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BURKINA FASO ARE FROM ANOTHER PLANET.

June 7th, 2009 | By: sscouser | 7 Comments »

Picture: Moumouni Dagano, the leading scorer in the African Zone of the 2010 preliminaries

Burkina Faso “is” or Burkina Faso “are” ? Debate.

In an exclusive interview before the draw for the third round was conducted, Kinnah, the coach of The Flames said: “Gone are the days when Africa had permanent soccer giants and full-time also-runs; now each team is like a mystery that needs to be studied and uncovered, especially on their home soil.”

He added: “We are not afraid of any team, and now we look forward to meeting either Cameroon or Ivory Coast so that we may teach them the ‘Egypt lesson’. Let me say, here, that no team, not even the current World Champions Italy, can beat us on home soil (Kamuzu Stadium).”

Macbeth – William Shakespeare:

An apparition appears, of a head with a helmet on. It warns to beware of Macduff. The Second apparition, a bloody child, gives important information. “ None of woman born shall harm Macbeth”, with this information on his hands Macbeth considers himself invincible.

Macduff and his army enter the castle, yet Macbeth fears no one born of a woman. Siward appears, Macbeth dressed in his armor kills him. Then Macduff finds Macbeth, they begin to fight. As the fighting continued they begin to converse, Macbeth tells Macduff that no man born of a woman shall ever harm him. As the fight continues Macduff reveals that he was ripped from his mother’s womb while she was dead.Macduff kills Macbeth at the bitter end.

It seems Burkina Faso are from another planet. They beat Malawi 1-0 at Kamuzu Stadium. The goal was scored by Moumouni Dagano (70th Minute), his 10th goal of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ qualifiers. Dagano, who plays his club soccer in Qatar, is the leading scorer in the African Zone of the 2010 preliminaries, now four goals ahead of Cameroon’s Samuel Eto’o and Freddie Kanoute of Mali.

I don’t know why people are under-rating Burkina Faso. Burkina Faso are one of only four sides who ended the first phase of qualifiers unbeaten; their campaign beginning with a 2-1 away win over Tunisia. Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast lead group E (6 points each). Ivory Coast are yet to travel to Malawi. Be afraid Ivory Coast, be very afraid.

As for Malawi, it’s not all doom and gloom. Malawi’s only hope now is to make it to ACN finals in Angola. They must win their two games against Guinea. It won’t be an easy task. Guinea have proved that they can score and defend. Against Burkina Faso they lost 4-2 (away). Today, against Ivory Coast, they lost 1-2 (at home). They put Drogba in check. He didn’t score. Malawi are yet to score a goal against teams in Group E.

Malawi will play away against Guinea on June 21, 2009. Guinea will play a friendly against Angola before they play against Malawi.

As am signing off, Algeria 3 Egypt 0.

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Comments

By TK | June 7th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

This is the closest Malawi have come to making it to ANGOLA for the ACN.No matter what happens they should atleast beat Guinea.It now all comes down to the winner between Malawi and Guinea for the third spot.If Malawi does not make it,I for one will be the first to advocate for a complete restructure of the whole team.The current team will have proven that it can only go so far and now we probably need a whole new team with a different focus and goals.Its all mental.

By Justine | June 7th, 2009 at 7:14 pm

I don’t think Guinea will concede 5 goals in Ivory Coast. Am sure they will go there not to score but to defend. Guinea have scored 3 and conceded 6. Malawi have scored 0 and conceded 6. Guinea already have an advantage.

By Peter | June 9th, 2009 at 6:50 pm

Malawi and Guinea are playing for 3rd spot. IMHO, whoever wins on June 21, will make it to Angola.

By Matsa | June 10th, 2009 at 7:44 am

If Malawi loses in Guinea they should forget about making it to Angola. Instead they will need to save money by not calling the professinal players for the remaining 3 games.

By sscouser | June 10th, 2009 at 11:49 am

TK, I don’t think a complete restructure of the whole team is a good idea. I do sometimes believe that teams are better off keeping the team and adding to the back-ups, and i firmly believe Malawi are in that category.
May be before I comment any further, I may need to know what you mean by “complete restructure of the whole team”

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By TK | June 11th, 2009 at 12:35 pm

SSCOUSER,

The current crop of players we have,has got 3yrs or maybe 4yrs left of their productive football life.By restructuring I mean,some players have already seen their usefull football life.Some of whom ply their trade in South Africa.The Malawi coach has got to stop playing names for the national team.For example there are players that have gone a whole season without seeing any playing time and yet everytime the national team plays,they get featured in competitive games.Unless these players can step up and prove otherwise then the coach should consider grooming some of those under 17 players so that in 3yrs time they will have had enough exposure to handle competitive matches.Restructuring means slowly injecting into our national team the young lads who are currently in the under 17 team.They should learn from and compliment the experienced ones.Restructuring also means our football body (FAM) that has done a poor job of marketing interms of fundraising.In this day and age,I believe FAM can do a better job of raising funds for our players.That in itself can be a morale booster which is so much needed especially at this stage.Very few will play for pride of their country when their country has got nothing to offer them.

We have beaten the likes of DRC and Egypt but yet we lose to Bukina Fasso on our home soil.The least would have been atleast a draw at this stage of the competition.When was the last time we won an away competitive match?Winning on the road all boils down to mental toughness. After all is said and done I believe we have a lot of talent but its the mental toughness our players luck,that killer instict,that swagger!Its all mental.

By sscouser | June 12th, 2009 at 11:50 am

TK, I like your discourse. “Message received”

Could this be the reason why we lost to Burkina Faso?:

http://www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/section.asp?sectionID=10

Fam has instituted an investigation on alleged reports of sabotage on the Flames in which some individuals (names withheld) are accused of selling out the Flames strategies to the enemy camp.

The alleged individuals are reported to be collaborating with the Flames opponents in the joint World Cup and Africa Cup of Nation Burkina Faso, Guinea and Ivory Coast.

Fam has discovered that their latest opponents Burkina Faso, who beat Malawi 1-0 last week, had a dossier on the Flames’ strengths and weaknesses, including players’ profiles, their game plan and DVDs of the Flames friendly games and previous qualifiers.

The development has raised eyebrows at Fam and Chief Executive Officer Charles Nyirenda who confirmed the development said they would deal with the Judas Iscariot.

“Yes, it’s true that there is such a sad development. There is strong indication that some individuals are working against the Flames. We do not know their motive but I can confirm that we are investigating the issue,” he said.

“I cannot tell you the names of the suspects but I can reveal that they are people who are close to Fam. Unfortunately, they are people who are close to some of us and the technical panel.

“When you don’t suspect someone you end up giving them information not knowing that such individuals would want to use it against you, that is how it has been happening.”

When queried what evidence had made Fam to conclude that the Flames were a victim of sabotage, Nyirenda refused to divulge more information but said the suspects were spotted with Burkina Faso officials a week before the game.

“You see, it’s always clear when something is amiss. We know what has been happening. Burkina Faso officials arrived in the country about a week before the game and these individuals were spotted meeting the Burkinabes at their hotel,” he said.

Nyirenda did not disclose what action Fam would take against the individuals but stressed that Fam would take drastic measures.

“Scouting on your opponents is not a crime. But when someone who is close to Fam is involved that is espionage. We also try to get information on our opponents before the game, but we do not involve individuals related to the opponent’s football association because that’s morally wrong. And when money is involved it is a grave crime,” he said.
Flames coach Kinnah Phiri said he had also noted that some forces were working against the Flames.

“I always suspected that, because it seems the opponents knew all our strategies. My first impression was that they had done a thorough home work on us, but then I also became suspicious,” he said.

“It’s a real sell out. I can’t believe that someone can do that to his own country. I hope Fam will make sure that this does not happen because its retrospective to our campaign.”

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