Dalitso Sailesi responds to MOTM interview talk : ”I went to Cosafa for football”
The 21-year old Nyasa Big Bullets and Flames winger was named man of the match during Malawi’s goalless draw to Mauritius in the on going Cosafa Castle Cup in South Africa but received criticism from some sections of Malawians for changing the language from English to Chichewa when he was interviewed by a Supersport reporter.
Now, after arriving back into the country on Friday, Dalitso Sailesi was quick to hit back at his critics saying he travelled to South Africa to play football and not school.
He told reporters that before leaving Malawi, he was asked to carry his boots and not books and ball pens.
“First of all, I was happy with the award of man of the match after the game considering that we were 22 players on the day but I was named man of the match,” he explained.
On the reaction of some sections of Malawians when he failed to speak English, Sailesi said:”I went there to play football and not to be schooled. When I was given that accolade, I was given because I played football and nothing else so I don’t care what others are saying.
“If Cosafa wanted educated people, they would have chosen them but they wanted footballers that’s where we travelled to South Africa,” he said.
The said interview went viral on the social media as it sparkled debate as to whether the player did well by starting with English before switching to Chichewa when the Supersport presenter was asking him the questions.
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Mukupanga phokoso mwiniwake akudya money.am b4wrd fun
Kuno ku south Africa amalawi olankhula chizungu chabwinowo akusemza makatoni kwa machina oti sadziwa chizungu ngakhale pang’ono koma sakusekedwa ndiye timuseke Dalitso oti akumayenda ulendo omupangila dziko
DALITSO SAILESI NOT GUILTY…. Andrew Maliro HAS PASSED THE JUDGEMENT. KKKKKKKKIEST..
..My Malawi.
go ku tz people they dont know english koma ndi wanthu a kwacha .sailes dont worry
Player wa Tanzania analankhula Chiswahili dzulo vs SA
U express yourself in the language u feel comfortable
That’s what God does. Hv a lesson, it ‘ll b the same that those whom u think r poor, undermined even the speechless, etc, ‘ll b accomodated 2 the kingdom of heaven while i & u ‘ll b perishing coz of being bursy fattening ourselves. Value wisdom & victory than education only. I’ve seen the elites being convicted, what a role education has played? Akanakhala zungu ndiye kuombera manja. Hiiiiiiiii…..! Malawi walero.
Palibe vuto kuyankhula chichewa, komanso ku nyumba ya malamulo siyani zomakambilana muchingelezi (no use)
Yaah
Speaking English it dos’nt mean you are ritch Pali anthu ambiri osaphunzira koma Ali ndi ndalama football ndiina English nso ndiina
Ma player ambiri abullets chingelezi ndi zero akufunika school yakwacha kkk
^I went there for COSAMA.^ Mauwa anayankhula iyeyo kapena inuyo mwatanthauzira ku English?
Dalitso unachita bwino kulankhula cha kwathu kuno, munthu kumanyadira chakwanu. Sunaluze chili chonse polankhula chichewa