{"id":76827,"date":"2019-04-15T10:50:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T08:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=76827"},"modified":"2019-04-15T10:50:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T08:50:03","slug":"nomads-sweat-over-lucky-malata-injury-hopeful-on-mike-kaziputa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/04\/15\/nomads-sweat-over-lucky-malata-injury-hopeful-on-mike-kaziputa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomads sweat over Lucky Malata injury, hopeful on Mike Kaziputa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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TO MISS DOWA TRIP\u2014Kaziputa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2019 TNM Super League season might be two days old but, already, giants Be Forward Wanderers are sweating over the severity of defender Lucky Malata\u2019s injury which marred their 5-0 demolition of Mzuni at Kamuzu Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The former Silver Strikers captain limped off in the 13th minute raising fears that the injury, which haunted him for a good part of last season, had reoccured.<\/p>\n

Another key Nomad, Mike Kaziputa, was also taken off late in the second half after picking an injury.<\/p>\n

Wanderers Coach, Bob Mpinganjira, said they were waiting for medical reports amid fears of losing Malata for a long spell.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only scans that can reveal the extent of the injury. As for Mike, I have been told that it was not that bad and we are expecting him to bounce back this week. As for Lucky, we will wait for medical examination,\u201d<\/em> Mpinganjira said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wanderers Team doctor, Samuel Matukuta, said Kaziputa suffered a simple ankle tissue injury whereas Malata is feared to have pulled knee ligaments.<\/p>\n

\u201cLucky was supposed to undergo further tests at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital on Sunday [yesterday] but, due to other reasons, we opted that he should be examined on Monday [today]. He pulled his ligaments and we need to know the extent of the damage through an x-ray. So, it is too early to conclude whether he will miss a good part of the season,\u201d<\/em> Matukuta said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Malata missed a considerable part of the 2018 season but underlined his class during the Nyasa Big Four Bonanza as well as Ecobank Charity Shield with his tenacity in defence.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Silver Strikers have gone on top of the table despite being held to a goalless draw by Chitipa United at Karonga Stadium Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Bankers have four points from two games, having defeated Karonga United 3-2 on Saturday.<\/p>\n

In other results, debutants Mlatho Mponela started their campaign on an awful note after they lost 0-3 at home to Civil Sporting Club.<\/p>\n

Lloyd M\u2019deza scored a brace, with Isaac Msiska netting the other goal. Another debutant, Ntopwa, drew 0-0 against Mzuni at Kamuzu Stadium.<\/p>\n

Mighty Tigers beat Dwangwa United 2-1 at Chitowe Stadium with goals from Edwin Carlos and Chasimbiwe Kanyika. Darlington Chinthala scored for Dwangwa.<\/p>\n

New signing Henry Misinjo and Micium Mhone scored a goal each as Blue Eagles beat Moyale 2-1. Deus Nkutu got Moyale\u2019s consolation.<\/p>\n

Tigers are second on the table after coming from behind to beat Dwangwa United 2-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mphatso Malidadi: The 2019 TNM Super League season might be two days old but, already, giants Be Forward Wanderers are sweating over the severity of defender Lucky Malata\u2019s injury which marred their 5-0 demolition of Mzuni at Kamuzu Stadium on Saturday. The former Silver Strikers captain limped off in the 13th minute raising fears […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76827","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\/76827","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=76827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76832,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76827\/revisions\/76832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}