The Central Bankers returned to winning ways after beating Masters Football Club 3-0 at Silver Stadium.
Silver Strikers returned from a loss against Blue Eagles on Saturday last week.
On Sunday, the Central Bankers made one change bringing in Innocent Shema for Dan Sandukira.
In the 17th minute, Levison Maganizo received a pass from Zebron Kalima before sending the ball wide to Lameck Gamphani, who went past his marker and delivered a cross find Duwe. Duwe headed the ball but the effort went straight to the keeper. That was the first chance created in the match.
22 minutes into the game, Silver Strikers won a throw-in closer to the corner spot where McDonald Lameck took a long throw and Andrew Joseph connected the ball with a powerful header into the net.
Silver Strikers came wave after wave and at 31 minutes, Maganizo opened up Lameck who crossed the ball to find Lumbani Nyondo who headed the ball towards goal but missed the target.
Five minutes from halftime, Duwe doubled the lead when he converted a penalty after Joseph was brought down.
At half time, we led by two goals.
In the second half, our first chance came at 58 minutes when Maganizo switched play beautifully to find Gamphani who turned and twisted to cross the ball where he found Joseph whose header went straight to the keeper.
Our first change came in the 63rd minute when Lumbani Nyondo came off for Dan Sandukira. At 71 minutes, Gamphani and Joseph came off for Charles Chipala and Uchizi Vunga. Zebron Kalima and Festus Duwe were also substituted for Innocent Mtonga and Lassuli Jali.
When everyone thought all was over, Lameck received a long ball from the back and moved inside and took a shot with his left foot and scored.
The goal concluded the match and Silver Strikers took maximum points.
The Coach’s Reaction:
First Assistant Coach Mapopa Kent Msukwa said the boys showed a good spirit to return in the match despite coming from a loss.
“It was a good game and we instructed the boys to come stronger in this game after a loss. The boys listened to what we told them and it gave fruits as we scored three goals and won. Going forward we look to push and grab more points,” said Msukwa.
Match Statistics:
Silver Strikers came guns blazing to turn the tables after a loss last week. On Sunday, the Central Bankers had 14 goal attempts with seven shots on target. Masters Football Club came knocking four times but found the target three times though they couldn’t score.
Silver Strikers played seven corners and the visitors played three corners.
On cautions, the Area 47 side did not go in the referees book but Masters Security had Precious Sambani and Rafik Namwera in his book.
George Chikooka kept a clean sheet after making four saves compared to Brighton Munthali who made seven crucial saves to keep his side in the game.
Man of the Match:
Zebron Kalima-Silver Strikers
Team News:
Innocent Shema was the only change from last week as he came in to solidify the back.
The line-up was as follows: George Chikooka (GK), Innocent Shema, Nickson Mwase, Lumbani Nyondo, McDonald Lameck, Festus Duwe, Lameck Gamphani, Zebron Kalima, Ernest Petro, Levison Maganizo, and Andrew Joseph.
Match Line Up for Silver Strikers:
Substitutes: Uchizi Vunga (out Lameck Gamphani), Dan Sandukira (out Lumbani Nyondo), Innocent Mtonga (out Zebron Kalima), Charles Chipala (Andrew Joseph), Lassuli Jali (Fetsus Duwe)
Unused Substitutes: Christopher Mikuwa (GK), Tatenda M’balaka,Christopher Gototo, Chinsisi Maonga, Emmanuel Allan, Precious Kupumba, and Innocent Mtonga.
Officiating Panel:
Referee-Alfred Chilinda
First Assistant Referee– Thomas Mang’amba
Second Assistant Referee- Mathius Chirwa
