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Patrick Chitumba at Bata Stadium in Gweru
TelOne 0-2 Chegutu Pirates
CHEGUTU Pirates produced a top notch performance to outclass and beat TelOne 2-0 in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Bata Stadium yesterday.
Goals from Gift Mwinga and Cleopus Dube either half of the break condemned the WiFi boys to their fourth defeat since the start of the campaign.
The loss means Telone’s winless streak at home stretches to four matches having last won at home against Manica Diamonds in the second week.
WiFi boys coach Tendai Chikuni admitted his side was not good enough.
“If you look at it when you play with young guys you have to be at your best, I lost two players. If you look at the backline we lacked cohesion,” he said.
“Football is about winning, we are creating and not scoring goals, we will see what happens in the window. Some of the players are not good enough.”
His counterpart Day Gutu was relieved at winning the game after a seemingly difficult period .
“It was a sink or survive match for us seeing that we were sitting in a precarious position, so I am relieved that this match has given us the confidence,” Gutu said.
Chegutu got the match off to a flying start, taking the lead courtesy of a Mwinga goal after five minutes.
The visitors won a free kick on the edge of the box and Mwinga curled the ball in albeit with assistance from TelOne goalkeeper Matripples Muleya who misjudged the flight of the ball.
TelOne had the lion’s share of possession but failed to open the Chegutu defence.
After a barrage of attacks from the home side, Chegutu doubled their lead with Dube’s glancing header in the 68th minute.
The second goal appeared to have given the visitors confidence as they started passing the ball around to frustrate their opponents.
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