach the World Cup finals in1974, are eliminated after finishing third. The results likely means the end of a brief tenure in charge for their French coach Patrice Neveu
The visitors had taken an early lead after a powerful long range shot from Lomana LuaLua in the 12th minute but Mwafulirwa equalised early in the second half and then notched the winner eight minutes from time.
Malawi finished the group campaign with four wins from six matches under former Free State Stars coach Kinnah Phiri.
Saturday's lime-up included PSL based players Fisher Kondowe, Peter Mponda, and Joseph Kamwendo, as well as former Jomo Cosmos goal ace Esau Kanyenda.
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