Khungwa saves three penalties to take Wanderers into semis

Mighty Wanderers will face FCB Nyasa Big Bullets in the semi finals of the FDH Bank Cup after completing the last four slot in a hard way following a 3-2 penalty win over Creck Sporting Club at the Dimba Stadium on Sunday.

The Nomads struggled to get past the hosts who looked much spirited in the game and it ended goalless in 90 minutes then Dalitso Khungwa saved three of the five penalties to fire Wanderers to victory.

Frank Phiri and George Chaomba scored for Creck while Edward Jauma, Ramadan Ntafu and Emmance Nyirenda were denied by Khuda and for Wanderers, Masiya Manda, Promise Kamwendo and Blessings Mwalilino scored but Emmanuel Nyirenda's kick was saved.

Head coach for the Nomads, Bob Mpinganjira, was happy with the win but not the performance of the team.

"We didn't play the way we use to, we were down from the first whistle and failed to up the game but we have won through penalties, I'm so happy," he said.

He also expressed his willingness to win this year's trophy by saying they will prepare well for the Blantyre Derby so that they should have a positive result into the game.

Meanwhile, the two teams will also meet in the League in the next weekend and Mpinganjira said it will a different match from the Cup match.

Head coach for the hosts, Eliya Kananji, was happy with the performance of his boys into the game despite the loss.

"If we continue playing like this the I believe that we will be doing better. We just lacked the final touch to get goals and penalties are lottery," said Kananji.

In another semi final match, Civil Service United will play Silver Strikers in a Lilongwe derby as both semi final match will be against arch rivals of the teams.