Football Association of Malawi (FAM) Vice President James Mwenda says Malawian players lacks physical toughness which has greatly affected the performance of the Malawi National Football Team in various competitions.
Speaking during the closing ceremony of a five-day FIFA Physical Fitness training at Mpira Village in Chiwembe on Friday afternoon, Mwenda said Malawi concedes goals in the first minutes or the last minutes simply because players fail to withstand pressure exerted by the opponents.
“If Malawi fails to concede goals in the opening minutes, expect the team to concede in the dying minutes of the match. This is due to lack of physical toughness because our players cannot withstand pressure exerted by the opponents during the play.”
“This is simply because our crop of players are not physically fit as compared to our fellow countries.”
“This is the reason why FAM asked FIFA to have this course in Malawi as one way of equipping our physical trainers with new knowledge on how best they can play their role within their clubs because if the players from the clubs are weak, expect Flames to be affected too,” he said.
During the course, Scottish FIFA based Physical Fitness trainer Frank Nauttell gave coaches knowledge on how to develop the beautiful game of football by improving their techniques inside the field of play.
Oscar Kaunda, Eliya Kananji, Mabvuto Lungu, Peter Mponda, Milias Pofera, Travor Kajawa, James Sangala and Aubrey Nankhuni are some of the notable faces to have attended the course.
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Mwenda its not about fitness here nenani zoona, tilibe ma resources a soccer Ku Malawi, ndalama a FAM mukazipeza koma Ku salima ndizimene umaziwa iwe ndi mzako Walter, no life presidency for soccer in Malawi. Agalu inu!!!
FAM just keep quit what has FAM done to improve our national team? They r just eating money at FAM,we have to clean FAM if we want to improve our football, clean i mean removing nyamilandu & his fellow thieves at fam
Chokani apa akutsogolonu ndinu adyera,, mukufuna muzidyeradyerabe mpaka zaka 20 muli mu ulamuliro opanda maso mphenyawu ndiye mkumalongolora chani apa? Ma player angakhale ndi nthanana ngati inuyo mukuwanyambitira dollar zawo bwanji? ,Muzingotokosa m’mano mukasowa zolankhula kunyumba kwanuko mwamva????? Ma player alibe nthanana ndiye kuti chani pamene inu ndi amene mukugwidima mkaka mmanyumba mwanumo.
Physical fitness hey. Do u order it by mail order or u work out? Do u jog and do press ups only or u need gym full equipped?
He has a point. But full of loop holes….. Just like the Malawi Constitution. There’s a Chinese saying that goes, ” dont stand in water watching fish, go home and knit a net”. In short, don’t just vomit crap, do something coz u are the leader, man!
Water’ walephela! Mst go!
The flames have what it takes but the problem is the people on technical bench they are dull
yes akuruakuru osamabisafam yamarawi ndiyajera safuna kupasa ndarama koma iwowo kudubayi awoda awodaso manibas khazaba ndi inu nomwe muwononga mumango chinyira mmatumbamwanu manyazi bwanji athu oipa inu
fitness?? No! Fatigue is one of the problem…how can yu play two games in two days? I have never seen a foreign team play two games in two days…am seeing it first in Malawi
Lie
WALTER NYAMILANDU HAS TO GO TIONE ZINA
koma this guy is saying the truth kumalawi anthu ambiri ndi nthumbidwa kungokura mimba,ndiye ma player anthu nawoso amangodya sima saziwa kudya za magulu…Kuno fitness tilibedi mma players another issue ndi height timu yose ma short!!!! flames ingosiya mpira bolani azikaumba njerwa.
but don’t forget that football is a short career. players in Malawi are not given enough money. see all players who has played Malawi national team. Most of them are struggling. less we see other countries there are rich. try to give them money you shall see. Am not talking of money to buy food at the market but money that if the stop playing football the can support there families. small example why every time Malawian players like to play out side country while other players from outside can’t play in Malawi. Answer there is no money.
Team yo already imakhala ndi nthawi yochepa kwambiri yokhonzekera chifukwa chiani palibe national team yoti once in a while izikakumana ndikumakayesera ma basics amene coach akuwafuna koma pokhapokha pakhale mpikisano ndipamene mumaganiza zopanga malawi select?blue lies akulu
these people thinks Malawians are fools.
But for as long as you are just there to fatten your pocket then i would rather see malawi national team not participating in any tournament