Bosso out of Uhuru Cup

The semi-finals of the cup will be played on 11 April with the final set for the giant National Sports Stadium on Independence Day.
Bosso defeated their nemesis Dynamos 4-3 on penalties after the match had ended 0-0 in regulation time, in a match in which DeMbare penalty taker Guthrie Zhokinyi had a nightmarish afternoon, missing two spotkicks.

Zhokinyi missed in regulation time and during shootouts while Highlanders missed their first kick taken by Innocent Mapuranga before burying the remaining four.
Dynamos finished the season as champions, debutants FC Platinum were runners-up while 2010 league champions Motor Action finished third with Hwange taking the fourth slot.

Zifa chief executive officer Jonathan Mashingaidze confirmed that the top for teams will participate in the independence trophy.
He said the Premier Soccer League would conduct a draw for the semi-finals.
“As the norm we are going to have the Uhuru Cup once again this year and while it has been on an invitational basis, this year we are going to have those clubs that finished in the top four last season and that is Dynamos, FC Platinum, Motor Action and Hwange,” said Mashingaidze.

The Zifa chief executive said there was no corporate sponsor but the Ministry of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture was going to fund the event.
“The draw will be conducted next week and the team that comes out first from the drawing lot will be at home. Our final will be in Harare with the third place play-off set for the City of Kings on the same day, 18 April” said Mashingaidze.

Dynamos, Hwange and Motor Action have been to the final of the Uhuru Cup.
The Independence Cup has generally been dominated by Highlanders and Dynamos as the two clubs have appeared 25 times in the final. Dynamos won the trophy six times while Highlanders won it five times.

Dynamos beat Highlanders 2-1 in the very first final in 1983, met and beat them 3-2 in the 1990 final. Highlanders and Caps United exchanged the trophy between 1991 and 1994. In 1995 Dynamos reclaimed the trophy in grand style after mauling Chapungu 5-0.

Their next three wins were all against Highlanders.
In 1998 DeMbare won 2-0, in 2004 it won 2-1 and 2010 it won 2-0. Highlanders revenged last year at the National Sports Stadium.