{"id":69842,"date":"2018-10-01T11:02:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T09:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=69842"},"modified":"2018-10-01T11:02:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T09:02:33","slug":"wanderers-cut-big-bullets-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/10\/01\/wanderers-cut-big-bullets-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanderers cut Big Bullets\u2019 lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mphatso Malidadi: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/esau-kanyenda.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-55571\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/esau-kanyenda-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/esau-kanyenda-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/esau-kanyenda.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>TNM Super League defending champions Be Forward Wanderers underlined their class when they cemented their chances of retaining the title after soaking Red Lions with a 4-1 drubbing at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The win has seen Wanderers leapfrog wavering Silver Strikers on second position with 45 points from 22 games whereas the Bankers have 44 from 23 games.<\/p>\n<p>Wanderers have also cut Bullets\u2019 lead to seven points.<\/p>\n<p>Wanderers went ahead in the 10th minute after Esau Kanyenda connected home a fumbled ball originally from Isaac Kaliati.<\/p>\n<p>Lions had the chance to equalise from the spot after left-back Francis Mlimbika handled in the 18-yard box.<\/p>\n<p>But Wanderers in-form goalkeeper, Nenani Juwaya, yet again underlined his growing reputation when he saved the penalty kick.<\/p>\n<p>The match was also full of tension with Lions resorting to physical play and some Wanderers players were at times guilty of the same offence.<\/p>\n<p>Most notable was the battle between Lions\u2019 Royal Bokosi guilty of the same offence.<\/p>\n<p>Most notable was the battle between Lions\u2019 Royal Bokosi and Mlimbika who, time and again, were being involved in physical duels.<\/p>\n<p>The encouter turned out to be a 50-50 affair in the second half with Wanderers hunting for another goal as Lions also desperately searched for an equaliser.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champions eventually stretched the lead to 2-0 through Peter Wadabwa .<\/p>\n<p>Wanderers put the game beyond Lions\u2019 reach with a brilliant team effort that saw Kamwendo and Kanyenda combining to set up Precious Sambani who beat Lions goalkeeper Brighton Ngwenyama on the near post in the 77th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Wadabwa then claimed his brace and Wanderers\u2019 fourth 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Lions pulled a face saver through Moses Nankumba in added time.<\/p>\n<p>Wanderers Coach Bob Mpingajira said the win underlined their intentions to defend the title.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cOur mission is to win all the remaining games so that we defend the title,\u201d<\/em> Mpingajira said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lions Coach Stereo Gondwe said his charges lost concentration and crumbled when it mattered most.<\/p>\n<p>In other games, Civil Sporting Club and Masters Security drew 2-2 at<\/p>\n<p>Civo Stadium whereas TN Stars and Nchalo United also drew one-all.<\/p>\n<p>But Moyale defeated Azam Tigers 3-2 at Mzuzu Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mphatso Malidadi: TNM Super League defending champions Be Forward Wanderers underlined their class when they cemented their chances of retaining the title after soaking Red Lions with a 4-1 drubbing at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre Sunday. The win has seen Wanderers leapfrog wavering Silver Strikers on second position with 45 points from 22 games [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69842","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\/69842","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=69842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69847,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69842\/revisions\/69847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}