Gor keeper saves Miracle penalty, as Chiukepo blew it: Bullets out of CAF Champions League
Malawi flag carrier in the prestigious Caf Africa Champions League, Nyasa Big Bullets on Wednesday were knocked out of the competition by Kenyan champiosn Gor Mahia following a dramatic preliminary round match when they lost in penalty shootout 5-4 on aggregate after in second leg staged at the Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre.
Bullets should have finished the job and progress to the next stage of the Caf Champions League when they led in the 55th minute through Chiukepo Msowoya.
Msowoya missed a golden opportunity to seal the victory for Bullets in the 88th minute when they were awarded a penalty but his kick was saved by Gor veteran keeper Boniface Oluoch before forcing the match into penalties as it was a 1-1 stalemate as Gor Mahia had won the first leg with an identical score line.
In the shootout, Oluoch saved Miracle Gabeya’s kick and made himself big to distract Pilirani Zonda who sent his shot bouncing off the cross bar to secure their passage to the enxt round.
Yamikani Fodya, John Lanjesi and Msowoya converted their kicks for Bullets.
While the Kenyans converted their kicks through as Ondieki, Humphrey Mieno, Boniface Omondi, and captain Harun Shakava pacifying the home crowd that had painted the
Gor Mahia took time to settle into the game; allowing Bullets to dictate the first quarter of the opening half. Only George Odhiambo came close within the first five minutes.
Bullets won a dangerous free-kick from the left side, but BOluoch was on a high alert to parry the ball to safety.
.It took Nyasa Big Bullets 31 minutes to have the first attempt on goal. But Gor Mahia was not different either.
Earlier, Gor Mahia’s assistant coach Zedekiah Zico Otieno was sent to the stands after he protested strongly the decision to award their hosts a penalty kick in the dying minutes of second half.
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That’s what a game of football gives, one wins and another looses so we have to accept it was not our day. We should not condemn Chiukepo or the Coach. We lost the game as bullets simply because our friends did it better than us so no finger pointing if anything lets blame the whole team for failure.
Am not a funny of bullets, but even ronaldo, messi, drogba they miss penalties,its not only chiukepo who only miss penalties, it happens in the game of football.
chiukepo dont loose heart, game on beib
Zoona ndizakuti the game tactics were wrong. The Coach should have taken a gamble of starting Fisher Kondowe. I know most of you will argue that he is a spent force. That is true. The remains that as the probability of going into Penalties were high, I guess Fisher is a master of his own. Secondly , yes Mike Mkwate could not march the physical fitness of the built Kenyans, but the boy is a wonder kid on a sunny day.
Kupanda chiukepo bullets sikanawanunkha ma penalty,
Kupanda Chiukepo bullets sikanfika kumapenarty
Very sad indeed.
neba pepa thus a game of football
Chiukepo is useless. I wonder why national team picks him. He is a rush rush player. Tired legs. Bullets it is time to groom young players. Don’t follow wanderers model of relying on nkhalamba
Mdyomba mwanama Noma simukuidziwa….Chiukepo kuNoma sangapeze malo! Gwape wachabechabe!!
Akalamba a Chiukepo