Mighty Tigers beat Chitipa United to increase chances of escaping relegation

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—Mighty Tigers put a gallant fight on Saturday at the Kamuzu Stadium  to beat Chitipa United 1 to nil in a thrilling encounter where both sides fought for a win to increase chances of escaping relegation in the TNM Super League.

Both teams played under pressure the whole first half as each team was in search of an early goal. Playing at home, the Kau-Kau boys started second half with full force searching for a goal.

Tigers pressed hard with brilliant passes and in the 64^th minute their hardworking paid as Precious Chipungu scored a beauty after exchanging fantastic passes in front. 1-0 it ended in favour of Tigers.

The victory was a gift to the team’s manager Robin Alufandika whose birthday falls today 28^th August.

Elsewhere, Mafco FC claimed a 2-1 victory over struggling Mzuzu Warriors.

Tigers have now dislodged Blue Eagles on position 12 while Chitipa has maintained its 14^th position. Mzuzu Warriors anchors the log table with 17 points as Ntopwa trails on position 15.

As it stands, Mzuzu Warriors, Ntopwa FC and Chitipa United are likely to be relegated from the top flight league.

Nyasa Big Bullets, Silver Strikers, Karonga United are basking in the top three in that order. Mighty Wanderers and Moyale Barracks finish the top five.

Maneno Chimulala

I am a journalist, educator, and activist with passion for telling stories about social justice, sports and political issues. I graduated from Mzuzu University. I started my career at the Maravi Post online publication in 2012 as an intern while in college. Upon graduating from Mzuzu University I was offered a job as Sports Reporter because of my background as a goalkeeper and rose to the position of sub editor. I also had a short stint with Nyasatimes, Malawi Punch and Malawi Digest. Over the past seven years, I have worked intimately with rural organizations and communities in Malawi on human rights, girl child education and grassroots development projects. With an academic background in education, I also volunteer as male champion for girls’ education under Girls Empowerment Networks (GENET) in Malawi’s South West Education Division (SWED).