{"id":53040,"date":"2017-09-06T08:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T06:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=53040"},"modified":"2017-09-06T08:55:19","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T06:55:19","slug":"how-flames-players-fared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/09\/06\/how-flames-players-fared\/","title":{"rendered":"How Flames players fared"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/strong>alawi National Football Team Coach, Ronny van Geneugden, has patted his charges on the back for their spirited performance as they beat Togo 1-0 in a strength testing match on Monday at Agadir Stadium in Morocco.<\/p>\n

The coach said the Flames showed a lot of patriotism to defend their 1-0 lead in the high tempo game, which was characterised by flaring tempers.<\/p>\n

The Flames looked resolute in defence as they defended the goal, which Richard Mbulu scored in the 15th minute.<\/p>\n

This is how the Flames\u2019 players performed against Togo who featured seasoned players, such as Emmanuel Adebayor.<\/p>\n

Charles Swini<\/strong>: He had an outstanding game. He had a good sense of judgment. He knew when to come out of the goal-line to cut crosses.<\/p>\n

Stanley Sanudi<\/strong>: Despite his diminutive height, the right-back frustrated towering Togo defenders. He consistently overlapped to add pressure upfront.<\/p>\n

Limbikani Mzava<\/strong>: The Flames Captain commanded his line of defence with dexterity. He reduced Turkey-based Adebayor to a peripheral figure.<\/p>\n

Dennis Chembezi<\/strong>: The lad with a lion\u2019s heart partnered well with Mzava. On several occasions, he out-jumped towering Togo strikers to clear balls. He is proving to be a reliable centre-back.<\/p>\n

Yamikani Fodya<\/strong>: He had difficulties in coping up with pressure from the speedy Togolese hunters. He was exposed in the first-half but picked up his game in the second-half.<\/p>\n

Chikoti Chirwa<\/strong>: As a holding midfielder, he was the heart and soul of Malawi\u2019s midfield. He was aggressive throughout the game and gave his opponents tough time. His prowess added stability to the back-four.<\/p>\n

Robert Ng\u2019ambi<\/strong>: The coach featured him in his rightful free-role with Chikoti doing the dirty work. He orchestrated a lot of moves from midfield.<\/p>\n

Dalitso Sailesi<\/strong>: He left most of the Togolose wondering because of his deceiving tiny stature. He started the game slowly but later picked up with terrific speed and excellent dribbles. He lost a glorious opportunity after breaking through the Togolese defence.<\/p>\n

Gabadinho Mhango<\/strong>: He did not play his usual game. He lost his cool and was involved in a bust up with Adebayor. He also misplaced some passes. He was substituted for John Banda.<\/p>\n

Banda<\/strong>: His terrific runs on the left wing mounted pressure on the Togolese who started relying on counter attacks.<\/p>\n

Gerlad Phiri junior<\/strong>: He had a lukewarm game unlike in the previous encounter against Morocco. But he picked up his game towards the end of the second-half.<\/p>\n

Mbulu<\/strong>: He was consistently aggressive upfront. He scored Malawi\u2019s lone goal from a well taken corner kick by Phiri junior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malawi National Football Team Coach, Ronny van Geneugden, has patted his charges on the back for their spirited performance as they beat Togo 1-0 in a strength testing match on Monday at Agadir Stadium in Morocco. The coach said the Flames showed a lot of patriotism to defend their 1-0 lead in the high tempo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53044,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53040\/revisions\/53044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}