Malawi squad to camp in South Africa -FAM

Football Association of Malawi (FAM) has announced that the Malawi national senior soccer team will camp in South Africa in readiness for their 2017 African Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifying match against Swaziland.

The Flames will face Swaziland on 5th September, 2015 away in Mbabane.

The team which is currently in training camp at the Chiwembe Technical Centre in the Commercial City of Blantyre will depart for South Africa on 30th August, 2015.

“They will camp in South Africa from 30th August to 4th September before going to Swaziland,” said FAM General Secretary Suzgo Nyirenda.

According to Nyirenda, the move will help the new technical panel of Ernest Mtawali and his Assistant Nsazurwimo Ramadhan to monitor the combinations of local players as they will be training together with foreign based players.

He further hinted that the coach is putting trust in locally based players and revealed the majority of players travelling to Swaziland will be local players.

Mtawali is expected to release a 21 man squad this coming Friday 28th August,2015.