WAFCON: Zambia coach fumes as controversial CAF rule sees Super Falcons, Malawi qualify

Head manager of Zambia’s women nationalist team, Nora Häuptle, has deed retired astatine the tie-break regularisation enforced by the Confederation of African Football, CAF, astatine the ongoing Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

The regularisation saw the Copper Queens exit the competition, contempt a 2-1 triumph implicit Malawi on Wednesday.

Häuptle’s ladies finished connected six points, aforesaid arsenic the Super Falcons of Nigeria and Malawi.

But CAF’s tie-break rules based connected goals scored successful matches involving the 3 tied teams saw them eliminated.

Under the regulations, Nigeria and Malawi progressed aft scoring 4 and 3 goals respectively successful the head-to-head matches, portion Zambia scored two.

“We scored the astir goals successful this group, and we conceded the slightest goals,” Häuptle said, arsenic quoted by Lusaka Times.

“Sometimes I’m not definite if we bash the close things with this benignant of regulations due to the fact that it feels wholly weird that we are out.”

WAFCON: Zambia manager fumes arsenic arguable CAF regularisation sees Super Falcons, Malawi qualify