Nomads are seeking a miracle against AS Vita

February 21, 2018 Osman Faiti -Nyasa Times 4 Comments

Be Forward Wanderers have a mountain to climb Wednesday afternoon against AS Vita in their reverse CAF Champions League match at Bingu National Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe but their team manger Steve Madeira still believes the Nomads  can sail through   after the 4-0 first-leg result.

Madeira says Nomads are capable of overturning the 4-0 deficit against AS Vita 

Wanderers need to win by a five-goal margin at the BNS to sail through to the next round.

However, Madeira is upbeat on the possibility of turning the tables.

“If I’m being realistic it will be very hard. But  they can score four against us then why can’t we score six?,’’ he said.

“Nothing is impossible. We need to have self-belief that we can score more goals and progress to the next round. We have to press them hard so that we should overturn the tables,” Madeira said.

He said the Nomads need to keep calm and hit four goals first.

But the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) side’s  coach Jean-Florent Ikwange Ibenge said there is no way they would let Nomads progress to the first round.

Ibenge said he expects the Nomads to come stronger, courtesy of a home-ground advantage.

“But we cant let them overturn the tables  because we are in Malawi to finish the job we started in [the] DRC last week. We will make life difficult for them,” the AS Vita coach said.

Nomads’ captain Joseph Kamwendo said the possibility of turning tables is real.

 

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4 replies on “Nomads are seeking a miracle against AS Vita”

  1. Joseph Kamwendo ndi abwana ake Madeira – maloto achumba. Turning the tables, fo pa noti, kuti? Timu yake yiti? Kochi wake Zeze?

  3. This is interesting. My argument is, if you failed to score even a single goal in DRC I don’t think you can manage to score more than two goals in Lilongwe. The game will be interesting because Nomads will be playing with caution not to concede a goal at the same time trying to score goals to overturn the table which to me can only be achieved by teams with mature and professional players which is lacking in Malawi football. The best Nomads can do in this game is not to concede quick goals otherwise it will spell doom for Nyerere. AS Vita are good in the wings where Nomads lack creativity to close the gaps which normally expose their defence and goalkeeper. In football anything is possible but not at this stage. AS Vita is a team which plays with a purpose as opposed to Nomads. The absence of JK will even expose more the team. For Malawian teams to perform better on continental stage it has to start with our league and teams to be run professionally otherwise it will can even take us a decade to have a team which will represent the country with dignity at the continental showpiece. Don’t just join the continental competitions for the sake of joining because you are country’s league leaders NO! but you need to have a purpose thus to be able to market your players for export to other leagues in the region and beyond. With plenty scouts in DRC, was any Nyerere player approached for a possible transfer? This tells you that something is wrong with our football. Otherwise, at this continental showpiece it’s where players are spotted to join elite teams and leagues in the region and beyond because there are plenty of scouts from Africa and Europe scouting on prospective professional players.
    Otherwise good luck Nyerere at you meet AS Vita but DON’T pack the bus because it will cost you dearly.

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