{"id":11257,"date":"2021-12-12T19:41:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T19:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mpondasi-lift-fcb-u-20-national-league"},"modified":"2021-12-12T20:20:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T20:20:48","slug":"mpondasi-lift-fcb-u-20-national-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mpondasi-lift-fcb-u-20-national-league","title":{"rendered":"Mpondasi lift FCB U-20 national league"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Mangochi based Mpondasi FC beat Iponga FC 9-8 on penalties to win FCB Under 20 National Football League Finals. Mpondasi finished the match with 10 men after Captain Austin Laja was red carded for foul language against the referee. The team\u2019s coach was also sent to stands for same offence.<\/p>\n<p>In penalties, Iponga\u2019s Web Mzumala missed his club\u2019s nineth penalties for Mpondasi to claim a9-8 win. Mpondasi are the new National Champions replacing Sanwecka who were booted out in the regional finals played last week in Karonga. Mpondasi pocketed MK1.5 million as Champions while runners-up Iponga pocketed MK1 million. Best player Emmanuel Banda received MK350,000.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Mangochi based Mpondasi FC beat Iponga FC 9-8 on penalties to win FCB Under 20 National Football League Finals. Mpondasi finished the match with 10 men after Captain Austin Laja was red carded for foul language against the referee. 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