Excitement is increase as Castel Malawi Limited has set the temper for the ultimate showdown within the Castel Cup between Mighty Mukuru Wanderers and Mzuzu City Hammers at Bingu Stadium (BNS) in Lilongwe on Saturday.

The two sides had an thrilling journey to succeed in the finals and have been most likely not the favourites for the encounter contemplating their tremendous league tracks this season.

However, Mzuzu City Hammers pulled a shock final weekend as they edged defending champions, FCB Nyasa Big Bullets 4-1 by means of post-match penalties after a goalless encounter within the regulation time.

This might be Wanderers’ probability for a comfort to its supporters having did not safe one within the TNM Super League, Airtel Top 8, and FDH Cup this season.

Ahead of the ultimate showdown, Castel Malawi Head of Corporate Marketing and Communications, Lavern Chitakata mentioned they’re excited with this yr’s competitors because it additionally pulled lots of shock visitors like Panthers from the Central Region Football League which booted out 4 tremendous league sides, together with league champions, Silver Strikers.

“We had increased the funds this year to K400 million because we saw a few gaps in the officiation especially from district and regional levels. We must say we have seen a great improvement which made a lot of teams participate, a lot of transparency which gave teams the comfortability to freely take part.”

“We are happy that most games also utilized the local stadiums like Mangochi, Balaka, Dedza, Karonga, which gave us a chance to engage more people, with even the elite teams. Motivating the young ones in the rural areas,” she mentioned.

Chitakata additional indicated that the spectacular efficiency by regional groups speaks volumes of Castel’s dedication to unearthing expertise within the nation.

“We had teams like Hilltop for the regional games. They made it to round of 16, teams like Panthers that just joined and played in quarter finals, MMF Marine playing Bullets. For us it shows the seriousness in the country.”

“Our aim was to unearth talent and elevate the football in Malawi. The two finalists, that was so unexpected, it shows you the level of football is going way up and the fight for better is getting stronger,” she added.

Going ahead, Chitakata mentioned Castel desires to have extra groups register within the cup subsequent yr and intends to extend the variety of district grounds.

Mzuzu City Hammers patron, Gift Mkandawire mentioned followers ought to anticipate one other shock efficiency from the facet.

“We are all set to show the Nomads that we are the new giants in town,” he mentioned.

Wanderers Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Panganeni Ndovi affirmed their intentions to win the Cup for the season.

“It’s our chance to win something this season. We will not relent,” he mentioned.

Meanwhile, the ultimate showdown is spiced by exhibits which began on Thursday at decrease Biwi and Area 25 Nsungwi.

On the match day, patrons will probably be entertained with music from Fada Moti and Piksy on the match venue aside from the give-away prizes.

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