{"id":63893,"date":"2018-04-15T06:21:21","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T04:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=63893"},"modified":"2018-04-15T06:37:28","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T04:37:28","slug":"peter-wadabwa-wonder-brace-sinks-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/04\/15\/peter-wadabwa-wonder-brace-sinks-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Wadabwa wonder brace sinks Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The 2018 TNM Super League kicked off in style Saturday as defending champions Be Forward Wanderers started the journey with a 2-1 victory over Silver Strikers at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n

The Nomads came from a goal down to claim maximum points in the first game of the season. Veteran striker, Peter Wadabwa, hammered a second half brace to ensure maximum points after Mphatso Philimon had given Silver the lead in the 20th minute.<\/p>\n

Philimon headed in from close range after his earlier attempt had hit the crossbar. Silver had chances to bury the game but Philimon was guilty of several misses.<\/p>\n

The two teams went for recess with Silver maintaining the lead.<\/p>\n

The Nomads were a changed side in the second half as they looked for an early equaliser but Mike Robert cleared off the line Essau Kanyenda\u2019s goal-bound shot.<\/p>\n

A few minutes later, Wadabwa netted a beauty to level the scores. He controlled the ball on the edge of the box before curling in a shot that gave Munthali no chance.<\/p>\n

The goal energised Wanderers as they fought hard pressing for the winner. It finally came from Wadabwa again who headed in a Peter Cholopi cross to send Nomads fans into wild celebrations.<\/p>\n

Both sides had some chances towards the end but Wanderers held on to claim maximum points.<\/p>\n

The Nomads finished the game with 10 men after Enerst Tambe was given marching orders for a second bookable offence towards the end of the game.<\/p>\n

This was Wanderers\u2019 first victory against Silver in five games.<\/p>\n

Silver Team Manager, Francis Songo, said the rain-soaked pitch affected their style of play.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would have been a different game had it not been for the rain-soaked pitch. The game was ours in the first half but we failed to finish off Wanderers after we missed some chances,\u201d Songo said.<\/p>\n

Be Forward Wanderers Coach Yasin Osman said it was good to start the season with a win as they aim at successfully defending the title.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis victory is the beginning of good things for us after a disastrous Charity Shield. I thank the players for working hard throughout,\u201d Osman said.<\/p>\n

Before the game kicked off, TNM paraded the trophy in the streets of Lilongwe and several activities were lined up at the stadium to spice up the match.<\/p>\n

In other games played yesterday, Nchalo United claimed a 1-0 victory over Mzuni FC whereas Red Lions beat Dwangwa United 2-0.<\/p>\n

Blue Eagles thrashed rookies TN Stars 4-1 while Azam Tigers and Karonga United shared points in a barren draw.<\/p>\n

Action continues today as Nyasa Big Bullets face Kamuzu Barracks at Civo Stadium in another potentially exciting match, with Moyale hosting Nchalo at Mzuzu Stadium.<\/p>\n

Mafco and Red Lions meet at Chitowe while Masters Security and Civil Sporting are in action at Dedza stadium.<\/p>\n

Line ups: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Silver-<\/strong>Munthali, Sherif, Mpachika, Kunje, Chimodzi Jnr, Chitedze, Chiona, Katinji, Philimon, Mwamsamale, Robert.<\/p>\n

Wanderers-<\/strong>Thole, Cholopi, Sambani, Malata, Tambe, Kamwendo, Kaliati, Wadabwa, Kanyenda, Chembezi, Manyozo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2018 TNM Super League kicked off in style Saturday as defending champions Be Forward Wanderers started the journey with a 2-1 victory over Silver Strikers at Silver Stadium in Lilongwe. The Nomads came from a goal down to claim maximum points in the first game of the season. Veteran striker, Peter Wadabwa, hammered a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63893","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\/63893","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=63893"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63903,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63893\/revisions\/63903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}