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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi\u2019s Flames have a chance to redeem themselves in the Hollywoodbets Cosafa Cup in South Africa, as they face eSwatini this afternoon in their second Group B game at King Zwelithini Stadium.<\/p>\n

After a stuttering start at the regional tournament, losing 2-1 to Lesotho, Malawi\u2019s hopes of making it to the quarter-finals depend on this afternoon\u2019s results.<\/p>\n

The Flames need to win this tie if they are to stand to be counted as one of the possible candidates for the quarter-finals. Any result other than a win is not something to fancy for the Mario Marinica-coached outfit.<\/p>\n

The Flames face the group\u2019s favourites eSwatini who kicked off the tournament on a high note, beating Mauritius 3-0. Marinica conceded that just like the Lesotho match, this afternoon\u2019s game will not be easy as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect a tough game against eSwatini. I think that eSwatini is the best team in this group. But we have a game plan which will give us a lot of scoring opportunities and if we manage to take them, we will win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

eSwatini lead the pool with three points while Lesotho, who face Mauritius later in the evening, are second with three points as well. Pointless Malawi lie third while the Islanders anchor the group. Malawi will wrap up the pool stage against Mauritius while Lesotho and eSwatini clash in the other group\u2019s final match.<\/p>\n

The Romanian tactician said though he is targeting six points from the remaining matches (against eSwatini this afternoon and Mauritius on Sunday), the Flames fate is not in their hands.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s appropriate to say Malawi can make it to the quarter-finals because it does not depend on us now. \u201cIt now depends on results of other teams\u2019 games. What we can do is to do what is expected of us and win the remaining matches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Flames captain John CJ Banda said the players are determined to make amends in this afternoon\u2019s match. He said: \u201cIt\u2019s our fault that we lost to Lesotho. We made some mistakes that cost us the match. This time we are ready to make amends for it. We know it\u2019s another tough game but we will go for it.\u201d Group winners will qualify for the quarter-finals to face Senegal.<\/p>\n

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