adminMANICA Diamonds captain, Liberty Chakoroma, believes they have a chance to make a huge statement of intent when they take on FC Platinum at Mandava this weekend.
It will be a reality check for the Gem Boys, who have been flying of late, winning their last two matches in style.
They netted seven goals in those two games. Forward Fortune Binzi has scored five goals in the last two games.
Chakoroma, who was being deployed as a central defender in their opening fixtures, has now been shifted to his preferred midfield role and it seems to be paying off for the Mutare side.
“It’s good that we have rediscovered our best form and it’s now up to the players to maintain that.
“We are playing FC Platinum, they have been the champions of this league in the past four seasons, and we don’t need the coach’s emphasis on what this match means to us.
“But, they have been losing of late, it means if we pay attention to detail we can also get a positive result and everyone should just come to the party for this to happen,” said Chakoroma.
He added.
“We need to try our best to be consistent, the league is still open for everyone but we should try our best to keep pace with the favourites.
“Everyone seems to be excited ahead of this match because we are playing an organised side and these are the fixtures which we are expected to perform well.
“Coach, (Jairos) Tapera has been telling us to treat this fixture the same way we have been treating our previous matches.
“But, we are going to try our best to get a positive result and it’s my hope that we travel to Mandava with a full strength squad without anyone picking an injury.”
FC Platinum have won once in their last five games. Tapera, a former FC Platinum coach, lost 0-4 to the champions on his last visit to Mandava when he was in charge of Triangle last season.
Online Reporter