adminSikhumbuzo Moyo in BULAWAYO
Chicken Inn………….…………(1) 1
Tsholotsho FC……………….……..0
TSHOLOTSHO FC coach Lizwe Sweswe remained defiant that his side will get it right after his boys fell to a second straight defeat following their loss to Chicken Inn at Luveve yesterday.
Iziqholo zeZhwane fell to a 34th minute clinical finish by Clemence Matawu, who pounced on a poor clearance by the Tsholotsho defenders.
“We are still hopeful that we will get it right one of these days, I am certainly not getting scared by the results, far from it,” said Sweswe. The match kicked off with the GameCocks clearly eager to find an early goal that would have unsettled the newboys and they could have gone ahead as early as the fourth minute had out-of-sorts Hwange referee Hardly Ndazi awarded them a penalty after Edmore Chirambadare had worked his way past a cluster of his former teammates before being hacked down inside the box.
Ndazi ignored the appeals for a spot kick. Two minutes later, Mitchelle Katsvairo received a fine pass, just on the edge of the box, moved a metre or so before letting loose a pile driver that found Mariyoni, the Tsholotsho goalkeeper, alert as he acrobatically tipped the ball for a corner kick.
Sweswe then replaced Delight Chivunduko with Kudzanai Machazane whose presence was immediately felt. But, sadly, they could not get the goal their efforts deserved. “Credit to Tsholotsho, they really gave us a good run for our money but I must say it was good to be back on winning ways after that away loss,” said Chicken Inn gaffer Joey Antipas.
Teams:
Chicken Inn: E Chipezeze, J Moses, G Majika (C Nkomo 68th min), D Lunga, D Phiri, M Katsvairo (T Goredema 87th min), P Bernard, L Mhlanga, C Matawu, E Chirambadare, T Kutinyu
Tsholotsho: C Mariyoni, M Phiri, N MOYO, T Ncube (D Dzvinyai 72nd min), W Stima, B Ncube, K Chitiyo, O Ncube (A Ncube 61st min), S Gorogodyo, G Nixon, D Chivunduko(K Machazane 46th min)
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