Pasuwa: Without Management we would not have been where we are today

Nyasa Big Bullets Head Coach, Kalisto Pasuwa has heaped praise on to the team's management for the support that it has been providing the team with.

The people's team are finishing the 2022 tnm Super League today, [Saturday, 19th November] with a game against Dedza Dynamos Salima Sugar Football Club at Kamuzu Stadium. 

Bullets have already sealed the Championship and they have only lost one game in 29 games this season. They also lost to Simba SC back-to-back twice in the 2022-23 TotalEnergies Caf Champions League. 

They have won it for the fourth time in four years and it is 6 times in 8 years with only Kamuzu Barracks and Mighty Wanderers winning the Super League since 2014.

During the pre-match pressing ahead of the game against Dedza which happens to be their last in the Super League, Pasuwa said everything has been going smoothly with the support from the management. 

“It’s something that firstly I would like to thank the management," said Pasuwa. "Without our management, we would not have been where we are today. You know teams are struggling and our management has been trying their best for us to be playing in the champions league, for us to be attending all the matches, for us to be having our winning bonuses, which have been coming in time. As a coach, it is an accolade in the house and something very impressive on my CV and I hope this will make me go stronger in terms of coaching football.”

Apart from the management, the Zimbabwean tactician also recognised the impact of their fans this season saying that the fans have been the 12th player in how we were doing our job.

"They were very patient enough when we were starting off the season," started Pasuwa. "We had a new team that we were building and you could see at times when we were playing at the start of the season, trying to grab the results, where the matches at times were not entertaining, but the support from the supporters was marvellous and they could push us to an extent of following us on outside games where we managed to pull through thick and thin. Truly from my heart, I would like to thank them so much for the support they gave us, I think this season belongs to them in terms of the support they were putting on us.”

A win over Dedza Stadium today will see the people's team breaking the 71-point record that they set in 2019. Pasuwa said he was not looking for that record.

"Maybe I was not looking at that, I was only concentrating on the games we were playing and you are reminding me, thank you very much. Yes, it’s a record but again, like I said, I mostly prepare to get a result when I meet any team coming," he added.

After the Super League, Pasuwa and his arsenals will shift their attention to Airtel Top 8 Cup as they are travelling to Karonga next week for a return match against the Crocodiles.