Sankhani's misfortunes knock Eagles out of Castel Cup

Substitute Sankhani Mkandawire made a costly blunder in the very last minute of the game before missing a penalty kick in the shootout as Blue Eagles bottled away their lead to suffer a 4-3 defeat against Goshen City Dedza Dynamos in the Castel Challenge Cup on Saturday at the Kamuzu Stadium.

Blue Eagles came inches closer to book a place in the final twice, in the regulation time and shootout but failed as luck went on Dynamos.

Micium Mhone stroke in the 84th minute with a powerful strike but Mkandawire's blunder enabled substitute Gift Magola to score and take the game to the penalties.

In the shoutouts, Mkandawire, Lanken Mwale and Chikumbutso Bello Jr failed to score for Eagles as Christopher Phiri and Friday Osagie also missed for Dynamos but Peter Zulu netted the winner for the hosts.

Head coach for Eagles, De Klerk Msakakuona accepted the defeat saying luck was not on their side.

"It happens even in Europe a team

"Tinakonzekera kusewera kulikonseko" - Msakakuona

Mphunzitsi watimu ya Blue Eagles, De Klerk Msakakuona, wati timu yake sinakhudzidweko ndi kusinthasintha kwa mabwalo osewerera masewero awo amu ndime ya matimu anayi a chikho cha Castel poti amadziwabe kuti adzasewera kumathero a sabata ino.

Iye amayankhula patsogolo pa masewero a timuyi ndi Goshen City Dedza Dynamos pa bwalo la Kamuzu ndipo wati iwo ali okonzeka kusewera masewerowa.

"Tinakonzekera bwino kwambiri ndipo palibe yemwe ali ovulala, kwangotsala kusankha odzayamba masewerowa koma takonzekera bwino kuti tichite bwino tifike ndime yotsiriza," iye anatero.

Iye wati timu iliyonse tsopano ili ndi kuthekera kofika mu ndime yotsiriza ndipo Dynamos ndi timu yabwino koma akukhumbira atachita bwino poti ndi timu yaikulu.

Ngati angapambane, Eagles idzakumana ndi wopambana pakati pa FCB Nyasa Big Bullets ndi Mzuzu City Hammers mu ndime yotsiriza.

BLUE EAGLES SCORE LATE TO STRENGTHEN TOP FOUR FINISH CHANCES

Blue Eagles have put themselves in a pole position to finish on the fourth position of the TNM Super League after scoring a 92nd minute goal to beat Mighty Tigers 1-0 and condemn them to relegation at the Nankhaka Ground on Wednesday.

Lanken Mwale came off the bench to score the winner after Tigers became resilient to open up their goal and Eagles maintained their three points lead over fifth placed Civil Service United with one game left to wind up the season.

Head coach for the team, De Klerk Msakakuona, said the game was tough Tigers tried everything in order to fight for survival but they needed a win from the game.

''I am very happy with the win because we have put ourselves in a more safer place, i have to thank the boys for their brilliant performance mostly in the second half,'' said Msakakuona.

The team will just need a draw from their last match against Silver Strikers to secure a top four finish in their first

Timu ya Blue Eagles yalengeza kuti yatenga goloboyi Elias Missi kukhala m'modzi mwa iwo kutsatira Kuchoka kutimu ya Ekhaya.

Missi anali mu gulu la magoloboyi omwe achinyitsa zigoli zochepa mu ligi Koma anali pa chilango kamba komufinya khosi Babatunde Adepoju.

Iye walowa mmalo mwa Joshua Waka yemwe anapita ku Ekhaya.

Eagles drops to 7th after back-to-back losses

Blue Eagles have dropped down to 7th in the TNM Super League after suffering a 1-0 away defeat over Chitipa United in a match played at the Chitipa Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

The team were coming from a 3-0 defeat over Kamuzu Barracks in their previous outing and were stunned by Nelson Sikaona's first half goal to suffer back to back defeats in the League.

Head coach for the team, De Klerk Msakakuona conceded the defeat saying they failed to utilise their chances and also the loss is a blow to their team.

"The loss is not good because we were good, we played 7 games without a loss, we beat drew against Dedza Dynamos then beat Bullets but now two defeats against KB and now Chitipa, it is not good but we will sort out all problems and come back stronger." Said Msakakuona.

Eagles now drop to 7th on the table with 23 points from 6 wins, five draws and four defeats after the first round.