Copper Queens crush Comoros 7-0 to reach COSAFA women’s championship semis

Zambia’s Copper Queens have advanced to the semi-finals of the COSAFA Women’s Championship with a commanding 7-0 victory against Comoros at Madibaz Stadium in South Africa on Tuesday.

The match took an early turn when Comoros’ Nasrine received a red card for a foul in the first minute, leading to a penalty for Zambia.

However, Ochumba Oseke Lubanji missed the penalty, preventing Zambia from taking an early lead.

Despite being a player down, Zambia capitalised on Comoros’ misfortunes, scoring their first goal in the 6th minute through Fridah Mukoma.

Just two minutes later, Lubanji broke through the Comoros defense to extend the lead to 2-0.

Zambia continued to dominate and Mukoma scored again in the 10th minute, increasing the advantage to 3-0.

At the start of the second half, Zambia made their first substitution, bringing in Diana Banda for Melody Kipimbi.

This adjustment sustained their offensive momentum, and in the 61st minute, Lubanji scored with a header from an excellent cross by Lungowe Namasiku, making it 5-0.

As the match progressed, Mukoma completed her hat trick with another goal in the 75th minute.

Substitute Charity Mubanga sealed the impressive 7-0 victory with a goal in the 81st minute.

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