Malawi coach Kinnah Phiri says the Flames need friendly matches if they are to keep shape during the five months break before welcoming Togo on the weekend of March 27 in the 2012 Orange Africa Cup of Nations group K qualifying campaign.
Phiri commented on his charges to Cafonline after they hammered Chad 6-2 at the Kamuzu Stadium, the hosts’ first win of the campaign following earlier three draws.
“We now go into a five-month break before our next match against Togo and we need to play some friendly games so that we should not lose steam,” Kinnah told the press in post-match interview.
Two-goal scorer Esau Kanyenda also said there was need for Malawi to play more friendlies before facing the Hawks of Togo in Blantyre.
“Today, we struggled as we had three new players Jimmy Zakazaka, Peter Wadabwa and Limbikani Mzava who usually do not play in the starting line, so we took time to coordinate,” said the Russia based player.
“We need to keep the momentum and play some more friendly games so that we can improve on our team ethic. The victory was well deserved for us and we hope we can build on this.”
During the match, a Chiukepo Msowoya and Esau Kanyenda double and other goals from Jimmy Zakazaka and Robert Ng'ambi ensured that the Flames collected their first maximum points to stretch their tally to six points from four games.
Run away group leaders, Botswana have also lined up three friendlies including against Egypt and Equatorial Guinea who they met over the weekend.
The Zebras, who have 10 points, have already played strength testing matches against teams such as Namibia and Mozambique of late.
In contrast, Malawi has this year hardly played warm up matches.
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