TNM Super League defending champions, Nyasa Big Bullets bounced back to beat Civo United 2-0 in a TNM Super League first-round match at Civo Stadium in Lilongwe Sunday.
Forwards Muhammad Sulumba and Mussa Manyenje grabbed a goal each to hand the People’s Team their first win in four games.
Bullets, who lost 1-0 to Kamuzu Barracks on Saturday at the same venue, climbed to ninth position with 16 points.
Bullets are a step and a point behind rivals, Be Forward Wanderers, whose impressive run of home form continued on Sunday when they came from behind to upset Azam Tigers in an ill-tempered match at Kamuzu Stadium.
Early in the game, towering striker Peter Katsonga picked a loose ball after a defensive mix-up in Wanderers’ defence to calmly chest-control and slide the ball into the net.
Tigers’ lead eventually vanished into thin air as in-form Wanderers’ striker, Peter Wadabwa, headed in the equaliser after meeting Mike Kaziputa’s high ball in the box with 15 minutes to half-time.
Two minutes into the second half, Isaac Kaliyati headed in the second for Wanderers from a rebound following Wadabwa’s delivery from the left into the box. Kaliati’s initial header had deflected off the frame.
The match was not without drama as reserve referee, Waneck Mlenga, dismissed from the bench Tigers coach, Gerald Phiri Snr and technical director, Robin Alufandika, for abusive language. Wanderers’ team manager, Steve Madeira, followed suit in being sent to the terraces.
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