When you miss too many calls sometimes you lose opportunities\u2014this is what exactly happened yesterday as Be Forward Wanderers crashed out of the Airtel Top 8 semi-final after missing several scoring chances as they lost 2-1 to rivals, Nyasa Big Bullets, at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n
This means that Bullets will face Blue Eagles in the final on June 30.<\/p>\n
Nomads had plenty of opportunities to kill off the game in the first-half but failed to answer the calls in front of goal.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Bullets goalkeeper Rabson Chiyenda frustrated Wanderers as he displayed a solid performance.<\/p>\n
Bullets re-organised themselves and staged a second-half assault on Wanderers scoring two goals.<\/p>\n
Striker Bright Munthali grabbed the opener in the 62nd minute, scoring from close range after connecting a Fischer Kondowe corner kick.<\/p>\n
Bullets added the second goal through Chiukepo Msowoya who headed the ball into the net after Nomads goalkeeper Richard Chipuwa failed to clear the ball in the 69th minute.<\/p>\n
Substitute Zicco Mkanda gave the Nomads some hope pulling one back after some good work from Yamikani Chester in the 83rd minute to set up a tense finish.<\/p>\n
But it was too little and too late as the Nomads exited the tournament and Bullets marched on to their first ever final of the two-year-old cup.<\/p>\n
It means that Bullets have equaled Wanderers\u2019 head-to-head record in six semi-finals in recent years.<\/p>\n
Wanderers have beaten Bullets thrice at the semi-final stage just like Bullets have beaten their rivals.<\/p>\n
Wanderers started the game with five midfielders and one recognisable striker Khumbo Ng\u2019ambi but he was ineffective.<\/p>\n
Bullets started the game with three attacking players namely Msowoya, Munthali and Patrick Phiri and that paid off.<\/p>\n
Wanderers bossed the midfield which comprised Alfred Manyozo Junior, Joseph Kamwendo, Chester, Isaac Kaliati and Precious Sambani.<\/p>\n
Bullets Coach, Rodgers Yasini, was on cloud nine after reaching the final.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thank my players for playing well. It was not easy for us because Wanderers came flat out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Nomads Team Manager, Steve Madeira, said his charges were unfortunate to lose the match.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just unlucky after we failed to score goals in the first-half. We had several chances but their goalkeeper was outstanding. It is bad that we were punished in the second-half,\u201d Madeira said.<\/p>\n
Line ups: <\/strong><\/p>\n Bullets: <\/strong>Chiyenda, John Lanjesi, Miracle Gabeya, Bashir Maunde, Chimango Kaira, Kondowe, Righteous Banda, Phiri, Henry Kabichi, Munthali, Msowoya.<\/p>\n Nomads: <\/strong>Chipuwa, Stanley Sanudi, Kaipa, Lucky Malata, Sambani, Francis Mlimbika,Chester, Kaliati, Manyozo, Kamwendo, Ng\u2019ambi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you miss too many calls sometimes you lose opportunities\u2014this is what exactly happened yesterday as Be Forward Wanderers crashed out of the Airtel Top 8 semi-final after missing several scoring chances as they lost 2-1 to rivals, Nyasa Big Bullets, at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe. This means that Bullets will face Blue Eagles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":66999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66987","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\/66987","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=66987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67000,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66987\/revisions\/67000"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}