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RONALD Chitiyo fired home the opener as Kalisto Pasuwa’s FCB Nyasa Big Bullets won the Blantyre Derby after beating their biggest rivals Mighty Mukuru Wanderers 2-1 at Kamuzu Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
After two years, the Blantyre derby produced a winner.
Chitiyo opened the scoring and Nigerian Babatunde Adepoju doubled Big Bullets’ lead in the first half before Thierry Tajong Samar pulled one back for TNM Wanderers.
It was a huge relief for Pasuwa who has been under pressure after a string of poor results.
Recently, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets CEO Albert Chigoga had to come out in support of Pasuwa.
He dismissed claims the coach was to blame for the team’s poor performance.
On Saturday, Pasuwa’s men were the away team.
They took the lead when Nickson Nyasulu drove a long ball into the box, and again, the blue side’s backline failed to contain it as Babatunde made a clever dummy and Chitiyo got on the end of it.
The Zimbabwean quickly fired into the net to give his team the lead in the sixth minute.
Babatunde’s simple tap-in, after being put through by Wongani Lungu’s pass, doubled the lead for Pasuwa and his men.
With 20 minutes to go, the defending champions should have scored a third goal when Wanderers’ defence was caught off guard by a dangerous set piece but Ahmad Kung’unde blocked Chikumbutso Salima’s goal-bound attempt.
In the 83rd minute, the Wanderers were reduced to ten men after Lawrence Chaziya was sent off.
The Malawi defender pushed referee David Chinoko when he cautioned him for a foul as Bullets were attacking.
Despite the red card, the Nomads pulled one back through their Cameroonian hit-man Samar. — Sports Reporter/FCB Nyasa Big Bullets.
Mathew Masinge
Online Reporter