Rachael Kaphaizi
Ahead of Senegal match tomorrow in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at Bingu National Stadium, Malawi coach Patrick Mabedi has called on Malawians to join hands for the team to give results.
Speaking to journalists today, Mabedi challenged that firing him for another manager will not solve matters if some gaps will not be addressed.
He did not point out those problems but in passing he mentioned on fitness levels of his boys. He said this problem affected most players playing locally.
Is it time for Mabedi to step down?
Look, as a coach, I am not a coward first, and second we know what went wrong, I think I will be telling you but sometimes you media you don’t listen, you just want to take it further, first you need to go and do your research before we started our journey, we had outstanding tournaments in COSAFA, even to match Tunisia no one talks about that, did you follow up what was happening there? Did you follow up what went wrong because we are trying to attack so those are things that we need to follow, to be honest I am a professional coach.
Some media are taking this game of football as personal issues, this is not me, this is all about nation, and there is no one who can leave his house and come here and want to lose. So, when we do these things of football we need to know we are in together…
Is our league in Malawi outstanding? We need to know the problem. We have equipment we use we….it’s called GPS [tracker], how many games remaining in the league? It’s 9, but if I tell you that the players in Malawi that we have in the national team do not fit until today? It tells you that they are not fit. You talk about players? Do we have players? Do we have time to train them?
I am happy that we have a reporter from Senegal, if I tell you, the Senegal team to play for Chan are in camp, meaning that players we will be facing tomorrow are all professionals who play in Europe.
I can leave today, no problem, I am a professional I can go somewhere but, you will find same problem, we need to find a solution to solve this problem.
In Chichewa he said…
Ndizomvetsa chisoni kuti ma player athu a local, fitness yawo siyili bwino. Mutha kuona kuti ma mistakes tidapanga second half chifukwa fitness yathu siyili bwino.
Komabe taphunzira zambiri ndipo pali zambiri zomwe tiyenera kuzifufuza.
Ndawapempha anyamata kuti tili ndi ngongole yathu yaikulu kuti tiwabwezere Amalawi, tsikuli timakumbukira makolo athu ndiye tiwapatse chisangalalo.
Coach umatha kuchoka chifukwa ma results sakubwera, komabe sikuti ndili ndi nkhawa chifukwa zomwe zikupangitsa zimenezo ndikudziwa, or kutabwera mtsogoleri wina ngati sitipanga solve ma problem amenewawa adzachitikabe.
Mabedi not to blame….
Izizi sizikhala za munthu mmodzi, ndi za ine ndi dziko lonse, tonse tikagwirana manja zonse zimayenda, koma sinanga,….mtsogoleri wa timu ndi ine, ndiyenera kutenga responsibility.
Zonse zimene mukunena a media ndikuzimva ndithu….ndikumva kupwetekedwa mtima pa ma results, or anyamata nawo akumva kuwawa komabe tiyeni tikonzekere za mawa.
Mawa pakhala kusintha koma sikwambiri. Tipemphere tisakhale ndi red card.
