{"id":70660,"date":"2018-10-22T05:29:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T03:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=70660"},"modified":"2018-10-22T05:29:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T03:29:02","slug":"big-bullets-extend-gap-to-four-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/10\/22\/big-bullets-extend-gap-to-four-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Bullets extend gap to four points"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mphatso Malidadi & Isaac Salima: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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READY FOR THE TASK\u2014Pasuwa (right) with Haiya during the ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Nyasa Big Bullets Coach, Callisto Pasuwa<\/a>, started his job on an impressive note after guiding the People\u2019s Team to a 2-0 victory over Dwangwa United in a TNM Super League match at Kamuzu Stadium Monday.<\/p>\n

The result has widened Bullets\u2019 lead in the league which, going into the match, was at two points.<\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Team benefitted from Silver Strikers\u2019 barren draw against Moyale at Silver Stadium to extend the gap to four points.<\/p>\n

Bullets have 55 points from 23 games whereas second-placed Silver have 51 from 25 games.<\/p>\n

It was a relief for Bullets who have endured a poor run in recent games, the climax being when they were booted out of the Carlsberg Cup by Masters Security.<\/p>\n

When the league leaders struggled to defeat relegated Nchalo United in a Fisd Challenge Cup tie on Thursday, a section of Bullets fans demanded the return of fired coaches Rodgers Yasini and Elia Kananji.<\/p>\n

But, starting a new lease of life after taking over the mantle on Friday, Pasuwa deployed a 4-5-1 formation that suffocated the visitors in midfield and allowed the People\u2019s Team to attack at will.<\/p>\n

The Zimbabwean made some tactical changes with Chimango Kayira, Pilirani Zonda and Emmanuel Zoya making the starting line-up.<\/p>\n

Bullets went ahead in the 38th minute through Kayira after Dwangwa defenders failed to deal with Zoya\u2019s long throw-in and only succeeded in directing it to Kayira, whose powerful shot sailed beyond the outstretched arms of Dwangwa goalkeeper Charles Thom.<\/p>\n

Kayira was being overlooked in previous games but gave the new coach food for thought with his zonal positioning.<\/p>\n

Bullets started the second-half with urgency as Chiukepo Msowoya stretched their lead with a long drive that caught Thom napping.<\/p>\n

Both teams made changes at some stage of the match, with Bullets resting Ernest Petro for Patrick Phiri whereas injured Msowoya paved the way for Bright Munthali.<\/p>\n

Dwangwa pulled out Innocent Manganyera for Patrick Macheso but the damage had been done.<\/p>\n

Dwangwa assistant Coach, Ladwell Mbetewa, attributed the loss to fatigue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players were tired after featuring in a tough game on Saturday. We were second on the ball because of fatigue. The first goal was a giveaway that could have been avoided. Nevertheless, we have collected three points out of six, which is not bad,\u201d<\/em> Mbetewa said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bullets strikers\u2019 trainer Heston Munthali said his charges could have scored more goals with improved precision.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is good to win with such a margin but it [the result] could have been much better. But it is our duty as coaches to help strikers convert chances,\u201d<\/em> Munthali said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

Bullets<\/strong>\u2014 Kakhobwe, Lanjesi, Maunde, Zonda, Zoya, Kayira, Kabichi (Kangunje), Mkwate, Mgwira, Petro (Phiri), Msowoya (Munthali)<\/p>\n

Dwangwa<\/strong>\u2014Thom, Nkhokwe, Zaulombo, James, Likoswe, Manyozo, Dakalira, Mwenefumbo, Kaonga, Macheso (Manganyera), Upindi (Chinkhande)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mphatso Malidadi & Isaac Salima: New Nyasa Big Bullets Coach, Callisto Pasuwa, started his job on an impressive note after guiding the People\u2019s Team to a 2-0 victory over Dwangwa United in a TNM Super League match at Kamuzu Stadium Monday. The result has widened Bullets\u2019 lead in the league which, going into the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":70664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70660","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\/70660","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=70660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70665,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70660\/revisions\/70665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}