Bullets host Al Hilal with remote hope of overturning 4-0 first leg loss
Bullets host Al Hilal this Sunday at the Kamuzu Stadium with remote hope of overturning a 4-0 first leg loss to the Sudanese giants in the 2015 Caf Champions League first round.
As if the challenge of needing a five-goal margin win is not enough, Bullets will be without head coach Nsanzurwimo Ramadhan who is afraid of his safety after being chased from the training ground by knife-wielding fans during the week for allegedly being associated with out-of-favour chairperson Kondi Msungama.
As we went to press, Al Hilal were unhappy with the Bullets’ reception amid disagreements over the Malawi champions’ failure to return the favour of hosting the visitors who did the same during the first leg played in Khartoum.
So bad is the in-fighting at Bullets many fear for the future of the Malawi champions, who sailed past Fomboni 3-2 on aggregate in the preliminary round to date Al Hilal.
The Sudanese side saw off KMKM from Zanzibar also in the preliminary round. On paper, Al Hilal, who boast talent such as Liberian international David Simbo, are more experienced.
Al Hilal finished in the quarterfinal last year whereas the Bullets’ last played in the continental league in 2004 when they reached the last eight band.
Fischer Kondowe, survivor from that Bullets squad alongside James Chilapondwa, is now the captain. Kondowe is rallying his troops that anything is possible in football.
“We are not affected by the wrangles as our job is to just play football. There is still hope, but ultimately it all depends on when we can give it 100 percent on Sunday,” Kondowe said on Friday.
Kondowe is expected to dictate matters from the right wing with fellow senior citizen James Chilapondwa instilling midfield discipline.
Since Bullets need more goals, that responsibility rests on the shoulders of Tizgobele Kumwenda who has netted twice in three outings.
Al Hilal are on the verge of reaching the group stage of the continental event after hammering Big Bullets 4-0 in the first leg at Khartoum’s Omdurman Stadium where Mudathir Careca scored twice in a one-sided affair.
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Such hopes are like chasing the wind
Chasing Ramadan with axes, a man who ran away from machetes of the intarahamwe is doing great damage to his soul.
Bullets ndi maikonda koma the team messed things ku sudan. Generally speaking we will not beat tho sudanese team. Unfortunately there is also a didgruntled group of supporters who want to run bullets affairs theough the backdoor….using zikwanje as if they are cadets….za u moya basi
BB MOTO!!. Kuyipsota ALHILAL lero. Fwefwe.
Neba zako izo,ife tili ku lilongwe zisatikhuze zaku bts masapota anyerere zisatikhuze.
We will dedicate this game to Douglas Chilambo..by winning &qualify to the second round..my His Soul Douglas R.I.P.
All the best red army.Ngati iwowo anachinya zigoli zonsezi ife tingakanike bwanji. Go bullets go.
All the best Bullets
African club mpovuta kuchoka 4 nil to 4 – 5
bullet woyeeeee tiphe ana lero