They came, they saw but they never conquered, Mzuzu City Hammers were reduced to mere admirers of the Capital’s improved roads.
Outplayed and outclassed in every other space, the hammers chased their own shadows the entire length of minutes of play.
Coming from a goaless episode in the first leg of the pairs meeting at Mzuzu Stadium, soccer pundits were never certain of an outcome of such encounter, except few betting Masters, who pick any result.
When referee Mwai Msungama, probably another ‘ Man of the Match’ given the manner in which he executed duty, paraded the teams into play, a handiful spectators expected fireworks from both teams.
Underwhelmingly, hammers never showed to party of airtelmoney, the servants wanted to transact more.
In a neat sequence of an enterprising transition of play, as if rehearsed at Training, Civo opened their account for the afternoon, through a sublime finish from Dastin Banda barely into the tenth minute of play.
Civo’s second wasn’t a beauty, but it was well crafted, Muhammad Biason tapped in, after an awful mix of Hammer’s defence, which was shaky throughout.
A long range third, a piece of art, taken from the outside of the foot, by Blessings Malinda, who walked away with Man of the Match accolade, will surely remain for ages in the hearts of the servant’s faithful.
At the stroke of 90 minutes, Damiano Kunje, in his trademark capsule tuck-ins, rounded off the classic mauling.
Mzuzu City Hammers clobbered four, dejectedly left the stage of the Airtel Top 8 Episode in a sorrowful fashion.
