adminHOSTS Shabanie Mine turned on a lifeless display in front of their home fans yesterday when they fell to 10-man Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Maglas.
The asbestos miners received a tough lesson in football basics in the second half as their former son Thabani Goredema returned to haunt them with brilliant show which he capped by scoring a brace.
For the first time Shabanie president Greg Mataka and club chairman Wilfred Makazhe were forced to leave the stadium before the match had finished.
It was also the first time that the usually disciplined Shabanie fans bayed for Makazhe’s blood and that of coach Saul Chaminuka following the defeat they described as agonising and the timely intervention by Zvishavane police saved an incident that was threatening to become ugly.
Shabanie were simply out of sorts and it was only the brilliance of Rowan Nenzou and Jonathan Chitereki that gave their fans little hope before the damage was done Goredema.
The former Shabanie Mine player opened the account in the 56th minute when he collected a poor clearance from the Shabanie defence, positioned himself well before sending a scorcher to the left side of the nets with goalkeeper Roy Mazingi at the wrong side of the action.
It was Goredema’s first goal against his former team since he left Shabanie to play for Kiglon and later CAPS United. Goredema then sealed his brace with a minute to full time dashing all the hopes Shabanie had of finding an equaliser.
Canaan Nkomo, who never set a foot wrong all afternoon, won the ball deep in his half and raced down the left flank towards the Shabanie goal.
Nkomo spotted unmarked Goredema in the centre and sent a pass that the midfielder gratefully controlled before releasing a shot that beat Mazingi.
The only time Shabanie had shot at goal was when Nenzou made an attempt in the 80th minute but Chirava easily dealt with the effort.
Earlier in the match Solomon Ndlovu sent another chance begging when he hesitated to shoot at goal in the 34th minute when he was fed in the box by Smart Muchabaiwa but he chose to pass the ball to the wrong man Herbet Dick who cleared the ball to safety. Last week the asbestos miners lost their opening match 3-0 to Highlanders and next weekend they make the long trip to face on fire CAPS United at Rufaro.
Chicken Inn assistant coach Adam Ndlovu paid tribute to his players for the win.
“We played very well. We came here to win after missing two points last week when we played Blue Ribbon.
“The boys are hungry for success and they have managed to collect maximum points. We hope to maintain the momentum” said the former Warriors international.
Chaminuka could not comment as he had sought shelter the dressing room, which had been sealed by riot police who were having running battles with some fans who wanted to beat the coach and team manager Mapange Shava.
TEAMS:
Shabanie Mine: R Mazingi,S Shoko, R Mware, S Muchabayiwa, E Bakacheza, T Mareya (J Chizororo 58th minute ),C Masocha ,M Mageja, R Nenzou, S Ndlovu (T Rukanda 51st minute)
Chicken Inn: L Chirova, F Mvula, G Majoni, S Banda, H Dick, F Chindungwe,T Goredema (X Moyo 90th minute),T Chimenya, Canaan Nkomo, H Masuku, D Phiri.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter