…..Sao Tome 1-0 Malawi
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Flames Head Coach Kalisto Pasuwa candidly analyzed his team’s performance against São Tome but defended his team selection saying he featured the right personnel to do the right job.
“We had the right personnel to do the right job,” Pasuwa explained.
He added, “You saw Lloyd Aaron’s performance and Njaliwa playing as a number 8, going up and down. We had numbers, but when we needed to catch them on the break, we were passing sideways, allowing them to recover.
“We wanted to hit them in the spaces they left at the back when attacking, but it didn’t happen”.
Pasuwa acknowledged that his team struggled to break down São Tomé’s defensive setup despite having numerical advantages in attack.
“You saw the way they played—nine men behind the ball. We were failing to unlock them and get into the last line. We had numbers, we had players who could exploit spaces.
“We had five guys attacking the last line and players dropping deep to receive the ball, but we were not patient enough,” he added.
The coach lamented his team’s decision-making in possession. “Every time we got the ball, we wanted to hit long balls to Babatunde and Richard Mbulu, but they were winning everything in the air. When we tried playing from the back, we weren’t breaking the lines.”
This means Malawi is on third place with 13 points while Tunisia qualifies for 2026 World Cup.
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