{"id":72230,"date":"2018-11-29T10:45:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T08:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=72230"},"modified":"2018-11-29T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T08:45:47","slug":"blue-eagles-top-eight-dream-in-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2018\/11\/29\/blue-eagles-top-eight-dream-in-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Eagles top-eight dream in danger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mabvuto Kambuwe: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/derklerk-msakakuona.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41585\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/derklerk-msakakuona-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/derklerk-msakakuona-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/derklerk-msakakuona-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/derklerk-msakakuona.jpg 820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Blue Eagles might not defend the Airtel Top 8 trophy in 2019 as they are in danger of finishing outside the TNM Super League\u2019s top-eight this season.<\/p>\n<p>With two games to wind up the season, Eagles are on position 11 with 34 points on the log table, one point below eighth-placed Azam Tigers, who have one game to finish the season.<\/p>\n<p>Eagles need maximum points when they host relegation-threatened Red Lions at Nankhaka Stadium on Saturday, before travelling to face Karonga United.<\/p>\n<p>The Area 30 side can also get relegated if they lose both games.<\/p>\n<p>But Eagles Team Manager, Wilson Chidati, said they still hope to finish in the top-eight band.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWe have faith in the players and we will do everything possible to collect points. We know that they are tough matches but we have happy faces in the squad,\u201d<\/em> Chidati said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eagles have been inconsistent towards the end of the season, as they exited the Fisd Challenge Cup when they lost 3-2 to Moyale Barracks at home just a week after losing 2-0 to rookies TN Stars in the Super League at the same venue.<\/p>\n<p>In a post-match interview after losing to Moyale, Eagles Coach, Deklerk Msakakuona, admitted that they were going through a bad patch.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt is just a matter of time before we bounce back,\u2019\u2019<\/em> Msakakuona said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eagles won the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.times.mw\/blue-eagles-clinch-airtel-trophy\/\"> Airtel Top 8<\/a> after beating Nyasa Big Bullets 1-0 courtesy of Stuart Mbunge\u2019s goal at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p>Eagles always start the league strongly but finish on a low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mabvuto Kambuwe: Blue Eagles might not defend the Airtel Top 8 trophy in 2019 as they are in danger of finishing outside the TNM Super League\u2019s top-eight this season. With two games to wind up the season, Eagles are on position 11 with 34 points on the log table, one point below eighth-placed Azam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":72234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72230","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\/72230","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=72230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72235,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72230\/revisions\/72235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}