By Staff Reporter
Silver Strikers are through to the finals of the Airtel Top 8 cup after beating their city rivals Civil Service United 2-0 in a semi-final match that took place at Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on Saturday.
The Central Bankers, who dominated possession in both halfs scored their goals through Stain Davie on the 11th minute and Zebron Kalima on 48th minutes
Silver will now face Nyasa Big Bullets who were the first side to reach the final after thrashing Mighty Wanderers 4-1 at Kamuzu Stadium last weekend.
After the match Silver Strikers player Zebron Kalima was voted man of the match and received K50 thousand plus a trophy from Airtel.
The winner of this year’s Airtel Top 8 will walk away with K17 million.
Nyasa Big Bullets forward Babatunde Adepoju is expected to win the golden boot as he is the current leading scorer with eight goals followed by Silver Strikers’ Blessings Tembo who has scored two goals.
In a related development, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) disclosed that Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) failed to beam Saturday’s Airtel Top-8 semifinal because they did not acquire TV Rights.
This is however in contrary to what MBC said on their failure to beam the match
According to the state broadcaster, Football Association of Malawi (FAM) defied court order by not allowing MBC crew who were already at the stadium to beam the match live on television.
On December 7, The High court in Blantyre ordered FAM to give MBC rights to beam the remaining games in the Airtel Top 8 competition.
