{"id":75600,"date":"2019-03-14T10:46:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T08:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=75600"},"modified":"2019-03-14T10:48:34","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T08:48:34","slug":"limbikani-mzava-chiukepo-msowoya-excluded-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/03\/14\/limbikani-mzava-chiukepo-msowoya-excluded-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Limbikani Mzava, Chiukepo Msowoya excluded again"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Williams Gondwa: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>South Africa-based Flames Captain, Limbikani Mzava, has been dropped, for the third successive time, from the Flames squad ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Morocco at Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, next week Friday.<\/p>\n

The Flames Coach, Ronny van Geneugden (RVG), has also excluded the 2018 TNM Super League top scorer Chiukepo Msowoya<\/a> of Nyasa Big Bullets in his 23-member squad for the Group B dead-rubber.<\/p>\n

Also left out of the squad is Moyale Barracks hitman Gastin Simkonda, who was also not part of the squad that lost 2-1 to Comoros Island in November 2018.<\/p>\n

However, RVG has recalled left-winger Gerald Phiri Junior who missed the trip to Comoros due to lack of game-time. He is now back in action at Ajax Cape Town in South Africa\u2019s National First Division.<\/p>\n

Mozambique-based goalkeeper Charles Swini and midfielder Frank Banda have also been axed but there is room for Banda\u2019s younger brother John plus eSwatini-based in-form striker Binwell Katinji and South Africa\u2019s BidVest Wits striker Gabadinho Mhango. Swini is reportedly ill.<\/p>\n

RVG said he has excluded some players from the squad so that they should concentrate on the under-23 Afcon qualifying game against Zambia on March 20 in Blantyre and the return leg in Lusaka on March 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe under-23 game against Zambia is being prioritised and that means the under-23 players who are included for senior games are not included this game against Morocco because they have to prepare for Zambia.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, we wanted to shift the game against Zambia to Tuesday so that the players would also play against Morocco but, unfortunately, playing three games in six days is too much,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Senior team players who are with the under-23 are Precious Sambani, Levison Maganizo, Brighton Munthali, Denis Chembezi and Patrick Phiri who scored in Comoros last year.<\/p>\n

The Flames regroup on Sunday evening ahead of the match against Morocco who lead the group with 10 points from five games, two points ahead of Cameroon, whereas Comoros and Malawi have five and four points respectively. Cameroon host Comoros also on Friday next week.<\/p>\n

RVG\u2019s assistant Peter Mponda said they dropped most of the senior players to accommodate other players.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey [the seniors] are our reliable players but we thought it wise to try others who have been sidelined. We shall still need them in future but for now let us concentrate on the players that have been called into camp,\u201d<\/em> Mponda said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Former Civil Sporting Club defender, Willy Cham\u2019bwinja, said the changes would be meaningful if the Flames get a good result against Morocco.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyway, it is a good development for RVG because some of these faces have been in the team for quite a long time and they did us proud. It is time to concentrate on the under 23 side so that we can build a strong senior national team,\u201d<\/em> Cham\u2019bwinja said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Full squad <\/strong><\/p>\n

Goalkeepers: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Nenani Juwaya (Be Forward Wanderers), Hastings Banda (Civil Sporting Club), Ernest Kakhobwe (Nyasa Big Bullets).<\/p>\n

Defenders: <\/strong>Stanley Sanudi, Peter Cholopi (Wanderers), John Lanjesi (Bullets), Gomezgani Chirwa (Civil Sporting Club), Ian Chinyama ( TN Stars), Miracle Gabeya (Bullets), Chisomo Mpachika (Silver Strikers).<\/p>\n

Midfielders: <\/strong>Chikoti Chirwa (Red Lions), John Banda (HCB Songo), Dan Kumwenda (Civil Sporting Club), Phiri (Ajax Cape Town), Simeon Singa (Wanderers)<\/p>\n

Strikers\/wingers: <\/strong>Felix Zulu (Wanderers), Stain Davie (-ENH FC), Yamikani Chester (MFK Vy\u0161kov), Katinji (Malanti Chiefs, eSwatini), Mhango (Wits), Khuda Muyaba (Silver), Schumacher Kuwali and Micium Mhone (Blue Eagles).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Williams Gondwa: South Africa-based Flames Captain, Limbikani Mzava, has been dropped, for the third successive time, from the Flames squad ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Morocco at Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, next week Friday. The Flames Coach, Ronny van Geneugden (RVG), has also excluded the 2018 TNM Super […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75600","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\/75600","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=75600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75606,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75600\/revisions\/75606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}