Sex, beer in Malawi football team camp

Details have emerged that some Malawi national football team players have recently been dropped in the squad because they got drunk and brought sex workers into their rooms while in camp in Botswana.

The behaviours forced coach Kalisto Pasuwa to dropp several players from the squad that faced Ethiopia in recent international friendlies.

The decision followed reports that the players sneaked out of camp and brought women into their rooms during the Four-Nations Tournament in Francistown, Botswana, in March.

The issue came to light when the Southern Region Football Association executive committee met Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Fleetwood Haiya in Thyolo last Saturday.

The officials asked Haiya why several players had been left out of the squad.

He explained that some players sneaked out of camp and returned drunk, while others even sneaked women into their rooms.

However, Haiya also said not all players were dropped for disciplinary reasons.

Some were left out due to poor form and injuries.

“The FAM president said such behavior was unacceptable and it was decided that those players should be dropped,” an official is qouted in the local daily.

“He said some will be recalled while others will not. We understood his explanation because indiscipline should not be tolerated.”

At the Four-Nations Tournament, the Flames finished last after losing 9-8 to Zambia’s B team on post-match penalties following a goalless draw in regulation time.

Malawi also lost 1-0 to a predominantly youthful Botswana side in the third-place play-off.