Even if Saturday’s TNM Super League second round game between 10-man Mighty Wanderers and Kamuzu Barracks FC were still being played now, chances are that it would still be goalless.
Such was Kamuzu Barracks goalkeeper Victor Nangwale’s defiance that he could not accept to concede a goal at Balaka Stadium on Saturday.
Lying fifth on 28 points, six behind leaders Silver Strikers, Wanderers eventually lost to a red card striker Gomezgani Gondwe for fighting 10 minutes after his second-half introduction. This send-off happened minutes after Nangwale had thrice denied Gerald Phiri Junior ‘one-on-one’ chances.
Evance Napolo and Gerald Chimbaka also had their shots blocked by the former Bullets and Tigers goalkeeper, who insisted “It is not that I was inspired because we were playing against Wanderers, this is just my form.â€
Even man-of-the match Joseph Kamwendo’s efforts were kept at bay as the more he flicked the ball through the visitors’ defence, the more his teammate Phiri wasted opportunities to the disappointment of their camp.
Weld Nkuliwa for the soldiers, placed ninth on 19 points, showed what the Flames are missing; a lively left-winger who can perfectly cross the ball. Nkuliwa nearly stole a winner from a long range chip after dispossessing Wanderers defender Peter Nselema.
