Malawi were beaten by best team in Africa, says coach Chimodzi

Algeria were hailed as Africa’s current best team by their defeated opponents after he Desert Foxes  scored in either half to beat hosts Malawi 2-0 and cement top spot in Group B of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Saturday afternoon in Blantyre.

Chimodzi:  We lost to the best team
Chimodzi: We lost to the best team
Dejected players
Dejected players
Carrying the Malawi flag in support of Flames
Carrying the Malawi flag in support of Flames
Fans
Fans
FAM president Walter Nyamiladu and Sport Ministry offiial Justin Saidi
FAM president Walter Nyamiladu and Sport Ministry offiial Justin Saidi
Former minister Henry Phoya came to watch the match
Former minister Henry Phoya came to watch the match
In support of Flames
In support of Flames

“Algeria are the best team in Africa at the moment. We gave them too much respect and they indeed outplayed us,” said Malawi head coach Young Chimodzi.

“They are in complete control. They dominate opponents and games, and have shown they can beat anyone and everyone,” he added.

Round two of the battle continues next Wednesday when Algeria host Malawi in the reverse fixture for group B. Malawi also has to travel to Ethiopia then welcome Mali in Blantyre.

The Flames, ranked 98, are seeking to emulate the feat of 2010 when they qualified for the Afcon finals as third best losers and went on to thrash Algeria 3-0 in Angola finals. Algeria are rated 20.

Chimodzi also said people should expect some changes in the return match and that they are gunning for a win or a draw.

After the game on Saturday, some Flames supporters  chanted anti-Chimodzi’s songs accusing him of sidelining veteran natural right winger Fischer Kondowe.

The fans, who  also surrounded Algeria coach praising them with chants like, “Algeria ! Algeria!” .

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Kanyimbi
Kanyimbi
9 years ago

Egypt was the best team but Malawi managed to beat it. Osamanamizana apa best team, best team zachamba basi. Odi ndilowe kumphanga ine.

Amuna ngunda ngunda,wakumalowa .
Amuna ngunda ngunda,wakumalowa .
9 years ago

Palibe team yomew ndi best kuposa inzake ndizaboza, koma osewera athu samayikapo ntima, kuthamangira kusuta chamba phweee nanga kumozambiki ndi pulofeshonal ,tapitani kumidzi kuli osewera abwino .

onyex
onyex
9 years ago

anali defender koma amathila

chokazinga
9 years ago

Guys lets not talk about coaches, talk about players, Malawi has no quality football players, our league is not competitive, South Africa league is not competitive too, where then are we going to get better players from? Wanderers and Bullets are the big teams in the country but do we have quality national team players in those teams.

ricky thindwa
9 years ago

munthuyu anali defender,timu ingachite bwino?

Sports Experts
Sports Experts
9 years ago

By saying we lost to best team means what? That’s nonsense. The main reason for failure in Malawian Football is:- Malawi players are too and try to search some local players from villages or schools. Second is to call Kinna to be our Coach.During the time when Kinna was our coach, our team manage to qualify for Africa Cup of Nations. Send this Chimodzi to Chipiku League for him to learn how to manage a team to win.

fotseki
fotseki
9 years ago
Reply to  Sports Experts

it simply shows how umbuli some one can be the same Kinnah was sacked after a string of poor results Who doesnt know that Algeria is the best team as compared to Malawi. Ma Player ena akunenedwawo Chamba chokhachokha. Lets face the reality beating Algeria will be by grace of God. How many pro plays in Europe and how many for Malawi. All the players we depend as pros are based in RSA which is also not doing good in international games Mozambique which the standards are not different from Malawi. The kind of preparation are just pathetic imagine not… Read more »

drakes
drakes
9 years ago

Malawian coaches have failed we have tried them and they have proved to be tactically down to zero, these guys Young and Jack need to be assigned as regional coaches and please dont call back Kinna as other people are saying. If the Government is serious of supporting football lets bury our pride and accept to employ a foreign European or Brazilian coaches with a trainer. Pilirani Kachinziri is the person responsible with the mess we are in, he has always been writing bad about foreign coaches now can he defend the string of losses and shameful outings? As a… Read more »

Chikopa
Chikopa
9 years ago

He is substiting like David moyes if there were ateam to beat it is algeria they give malawi two much room but lucky of tactics on our coach cost us agame

...igwe
...igwe
9 years ago

…without vigour, determination, self belief and ambition we can go nowhere. Look at Sudan…they defeated the African Champions Nigeria. That is the spirit lacking in our team. Defence is a very serious business….why fielding toddlers when the super league is full of full grown men? Goalkeeper who is completely imobile…to team members who are not fit…we dont have gyms in mlw???

bwabwalala
bwabwalala
9 years ago

Iwe chimozi chiukepo anakupatsa dola zingati ?akungonyika koma ukumankakamila kwambiri.resign.wautsiru zimatikwanatu.

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