Awful Malawi lose to Tanzania: World Cup qualifier

October 7, 2015 Jeromy Kadewere -Nyasa Times 98 Comments

Malawi’s calamitous 2018 World Cup Qualifying campaign suffered a big blow on when they lost 0-2 to Tanzania as they conceded two quick goals within a space of just five minutes in the first half during a match played in Dar-es-Salaam.

Tactless Flames lose to Taifa
Tactless Flames lose to Taifa
Taifa put out Malawi Flames
Taifa put out Malawi Flames

Tanzania capitalised on poor defensive lapses in Malawi’s inexperienced and tactless side to record the victory wrapped by the 23rd minute.

Bullets’ Yamikani Fodya was outmaneuvered and Mbwana Samata finishing off the work by beating rusty outsretched goalkeeper Simplex Nthala in the 19th minute.

Samata’s striking partner Thomsa Ulimwengu both based in DRC cushioned the lead to two with a follow up in the 23rd minute.

The goal exposed Nthala’s lack of proper reflaxes as he spilt a weak shot for alert Ulimwenge to extend his team’s lead.

Malawi did not much to challenge Tanzania which should give coach Ernest Mtawali food for thought to revise his approach on the call up.

Hi philosophy of believing in inexperienced players could be his undoing as the team failed to stamp its authority over their opponents ranked 35 steps down.

Malawi face Tanzania in the return on Sunday at Kamuzu Stadium in which the two-legged winner date Algeria in the next round.

They have to score three goals to progress to the next level in the tournament, and must not allow Tanzania to score.

Analysts blame Mtawali

Menawhile, some soccer analysts have blamed the coaching panel for some changes in the squad.

For instance, Malawi’s soccer commentator Steve Liwewe Banda cautioned the coach for sidelining Mighty Be Forward Wanderers Richard Chipuwa in goals.

Banda told Mid Week Sport on MBC Radio 2 that Nthara was to blame for the second goal and emphasized Chipuwa could have done the job better.

“To me leaving out Chipuwa was not a good decision just because he made a few mistakes in Swaziland,” said Banda.

Banda also said the team needs a few veteran players like Esau Kanyenda, who he described a hustler upfront.

“You need a veteran striker like Esau Kanyenda, who can push on defenders, give them tough time for these youngsters not to have difficulties in scoring,” concludes Banda.

Chipping in was another football commentator Patrick Simango, who questioned the featuring of Miracle Gabeya in defence instead of experienced John Lanjesi.

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98 replies on “Awful Malawi lose to Tanzania: World Cup qualifier”

  2. I like what Limbani Mthumzi said kkkkkkkkk akuti coach atachoka sangalakwitse. Mtawali is one of our best exports as far as soccer is concerned & is fondly loved by Malawians but he started with arrogance. I like & respect him very much but his approach to the coaching Ivdidnt agree with him. To start with he is not an experienced coach but he is trying to show as if he knows it all. Playing & coaching are two different things altogether.this is his best opportunity to boost his CV & he must be open to take advice. Consult, you lose nothing by doing so, the gain is all yours. Experienced players is the only way to go. When you lose with all your guns in then everybody accepts the defeat. Kunkhondo sayesera zida ayi it’s a life & death situation. All the best on the remaining games.

  5. Mtawali Or whoever might replace yu please make use of experienced players in the team put one or two players the likes of Esau they know how to approach goals posts mind yu we are not doing trials this is real business.It pains to kip losing as if the team is coached by a local person frm village

  6. I will see this sunday, it’s not far just near it’s behind of another day. U can win, but u can’t through.

  7. Chindele uyo coach this is not a time to build the team while it is raining already. Builders are not allowed to the National team.

  8. zachamba basi ……zimenezi nde dzichiyani ….ma coach …..ma players …shame on you inuso muli mgulu la cash gate mungo ononga ndalama zanthu opanda phindu bola ma QUEENZ inuyo ndeyayi ithe ndi team yomweyo
    ..tatopa kumangolira za ziiii

  9. Our country will never be on the map if this is the procedure we use when comes to football. Its better to pump the money to NAM than idiots.

  11. mosi mwacita comment against Ernest, mulivi unenesga. kumbi asani waseleza wo mupenja pasabata yapa, Malawi kuluzaso mwazamukuti vine? anganya maTaifa le ngatchaya bola kuphala kale, isi tawele vuli. mazgu ngangu ngakuti vyamampha vyosi kochi, nanga nditi uli ini?

  13. How can u leave Esau and Atusaye for kids in a such important game. Innocent Bokosi is better. The left wing was completely off, without any cross. Frank Banda could have done better. Lanjesi could have tamed Samata. Thank-You Tobacco was outclassed, was unfit. You needed stout and flexible defenders like Mustafa Salimu of Kamuzu Barracks or any other energetic left defender to tame their winger. in goals Charles Swini could do better. I doubt if you will last six moths there.

    i thought u had watched Tanzania playing Nigeria, you could have analysed the team and find better match from Malawi on each position unfortunately you were busy fucking vulnerable ladies in streets.

  15. I’m happy that this has happened. I once said Mtawali is one of the most respected soccer player of his days. But the way he started his coaching arrogance I knew that this is not gonna take time to happen. If we can’t beat Swaziland & Tanzania who on earth can we beat??????? Shame coach!!!!!!

  19. Ogogo ife kumanda. Kodi nanga mee O Kamuzuwo onkagwira mtengo wanji kuti timu yathuyi iziwina mma 1980? Tidalitu anthu kale ife.Ati o kamuzu zoona lero o mtawali nokhala Kochi? Zamkutu za mchombo lende.

  21. aziwona makape apitilize kusiya ma prayer ofini akuti kuyanjanitsa kuyanjanitsa kwa chani zopusa basi.

  25. I always wonder, How can a Team be built in every Year? Come this game ,they say ‘We are building a team , ‘ Till when? THE MAIN PROBLEM IS FUTBALL POLITICS , WITH OUR SOCCER STAKEHOLDERS. We always say PREVENTION IS BETA THAN CURE, But we do the opposite,timalira zikalakwika. CHECK the perfomances of U-17 ,20,23 and FLAMES. U will find that The perfomance dwindles as we go up ,why? Amalawi timadana ndi otikonda koma kumakonda adani omwe ndiosekelera.

  26. mwationjeza a FAM mwasankha coach apa ? Kochi wanji osiya player oyenelera kutenga mbola ? wina chaka chino sitimuvotera. Kinah woyee,,,,,

  28. The north has never be known to produce good goalkeepers in the history of Malawi Footy. Bornface Maganga, Denis Saidi, Clement Mkwalula, Henry Kapalamula, Ganizani Masiye, George Waya, Swadick Sanudi, Navigator Dzinkambani, James Mandambwe. between all these years(60s to 90s) we only have Donnex Gondwe as a national team keeper coming from the north. That alone tells you something.

  29. Why are we Malawians always whining and groaning bout our national team’s performances? Didn’t we lose to Zimbabwe with the likes of your so called experienced players? really should we be talking about Kamwendos, Kanyendas now? no wonder after fifty years of independence, we are still wearing Kamuzu’s face.

  31. Tanzania itlande nyanja ndi mpiranso itchinye . Maplayers onse tiwamange ndipo Ernest achoke ngati coac

  34. FAM is to blame for their poor selection of the coach. The mtawuni is good for 2nd or 3rd coach. He has no outstanding perfomance as a coach

  35. Apart from the 12 to 0 which Nyasaland suffered under Gold Coast the current Ghana on Wednesday we saw and witnessed the poorest Flames performance under what I could describe as the poorest Coach of who have coached the Malawi national team.Sorry for saying the truth because truth pains.

  37. Whoever recruited the two are to blame……mtawali does not have a track record of a good coach, ramadhan used to shine because, then bullets had the depth in quality the likes of CJ, Luki, Doc, Mupa, Speedlink, James Chimera Jnr, Adibe from then he’s never been a coach, to say of his second coming to bullets, the opposition teams are just too weak to benchmark his caliber. Both have flopped in SA as coaches.
    This combination is not a serious one!

  38. I don’t think we have sports analysts in Malawi.last time it was all about the coach and his tactics of trusting chipuwa .now chipuwa yemweyo . ma analysts a fake. in football players make mistakes. imagine chipuwa went and made a similar mistake he made when wanderers was playing BB. what would you have said?. save your breath. you have killed so many talents with your shallow analysis which every Jim and jack make in pubs. leave the coach and players alone. losing is also part of the game. as long as youth devpt is not done then a win for Malawi will be a miracle.even if dunga of Brazil is hired we will still loose wtth this quality

  39. one thing I know is that had mtawali won,it would have been all praises to him for leaving them out, guys the truth is these guys you wish were included would not have brought any significant changes. the problem is we lack patience let us not blame coaches here but ourselves. a team that is given one friendly match, cannot do better. even if u hire the best coach in the world but with lack of funds flames will still be struggling. these local players are getting experience even though we lost and that z good. let fisher, essau rest plz. phuma lanulo munachotsetsa kina pa mpando n now u are on it again.a coach we have quality staff from massa, chipiku use these local plz.

  40. It is embarassing for a national team 2 lose like?_?tigers.No beatng about the bush,it is the coach.

  41. The big problem Malawi have is that they do not know what to do in that particular time
    they always trying things. instead of just doing real things. when selecting players Mr Coach pliz do not select in order to appease somebody. why not Mkanda and Chipuwa. Talk of Kamwando and Nyerenda. Are you telling me here that Gabeya is aqual to Nyirenda for the first choice. hmmmmmm mukuzibaya bwana. don’t have emotions otherwise wish you well.

  42. In short: The present is the key of the past. We have for a long time shunned youth development which in my opinion can assist propel flames to a formidable team. if we had under 15’s 17’s 18’s 20’s 0r 23 we couldn’t have been mentioning of experienced players as a solution to flames under par performance. For instance german is leaping the fruits of investing in/on youth development which was done 15 or so years ago. Through these structures “youth teams” help youngsters turn into professionals and competitors whilst they are still young. How? They are exposed to professional football at good age. As such I urge those in authority to consider youth development; in terms of how? That can be brainstormed at national level through media.

    On the other hand lets desist from being Monday Coaches, most of the criticisms are reactive rather than forecasting.

  45. under 20 singafanane ndi National team. “MAGANIZO ANYAMATA” Ena anayesa kupha nkhalamba zonse koma munga unawalephera kuchotsa zinadalira wochenjera kutulutsa agogo ake kudzapereka nzeru zopulumutsira mfumu. Anonga’a Kamwendo, Kanyenda, Ng’ambi mukwasiranji? Ndizomvetsa chisoni team yomwe pa FIFA ranking tikuyposa kumagoletsa ngati ana just 2 goals in 5min. Let us not think as children that miracles can happen at KAMUZU Stadium.

    BOLA AZUNGU WOMWE AJA AMATHANDIZA “KIMU SP..”

  46. zopweteka kwambiri koma akochi mutiganizire positha team sitikulamulani koma tikupempha sandeli tidzasangalaleko

  48. Our government and the Malawi national team ali mu boti limodzi,Malawi Queens mooo fayaaaaaaa!

  50. i dont know if all above comments make sense to our honourable coach. Mr coach do you understand what the above comments mean? its shame to Malawians.Do you think Tanzania has a good coach and skilful prayers than us? shame again.

  52. ….samva mkunkhu…. tamamvamkoni malangizo a ena osangoti kakaka. mwazionatu ku TZ. Experience is the best teacher kochi.

  55. The loss was a blessing in disguise, Malawi doesnt have the money to waste on football. Its good we are being ousited ths early, otherwise going past TZ would mean total embarrassment in Algeria! Mpira watikanika. If anything lets privatise Malawi National soccer team.

  57. good people this is a national team not a soccer academy.no time for trial and error.take the country’s best eleven not your emotional selections.Ernest was a great player but as a coach he is proving useless.Even the just sacked coaches would have done better against tanzania.imagine just after signing the contract this what we get.Fact number one:Malawi will never ever win the world cup no matter what.fact two Malawi will never ever win afcon.Conclusion;Lets try to put our best players so that we can win these small games againsta TZ,swazlland, botswana and the like to make people happy period.This is a national team so coaches must be put to task just like cashgate and the like.am hurting inside

  58. How many goals did Malawi score? even if Chipuwa was to be featured the result could be the same… a loss. I dont blame the coach either for the loss. we are always losers as far as football is concerned. All those experienced for nothing players have not made us proud. Look a the quality of Super league football just like primary school games yet we call that the highest football league we have. We need to have Football Academies with good and skilled coaches may be by 2025 we can have a team that can compete. Alleluya!!!

  61. Enerst Mtawali….Malawi shud loose, because even if we win against Taifa, d Flames wont pass over Algeria so lets not spend money on useless flames.

  62. AH TRUELLY!!! MADALA JUST take a good look at the midfied it is not promising at all, chimango and jnr phiri are not capable of supplying the balls to the strikerz”’ we nid playerz who can deliver thoz who have experience like jk and atusaye in front tamawa tenganiko achina mkandawa tiwoneko zingoli #GOOD DEFENCE IS ATTACK MORE

  63. Petr Cech had blunders in first game playing for Arsenal but Arsene Wenger showed confidence in him by giving him number one jersey in subsequent matches. He proved the coach right by giving man of the match performances. With Ernest Mtawali, make one blunder, you are dropped not only on bench but completely out of squad. Ernest has no experience coaching any team. He coached Mvela league team in South Africa and was fired within 3 months. With Ernest, flames will become smoke.

  64. Malawians stop underestimate others otherwise you will never grow or learn. That team has been improving last past years, including Kenya,Uganda while Malawi and Mozambique going down. I have been watching and following those teams. Problem goes back to FAM has no development plan from glass roots and graduating them to flame type of play without tempering with the team. Every coach has plans and play. FAM must have their own system and tell the coach that this plan don’t change but implement and want result. Another thing city of Blantyre and Lilongwe can not play with the whole country like Nigeria, Algeria clubs must be distributed having large pull of young ones. Remember rural kind do nothing either school or soccer only that Malawi doesn’t find them at young age because they have that plan. Put soccer academy in rural, put primary and secondary competitions, scouting teams for academies, don’t be greedy that nice things go to magomo it’s a national interest. Clubs given power to scout in rurals and train the youth

  65. Ernest must know that he has let the country down and that shouldnt happen again if he wants to see out his contract,forget of chipuwa,nthala,moyale keeper and call swini in goals,gabeya is just not a national team material,call kanyenda,sulumba,kamwendo these shud be starters including ng’ambi,gaba,fodya they played well despite a mistake of fodya in the first place but had an overraw good game and need to be maintained,nthala must retire,and we can easily beat tanzania for more than 2 goals come sunday,no nyondo he simply gives nothing to the nation in terms of his plays.

  66. Makochi apamalawi mwanyanya makani kutenga tiwanatokha tokha opanda mikhateya mwachiona chinameta mpala kkkkkkk

  67. A Malawi taonani tinalandidwa nyanja panoso mpira akutichinya ife ndiye akazi awo basi , Ernest makani koma uziziwa kuti salary yako ndi tax ya ife kumava zonena za anthu hahahaha

  68. Chase the coach out he is so stubborn and he if doesn’t want to call up good prayers we will have another big loss again at home

  71. True, its embarrassing to lose to tz , that means ernest his not a good coach for senior team. Mr coach use your brain. We want results not excuses. Came sunday another blow from nebars.

  72. Hie bro Chipapwiche let me recognize and appreciate for all what you castigated for flames lose.But you forgot that in Malawi as far as soccer fraternity is concerned we are unlucky to have brilliance in football,even if the coach can call all players aforementioned in the mind you will come to conclusion to say failure are our players.Meanwhile bro we don’t have the likes of Peter Mponda,Patrick Mabedi,John Maduka,Dan Chitsulo and many more who gave hope when Malawi played another country in those years.And if though you can care you will agree with me that players of that period were mature enough that could make decision without mistake today with just Shibobo display you are called up for flames duty.Let us accept that currently we don’t have superb players even at local level you find out in the super league whom do you think can turn things around?no body because many have been tried but mm not productive just imagine with Chipuwa who spilt a weak ball last week which earned Bullets to win the scrappy game with wanderers.You can see that locally we not good imagine was that game excited you without being partisan of one club?.Hold on as FAM may employ other tactics for flames to regain its glory of 1900s so don’t hate coaches even that who was sucked wasn’t wrong at all critics have proved wrong long live Malawi to whom it may concern.

    —— at home bed sick from Malaria —–

  73. This is World Cup competition and needs experienced players like Essau Kanyenda,Joseph Kamwendo and John Banda.Our goalkeepers need proper training to avoid conceding silly goals.

  75. Taxpayers money down the drain, a song by Ernest Mtawali featuring Msazirimo Ramadhan on percusion and trampet.

  76. The mistake was to remove Chimodzi/Chamangwana team and replace them with these wannabes. Whoever came up with that decision should be taken to task. Watching the flames play under Ernest is an embarrassment. He is a big joke, kaya ndi chamba mwina. He wants to experiment and hopes kuti zikatheka he will be called a genius. Otherwise let’s just pull out of competitions and build from under 13s. Mukutichititsa manyazi tonse. Let Ernest coach a super league team and see where it will go. It’s not every successful player that makes a good coach. What’s your excuse this time?

  77. I totally agree with #1, 4 and 7. The team needs Esau, Atusaye, Chiukepo , Robert, Harry and Charles Swini. Please maintain Robin and Limbikani. The rest should not feature on Sunday. Earnest should be suspended for causing pain to Malawians. He is self centered and time is running out fast with him around.

  78. Mtawali afune or asafune ma veteran ndiofunikabe basi coz they do have a lot of international exposure.what is needed is to blend them with the so called kids in footbal.whn a player impresses @ super league level basi u think kuti he do the same international No! no! What is superleag afterall?there ar no quality players in Mw. The tym i saw kuti Mw was playing better was during the tym of Kina basi. He was technicaly&tacticaly good than enawa.He knew what type of players to use depending on the game.of course we didnt have more quality player but omwe analipowo amawachita motivate ndikukhala ndi self belief kuti they can match the opposition.who knew kuti titha kukwapula the likes of EGYPT,DRC,GUENEA &force a draw with IVORY COAST nthawi imene ija? Ndi mbili yakale basi,pano Mw is just whipping boyz,alibe vision of achieving something in their careers,the best thing is to drop soccer for a while & raise structures from grassroots level,especially in schools then we will start to reap its fruits little by little

  79. i dont believe if we will continue with the race to beat Tz with 3 or 4 goals to nill i see impossibilities but unless good selection of players based in their combination know in England Chelsea is suffering not becoz it is accidentaly bt becoz of combination of players selection is not okey.player have to be in set not mixing mganda dance and chimbuza at once.

  80. Like it or not Taifa Stars out played and distinguished the Flames by capitalising the poor defencemen. Why field inexperienced players. The Flames wont make it to the quarter finals, Ernest begin 2 apply 4 another job and remember Taifa are cuming 2 defend their 2 goals and for Flames to score 3 goals wil take a miracle. What a bunch of losers and the Malawi Queens can even beat the Flames. May the Malawi Queens be our Pride always. The Flames players are not even proud 2 wear the nationa jersey. Time up 4 Ernest and reconsider 2 bring in another coach.

  82. Swallow the pride malawians,bring these two people to the helm of Malawi leadership,Kinna Phiri as a couch,and Joice Banda as president,because during the reign of these 2 people,Malawi was not undergoing such shame,its excessive now,this is too much,bring kinna phiri and Joice Banda back to their positions of head couch and Malawi president respectively

  83. Mr. Mtawali, must just swallow his pride and call all experience players. The likes of Robert Ng’ambi, Nyondo, Nyirenda, Kamwendo, Lanjesi, Mkanda. My advice to stuborn Mtawali is that you don’t build a team in a competition. You Mr Stuborn Mtawali if you want to build a team tell your friends at FAM to arrange more friendly games. Not this time. Mr Stuborn Mtawali and your Burundian friend if you don’t win this coming sunday just quietly resign.

  86. ok paja amene wapanga mistake imodzi amachotsedwa nde lero iweyo enest wapanga mistake nde uchotsedwe? bwanji umakhala ndi mzeru za wekha lanjesi, chipuwa kamwendo kanyenda atusaye frank banda ng’ambi kuwasiya uhhhh am afraid unabwera kudzatikhumudwitsa iwe eti pliz tisiye ndi moyo ma BP angatiphe ngati sukwani pliz leave us tifune coach wina omva za ena osati kalikokha ngati iwe unabwera ndi matama ngati anzako onse anali olephera re think pliz ….. dont kill poor malawians….. with BP and cardiac arrest

  89. FAM yadzadza ndi Atumbuka as such they manouvered to sack Young Chimodzi to have a lee way of sequeezing in fellow northener, Earnest Mtawari. Earnest in turn is doing everything possible to sideline better players from other regions (central and southern) for inexperienced and spent forces from Northern Region eg dropping Chipuwa for spent force Nthara, dropping Kamwendo coz he comes from Mchinji and instead opting for Gaba Mhango a nothener. We cant develop football with that approach.

    FAM is to blame also coz they are the authors of tribalism, nepotism and regionalism to the call up of national team squad by planting agents like coach Earnest Mtawari and Kinnah Phiri. Very nepotistic, tribalistic and regionalistic. Mind FAM stands for Football Association of Malawi and NOT Football Association of Mzuzu. Sugzo Nyirenda, Mozes Mkandawire, Walter Nyamilandu Manda are hardcore tribalists and nepotists. Ku FAM ko tichita kukuthamangitsani ndi zikwanje. Mwatiwonongera football for so long. SAMALANI

  91. Ernest is doing injustice to Malawians. Its unfortunate there are people who clap hands for him on his selection and featuring of players. He has a lot to do if we are to avoid another embarrassment at Kamuzu Stadium come Sunday. The team that played against Tanzania needs a complete overhaul. No player was outstanding and leaves questions on their selection. In goals,Simplex was just but a disappointment. Surely, Juma Chikwenga or Jailos Kapalamula are better. Dropping Chipuwa exposes Ernest as a poor decision maker;so emotional and reactive.Our defense was just an open gate lacking skill and experience. Fodya is one good defender but wasn’t himself against Tanzania. Heard people praising selection of Gabeya,but couldn’t see his impact as he was just a shadow of himself. Leaving Lanjesi for this inexperienced defender was suicidal. Limbikani Mzava is slowly but surely becoming another Lucky Malata;making costly blunders. Its high time we worked on our midfield. Chimango and his company seemed crueless. The striking force left me mouth agape. Manase Chiyesa’s inclusion remains questionable. Am not sure if Ernest thought Chawanangwa was equal to the task. Though for some reasons,others may praise Gaba,I don’t think I saw the Gaba I used to know in this game. No striker there could be compared to Deus Nkutu,Luka Milanzi,Esau Kanyenda,Diverson Mlozi,Innocent Bokosi,Zicco Mkanda and Muhammad Sulumba. Ernest’s hatred for experienced players or players from other teams is costing Malawi. He should swallow his pride and recall some of the players dropped. Others still claim the veterans aren’t necessary because we were losing with them in the team. While it is true we were losing,but for those who watched the game against Tanzania would agree with me that the standard of play has nose-dived. The team was disjointed and there was no player one could point as doing the needed. Come Sunday,we are in for another disappointment. Bolanso kudzaseweretsa Wizards or Dedza Young Soccer ndithu angachiteko bwino!

  92. So whoever made mistakes to let in these 2 goals should be left out in the next game because that is Mtawali’s philosophy. I am sure that following Chipuwai’s experience lots of players were playing with caution for fear of making a mistake which would eventually cost them a place in the squad, in every situation people make mistakes and do you have to punish them for a mistake made only once?

  94. Well flame shud understand that two legged qualifiers need alway an away goal to boost your chances,
    2.not only strikers must score borrow a leaf from per meterseker,mats hummels,tim howard,kafoteka,puyol,kamwendo,vidic,j terry, martins indi, David luiz,davie banda etc
    3.if mw or tz go through. There would be a crocodile(algeria) vs a rabbit (mw or tz)
    4.believe me the north Africans are so capable of scoring 4 or more goals against tz or mw in algiers
    5.the only line up capable of tilting the tables
    chipuwa

    mzamva,nyirenda,lanjesi,fodya

    kamwendo,john Banda,taonga chimodzi,phiri junior

    blackmamba lewandowski,Nyondo

    bench
    mkanda,ngalande,munthali,mhone,Gabeya,husein bolt

  95. The comments so far made are basically a comparison of losses ie an honorable loss or an embarrassing loss. My recent memory doesn’t tell me anytime soo Malawi won a game be it with the so called experienced players or otherwise. The only solution to the dismal performance by the Flames is to go back in memory lane and try to analyze the situation especially in the late 1970s and early 1980s and find out how the approach to football in general was like.

  96. My fellow Malawians, if we want selection of players to still be based on equal distribution across the country then do not expect the flames to rise from it’s coffin very soon. If this selection continues we will be in the category of india, pakistan etc. We have the players but the coaches r afraid t select or give other a first team place bcz of fearing regionalism negative comments. Spain won the euro and the world cup curtesey of catalanian players bcz they used merit in selecting players. The team we are using deserves to be used in CHAN and cosafa so that these little boys gain experience. Some times men should be left to play football.

  97. Last time I questioned the rationale behind using only starlets in an important game and also asked if Mtawali knows what he is doing.The loss in Tanzania is a good example of poor team selection.Mtawali thinks he can emerge with a totally brand new team that eventually wins,I stand to differ.Instead,has exposed his emotional character instead of good judgement.

    A team such as Tanzania needed Esau Kanyenda,Atusaye Nyondo,Zicco Mkanda,Tawonga Chimodzi, Joseph Kamwendo,John Lanjesi,Robert Ng’ambi,Charles Swini, and Harry Nyirenda in the starting lineup not those toddlers flooded in the team.Every game is not the same, it needs a different strategy.Looks like Ernest is good to be an under20 coach not senior team.Losing to Tanzania is an embarrassment.

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