{"id":10873,"date":"2019-07-04T16:10:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T16:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=10873"},"modified":"2019-07-04T16:10:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T16:10:07","slug":"under-fire-pasuwa-receives-backing-from-club-executive-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/under-fire-pasuwa-receives-backing-from-club-executive-2","title":{"rendered":"Under-fire Pasuwa receives backing from club executive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwean coach Callisto Pasuwa has come under fire at his Malawian club Nyasa Big Bullets after the team fell behind in the title race.<\/p>\n<p>Pasuwa\u2019s side is currently in the 5th position after eight games, and the fans are now calling for his dismissal, but the club\u2019s executive has backed the coach.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The Times newspaper, Bullets\u2019 Chief Administration Officer Albert Chigoga has urged the supporters to be patient and avoid piling pressure on the technical team and the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot go on like this,\u201d Chigoga said. \u201cIt is a situation we can solve collectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a crisis and we are not heading in that direction. This is not the right time for us to start piling pressure on the technical panel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have systems in place to deal with such cases. We cannot expose our coach to public discourse. We need to be sober and patient enough so that if there are ways to solve these problems, we should find them as one team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pasuwa joined the Big Bullets in October last year and went on to win the championship two months later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwean coach Callisto Pasuwa has come under fire at his Malawian club Nyasa Big Bullets after the team fell behind in the title race. Pasuwa\u2019s side is currently in the 5th position after eight games, and the fans are now calling for his dismissal, but the club\u2019s executive has backed the coach. 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