FCB Nyasa Big Bullets striker, Babatunde Adepoju will officially make his debut for the Malawi National Team this afternoon as the Flames face São Tomé in the final match of the World Cup Qualifier.
Babatunde who is now legally a Malawian after obtaining his citizenship by naturalization has been given the node to start and he is leading the attacking line.
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Chawanangwa Kaonga also starts while Lloyd Banega Aaron, Lloyd Njaliwa start in midfield.
Charles Petro Captains the team this afternoon as he leads the back four. He is playing in the heart of defense alongside Dennis Chembezi.
Silver Strikers right back Macdonald Lameck starts while Ekhaya’s Alick Lungu starts as the left back.
The Flames currently sit fourth in Group H with 13 points but could finish the qualifiers with 16 points and climb to second place if they beat São Tomé and results elsewhere go their way—specifically if Namibia lose to Tunisia and Liberia fall to Equatorial Guinea.
Speaking ahead of Monday’s encounter at the Stade Olympique de Sousse in Tunisia, where São Tomé have chosen to host the fixture, Pasuwa revealed his concerns about his team’s preparation and mindset going into the crucial Group H clash.
“This is a very important game indeed. My main worry in this game is, remember we were supposed to play against Equatorial Guinea and we didn’t play. Then we had to travel for two days, and we just had our first training on Sunday, a day before our match day,” said the experienced tactician.
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