{"id":54952,"date":"2017-10-12T11:03:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T09:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=54952"},"modified":"2017-10-12T11:03:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T09:03:06","slug":"goals-galore-in-fisd-challenge-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2017\/10\/12\/goals-galore-in-fisd-challenge-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Goals galore in Fisd Challenge Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

N<\/strong>yasa Big Bullets trounced Dwangwa United 4-1 at Chitowe Ground in Dwangwa, Nkhotakota, to qualify for Fisd Challenge Cup round-of-16 Wednesday.<\/p>\n

However, Mafco caused the biggest upset in Lilongwe, beating Silver Strikers 3-2 to prove that the Bankers, who are undefeated in 20 TNM Super League matches, are mortals afterall. The three games produced 15 goals.<\/p>\n

Bullets have joined in the round-of-16 Mafco, Moyale Barracks and Blue Eagles. The draw for the round is scheduled for today in Blantyre.<\/p>\n

At Chitowe, defender Emmanuel Zoya, strikers Muhammad Sulumba and Chiukepo Msowoya, and midfielder Mike Mkwate scored for Bullets whereas Greyson Chinkhandwe netted the hosts\u2019 face-saver.<\/p>\n

Bullets Coach, Rodgers Yasin, deployed an attacking 3-5-2 system that accommodated debutant winger Ernest Petros in a midfield comprising Kondwani Kumwenda, Fischer Kondowe, Nelson Kangunje and Mkwate.<\/p>\n

Yet, it was defender Zoya who put Bullets on the path to victory by scoring the opener from Kondowe\u2019s ninth minute free-kick.<\/p>\n

In the 40th minute, striker Sulumba added the second goal, before half-time ended with Bullets in total control of the game.<\/p>\n

Barely a minute after break, striker Msowoya registered his name on the score-sheet for Bullets.<\/p>\n

However, Dwangwa, coached by former Bullets mentor Llyod Nkhwazi, did not go down without fighting.<\/p>\n

In the 61st minute, Chinkhandwe came off the bench to head in the consolation, after connecting a cross from left-winger Onesmo Mbendera.<\/p>\n

Mkwate hammered the final nail on the coffin of Dwangwa with a beautiful volley in the 89th minute.<\/p>\n

In another match played in Lilongwe yesterday, Mafco stunned favourites Silver.<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Chipeta, Ranken Mwale and Zikhole Nguluwe scored for the soldiers whereas Victor Limbani and Ronald Pangani netted for Silver.<\/p>\n

Silver Team Manager, Francis Songo, accepted defeat, saying: We did not approach the match seriously. Mafco came with a purpose to win the match.\u201d<\/p>\n

In another game, Eagles thumped Chitipa United 4-1, courtesy of goals from Maxwell Salambula (a double), Stuart Mbunge and Vitumbiko Kumwenda. Abel Mwakilama scored for Chitipa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nyasa Big Bullets trounced Dwangwa United 4-1 at Chitowe Ground in Dwangwa, Nkhotakota, to qualify for Fisd Challenge Cup round-of-16 Wednesday. However, Mafco caused the biggest upset in Lilongwe, beating Silver Strikers 3-2 to prove that the Bankers, who are undefeated in 20 TNM Super League matches, are mortals afterall. The three games produced 15 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54952","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\/54952","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=54952"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54957,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54952\/revisions\/54957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}