Online Reporter
Tadious Manyepo
Sports Reporter
IT’S been more than a decade since Saul Chaminuka left ZPC Kariba but it still feels strange for him each time he visits Nyamhunga representing opposition interests.
It is at ZPC Kariba that the seasoned nomad made his name when leading the electricians to second place in the very year they made their Premiership bow back in 2014.
The run, which included a record 19 opening fixtures without defeat, was incredible and in a way immortalised those who were involved with this Kariba side which played all their matches away from home.
This weekend, he is returning to Kariba as the Dynamos coach.
“I think that is why it always feels strange for me to go to Nyamhunga and direct operations from opposition territory,” said Chaminuka.
“It is always an emotional return to this ground whenever I visit for football business.
“But, such is the nature of the game. That’s what makes it very beautiful.”
Chaminuka believes his Glamour Boys badly need to win this one.
“I’m going there to do business and, our God allowing us, I want three points and, if possible, even six points in the game that we are playing this Saturday (tomorrow), because I believe we need it (the win) more than ZPC Kariba.
“We have prepared well for it and we will definitely take the game to them. We are not going to play as any other visitor in Kariba, we will go at them and they need to have answers and I am positive that we also have answers for them.
The Glamour Boys might have to pick the three points without one of their best players, Frank Agyemang.
The Ghanaian forward, who has made a name with the way he presses opposition defence and his hold-up play, upfront spent the better part of the week on the treatment table.
He was stung on his groin in an unsporting manner by FC Platinum midfielder Polyester Shoko in the ill-tempered match last week.
“He’s (Agyemang) still going through treatment. And I am hoping that he should be good to go anytime this week. In the event that he fails to pass a late fitness test that means we will have to make do with what we have.”
