Humiliating score-lines that Malawi’s flag carriers in CAF competitions, Masters Security and Be Forward Wanderers, succumbed to last week are a reflection of how the country’s football stands against that of other nations across Africa, it has been argued.
Collectively, the two teams conceded 9 goals in their away fixtures with Masters Security losing 0-5 against Petro de Luanda of Angola on Saturday before Wanderers were hit for four against AS Vita Club of Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday.
Masters await to capitalize on the home ground advantage on Tuesday before the Nomads also host AS Vita Club on Wednesday at the same venue, the magnificent Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe.
But the results have only exposed the gulf that exists between Malawi and other African nations, sports journalist working with Yoneco Radio Joy Khakona has said.
He told Malawi24 in an interview earlier this week that the gaps do not only range from the failure to fully prepare on the part of the teams but also lack of extensive and massive sponsorship of the game of football in Malawi.
‘’If we look at the investment that is put in sponsoring a team from our counterparts we could see that football means business to them. Even sponsorship of their leagues is obscenely lucrative and cannot match ours here,” Kakhona said.
Ironically, before their departure the two teams had what could be christened as embarrassing endeavours.
Masters Security had some terrible problems with their flights as they were forced to travel in two cohorts as they had, according to varying media reports, not settled payments to do with visas of some players.
On their part, Tnm Super League champions Be Forward Wanderers have been said to have borrowed huge sums of money just to meet costs they were faced with in the advent of the trip to Kinshasha.
Prior to this the Nomads – whose sponsors are second hand car dealer Be Forward – announced they were pulling out of the competition before an abrupt U-turn on the same matter was made owing to what was said to be financial constraints.
But where might have the two teams gotten it all wrong?
‘’They lacked tactical approaches that go with elite competition. Our colleagues have what we can call spy missions teams that go around the continent to research on opponents on their coming fixtures. We do not have it here,’’ he said.
The Zomba based reporter added: “The formation our teams used left a lot to be desired. They could defuse attacks from the wings. What was needed there was to use players who could match the speed of the opponents.’’
Kakhona was also of the view that on the part of the Nomads, they had deceitful strength testing matches.
During their preparations, Nomads won against Bullets, Mangochi Select and lost to Mozambican side Songo.
For the case of the Bullets match, the People’s Team only regrouped to play their arch-rivals as the Nomads prepared for the continental showpiece.
However, Kakhona remains upbeat the two sides could overturn the tables in the return legs but was quick to admit that ‘the damage was all but done to the Malawi CAF Ambassadors’.
‘’The two teams need to ring changes to their squads having seen tactics deployed by their opponents in the first legs’,’ said Kakhona.
The Nomads are reigning Malawi Super League champions while Masters Security left it late to survive what was deemed to be a probable relegation smell from the Tnm Super League.
Palibe kulozana ZARA apa lets do what can help our clubs to do better
Yesterday Liverpool beat Porto by 5-0 so what are u going to say kumaugwila mlomowo.Does this necessarily mean kuti inayo yapangitsa expose Portugal.?
Very true; FAM, SULOM,OFFICIATING Section, Team Management are all need to work up. Otherwise we are deceiving ourselves pa nkhani zampilazi.
Chokapa kumangovomereza kuti Ku Nyasalande kuno zinthu sizikuyenda basi.Osamazolowera kubisa mavuto.
Taganiza ndidziko liti muno mu afrika timu kutenga league koma nkumakhalabe yosauka.TNM ikutinamiza Phiri K15 million its not money to big teams like Bankers,Bullets and Noma.Bwanji league osayipanga kukhala ya K300 million kuti team yatenga league iziphulako K150 million,mutha kuona mpira wanthu utantha.Zamanyazi kuphula zikho zonse Ku Nyasalande K50 million osakwana yet big teams spend more than K150 million pa season. Ndindani amafuna kupanga business yosawina padziko lapasi.Mbola man tiyeni tiganize bwino anthu okonda mpira.
The Super league is weakest league in the world that’s why their teams humiliating in CAF competition
Komatu caf imeneyi idali mnkamwa mnkamwa kukokomeza ndikunyogodola azawo ngati kuti achitako zinthu zinthu
Matimu abwino ndi silver ndi bullets basi ndiye neba wapanga mbili yanji zisilu mbuzi agalu kodi nkhumba zinja zinatha mumaziwenga mafuta zinja? mukaonela nokha anyani inu 4sek
Enough of this now .Which other countries are u talking about .In Africa the Richest League is the PSL of Southafrica yet Kaiser chiefs was elimanated by the same Vita few years back.This is foootball my friend stop taking as if these are the first teams to loose .How old were u when Germany trushed Brazil by 7 goals to 1.Man city is richer compered to Liverpool yet they were trushed 4 1.U need to lern reporting not this things of insulting teams unless u don’t know what football is all about.Was PSG a poor club when Barcelona hummered them 6 1?
Respect… bro and you have talked it all
Kkkkkkkkk it happens in football, recently Nigeria lost 4-0 though qualified to world cup.
FC Porto lost 5 0 yesterday In Champions league too bro.
musazilimbise mtima apa vomelezan kut mwanyanazo bas
Kodi mesa iwe tinakumenya 5 1 mu bus ipite?Nde zasiyana pati ndi 4 0?
low pressure koma Liverpool 4: Man City 1 liti limenelo?
Gerge Gonan if u don’t follow football don’t argue with me my brother.Who ended Man city’s unbeaten run in EPL this season?
Riaz your views are well respected but the fact it will pay more to accept that our supper league is weak than to praise it when we know that non of our teams have reached the best 8 in Africa since CAF started. Since COSAFA started about 30 years how many times has our supper league produced a National team that brought the cup home. How many times did our super league produced a national team that qualified to AFCON. You know the answer better and you can use that answer to judge our super league.
next tym asazachteso participate mu CAF iya atichitisa manyaz kwambl..ma game awri okha kuphatikiza zigoli mpaka 9
I think Masters were better compared to Wonderers