Noma Wins Blantyre Derby

Mighty Wanderers on Sunday taught their arch rivals FCB Nyasa Big Bullets a football lesson after thrashing them 3-0 in a TNM super league game played at the mega soccer Kamuzu stadium in Blantyre.

Sunday’s victory means Mighty Wanderers has completed a double over the league leaders this season having defeated them 1-0 in the first round of the season on 31 May. Sensational Blessings Mwalilino scored the lone goal.

From the first whistle, the Lali Lubani boys showed hunger and determination to get victory in this much watched derby and their game plan worked well with a 3-5-2 formation which gave them absolute dominance of the midfield marshalled by captain Felix Zulu and Isaac Kaliyati.
Their opponents lacked creativity in midfield and poor coordination between the midfield department and strikers.

Nomads made a forced change in the first half after Wisdom Mpinganjira picked up an injury and his replacement, Walesi Adam scored the opener barely 2 minutes after his introduction.

The first half ended 1- 0 in favour of Nyerere as they are fondly called. In the second half, Bullets made 3 changes to bring new energy but it did not pay any dividends as Noma super substitute Blessings Singini netted the second goal

Singini replaced Muhammad Sulumba who looked very tired and missed 3 clear chances. Just as fans thought the game was over, Blessings Singini scored a brace to give his team a 3-0 lead after Bullets defense was split with pinpoint passes of Wanderers players.

Immediately after the third goal, Bullets fans started trooping out of the stadium, leaving only Wanderers fans to watch the game to the final whistle. Wanderers have maintained their second position with 48 points, while their rival have 49 points but Nomads have a game in hand
Bullets have lost 4 games in 21 games so far this season but Nomads are yet to taste a defeat.

Anchoring the log table are new comers Songwe United who have only 5 points from 21 games. The two Blantyre giants will face off in the quarter finals of FDH Bank cup in 7 days and pressure is mounting on couch Peter Mponda to redeem himself next weekend.

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