FCB Nyasa Bullets have successfully defended their TNM Super League title after a 1-1 draw with Silver Strikers at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.
Silver Stricker’s came into this match knowing that they needed to score at least 4 goals without conceding any goal to win the Super league.
Meanwhile the peoples team only needed a point to retain the championship.
The match started on a high note as both teams played a high pressing football but it was the Central Bankers who dominated in the first minutes of the match.
The first half ended goalless as both teams failed to utilize the chances that they had in the first 45 minutes of the match.
Come second half, it was a high intensity game between the two teams as players from both sides were able to press and create chances.
Bullets broke the deadlock in the 58th minute through Patrick Mwaungulu, who tapped in from Ernest Petro’s cross into the box, 1-0.
The Central Bankers leveled in the 71st minute through Patrick Macheso, who headed home a cross from Chimwemwe Idana from a set piece, to make it 1-1.
In post-match interviews Head Coach of Nyasa Big Bullets Kalisto Pasuwa attributed their team’s success to the importance of planning well and also the bonding that is there between him and his players.
“For us to retain the title, it’s how we planned at the start of the season. It has not been easy for us to win the super league for five consecutive years but I must say one area that I have taken care of is the dressing room, these players at times you need to be closer to them.
“If I can tell you all these players I know where they stay, I even go in their houses to seat and eat whatever they eat to see how their social life is all about so when they are playing football, they gave all of their best even if things are difficult because there is a bond between me and them,” Said Pasuwa.
Meanwhile Silver Strikers coach Pieter De Jong, said that silvers board did not support the team and that’s why they have failed to win the league.
“I asked for a Stricker in march but the board failed to provide a Stricker whom a wanted. We were playing a very good football but our problem was to score.
“The board allowed Football Association of Malawi to take some players to join the Flames team camp in preparation for the COSAFA tournament in August, but overall, this tournament is not on the FIFA calendar and this disturb our game plan, said De Jong.
The win marks Bullets fifth successive TNM Super League title and a record 17th overall.
