"IT WAS SILVER VS BULLETS NOT MPONDA VS PASUWA" - PASUWA

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets head coach, Kalisto Pasuwa, quashed sentiments that the Airtel Top 8 final was a meeting between him and his former deputy, Peter Mponda by saying it was Silver Strikers playing FCB Nyasa Big Bullets and that they are just coaches who can leave the teams anytime.

He said this after the match where his team beat the Bankers 0-1 at the Bingu National Stadium to lift the Airtel Top 8 where Mponda said Bullets did not deserve to as they dominated the play but Pasuwa said a cup game needs goals not dominance.

He said: "It was Bullets versus Silver Strikers and I dont think it was Mponda versus Pasuwa. You know us are coaches who come to the team and in the near future we will not be there and we just do our work at the teams." Said Pasuwa.

Meanwhile, the Zimbabwean has become the first ever coach to defend the Airtel Top 8 and now has managed to guide the People's team to their third Top 8 trophy.

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"IN CUPS YOU NEED A RESULT NOT BEAUTIFUL FOOTBALL" - PASUWA

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets head coach, Kalisto Pasuwa, says a cup game needs a team to get a positive result not to play beautiful football that's why they are the Champions of the Airtel Top 8 because they have won not played well.

He said this after beating Silver Strikers in the final of the Airtel Top 8 at the Bingu National Stadium and said his boys were busy closing up the Bankers in the first half and had to open up in the second half.

"A very tactical game where maybe most of the times in the first half we were trying to close spaces the opposition at times dominating play but going in the side. But maybe coming up second half we tried to push up numbers in attack and we had one of the crosses and we got a goal, then we missed another one which was a clear seater from one of our Strikers but that's how Football is these are cup games where you don't need beautiful football but you need a result at the end of the day and

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"SILVER HAS BEEN DOING WELL DOMESTICALLY" - PASUWA

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets head coach, Kalisto Pasuwa, said he will go with full force in the Airtel Top 8 final match against Silver Strikers on Saturday as they face a team that has been doing better locally.

Pasuwa said this on Thursday to the media ahead of the big match at the Bingu National Stadium where he talked of congestion of fixtures which is making them to have no time to train ahead of the match.

"Yesterday we played and today we do recovery tomorrow we travel so it's not giving us time to train a thing that just needs us to manage the squad ahead of the match." Said Pasuwa.

He further said he is not underrating any team this season and against the Bankers, he expects a tough match as they face the best team currently in Malawi.

The People's team managed to beat Kamuzu Barracks 2-0 at the Bingu National Stadium last Sunday in the semi finals to book a place into the final.

"WE HAVEN'T GIVEN UP IN THE LEAGUE" - PASUWA

FCB Nyasa Big Bullets head coach, Kalisto Pasuwa downplayed remarks that his team has already given up on chances to win the League and put much focus on Cups as he said every tournament bring money.

He said this when talking to the media ahead of their Airtel Top 8 final against Silver Strikers at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on Saturday.

He said it is maybe just the mindset of the players that if they lose a cup game they are out hence they fight more in the cups than the League but they are still fighting in every competition.

"No. It's not like that [we have given up] but I think it's the approach of the players on the matches. However every game brings money, the League and the cup so we need to work hard in every tournament but may be in the minds they think if you lose a cup game you are out that's why they are put their hearts most in Cup games." Said Pasuwa.

Meanwhile, the People's team have struggled with consistency in