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July 22, 2024
Innocent Kurira in BULAWAYO
Highlanders………………………………….…(1) 2
Bulawayo Chiefs…………………………………….0
HIGHLANDERS picked up from where they left off in Harare as they brushed aside the Bulawayo Chiefs challenge at Barbourfields yesterday.
For Bosso, who failed to win any local derby in the first round of fixtures, the victory meant a lot.
A beauty of a freekick from Malvern Sibanda, which took a deflection off a Chiefs player three minutes before the break, and a second half goal from Peter Muduhwa, was all Bosso needed for victory.
The Chiefs players protested against the second goal, claiming the ball had gone out of play, but to no avail.
There was jubilation at Barbourfields Stadium at the final whistle. Fans kept on singing way after the game had ended which was proof of how much the victory meant to them.
Highlanders coach Kelvin Kaindu was happy with the victory and thought they could have scored more goals.
“Another victory, we managed to score two goals and we managed to keep a clean sheet.
“We have managed to collect maximum points but the only challenge is the inability to convert the chances that we are creating.
“When you are playing a local team, the games are close and tight and they have a tactically good coach, they were playing with a block which made it difficult for us to penetrate.
“If we had managed to score the few chances, we had in the first minutes, it could have been more,” said Kaindu.
Chiefs lost several of their key players in the mid-season transfer window, including the central defence paring of Xolisani Moyo and captain Malvin Hativagoni, who joined TelOne and Ngezi Platinum.
Coach Thulani Sibanda says they are trying to adjust to changes.
“We are coming out right. It’s unfortunate that we had to play a game of this magnitude after losing some players.
“But after this game l think we will come out right,” said Sibanda.
derick.khumalo