FCB Bullets, Mighty Wanderers play to a draw game

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets and Mighty Mukuru Wanderers played to a goalless draw in a Blantyre Derby at Kamuzu Stadium on Saturday 4th May 2024.

In a post match interview, Assistant Coach for Bullets Heston Munthali hailed Wanderers for their dynamics and described the match as a good yard stick for upcoming champion’s league games.

“There were lessons learnt from the game of course our problem is that we lose three to four players every season now we are trying to restart with new players in a new system,” Munthali said.

In his remarks, Meke Mwase, Assistant Coach of Mighty Mukuru Wanderers, attributed his team’s performance to their inability to cope with the pressure of playing immediately after their rivals, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets.

He pledged to bring joy to the Nomads after a prolonged period of struggle, addressed the media regarding his team’s underwhelming performance in a 1-1 draw against Nyasa Big Bullets at Kamuzu Stadium.

“I think playing these catch-up games is another problem for us because we have played today, and those catch-up games can sometimes give you pressure. I think we could not control the pressure of the game and I think next time we have to control the game,” he said.

On the overall performance of his charges, Mwase said his side was not bad, but they needed extra work to capitalize on the chances they created.

“It was not bad. We created a lot of chances, and we could have gone into the last phase easily, but I think we didn’t capitalize on our chances so I can say luck wasn’t on our side.

“Secondly, this team is a very difficult side to play with because you don’t know what they are doing because the next minute, they use long balls and the other minute, short passes,” he said.

The Nomads took a first-half lead courtesy of a powerful header from Issac Kaliati, but Big Bullets leveled in the second half through Patrick Mwaungulu.