Copa Coca-Cola anticipates a challenging task when Malawi Schools Sports Association (Massa) affiliates\u2014educational divisional sides\u2014start selecting players to feature for their respective divisions at national finals.<\/p>\n
Senior Brands Manager at Carlsberg Malawi, Titha Mbilizi, said the journey had been good after completing the district and educational divisions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have not reported any violence and there is a noticeable growth of talent at the grass root level. The divisional finals reflected that we will have a tough job picking the select teams as the skills and techniques are of a wider pool this year. This is also attributed to the increased school participation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Mbilizi said Copa has changed the landscape of football in Malawi.<\/p>\n
\u201cCurrently a significant number of players in the Malawi National Team is that of players who are products of Copa Coca-Cola,\u201d she said while highlighting Flames players such as Issac Kaliati, Brighton Munthali, Charles Swini, Simplex Nthala, John Banda, Schumarcher Kuwali, Francis Mulimbika,\u00b7 Robert Ng\u2019ambi, Joseph Kamwendo and Harry Nyirenda.<\/p>\n
Mbilizi also said they were communicating with some of the Copa products to share notes.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor instance Robert Ng\u2019ambi and Joseph Kamwendo were invited to give a motivational talk at the 2014 Copa National finals. Also, as a Copa tradition during tournament finals we open the match with a play-off between the outgoing champions and an All Stars graduates team,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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