By Alick Mzandu
Blue Eagles started their campaign in the Airtel Top 8 with a 3-0 win over Dedza Dynamos.
Micium Mhone scored the opener for the Area 30 side in the 16th minute after he connected a well taken free-kick by Ian Chinyama.
The in-form Richard Rapson who was also voted man of the match, scored the second goal for Blue Eagles in the 69th minute before birthday boy Christopher Gototo scored with a thunderous shot 6 minutes later.
The two sides will meet again at Dedza Stadium on December 3 and the final match of the K78 million competition is expected to take place on December 17 at a venue to be announced by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM).
Blue Eagles became the second team to win the Airtel Top 8 Cup in 2018 after beating Nyasa Big Bullets 1-0 courtesy of Stewart Mbunge’s lone goal.
Other team’s that have also won the competition are Nyasa Big Bullets (2021) and Silver Strikers who won it twice in 2017 and 2019 after beating Mighty Wanderers and Karonga United respectively.
The winner of this year’s competition will receive K17 million ; runners up K6 million and all participating teams will pocket K1 million each.
