Vusumuzi Dube
Fungai Muderere, Senior Sports Reporter
NEVER mind that Cranborne Bullets are yet to score, forget that they are yet to collect maximum points in the 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign that entered into Week Four on Thursday, their head coach Nesbert Saruchera has vowed to brew a shocker when then they meet resurgent pacesetters Dynamos at the National Sports Stadium tomorrow afternoon.
Following their indifferent start, army side Cranborne Bullets go into the match with an underdog tag after having managed to collect their first point of the season when they played a 0-0 stalemate against former champions Chicken Inn in a match that was played at Baobab Stadium as part of week three fixtures programme.
“We lost two games in a row and we managed to draw against Chicken Inn in our third match which is a big improvement for us as a team. Our first two games were very difficult and we are going to approach our game against Dynamos differently and we will collect maximum points,” said Saruchera whose side is in a second dance in the country’s elite football league.
In their first two matches, the Bullets fell to Black Rhinos as well as FC Platinum on identical 1-0 score lines and tomorrow they meet a buoyant DeMbare side that is yet to taste defeat after accounting for Hwange (1-0), Sheasham (4-0) before they played a goalless draw against newbies Simba Bhora to take their points tally to seven from three outings.
Against the Gamecocks, the Bullets gave a good account of themselves and they boast a youthful side that has an industrious midfield that is composed of team captain Tadiwa Chibunyu, Kingsley Mureremba, Kudakwashe Chidonza and Moreblessing Mushangwe.
Their rearguard is ably marshalled by ex-Chicken Inn and Bulawayo City defender Nyasha Gurende and upfront they have the services of veteran striker Brian Muzondiwa among other gifted players.
Last season, DeMbare edged the soldiers 1-0 in their first leg encounter before the latter got the better of the former on an identical scoreline in the reverse fixture.
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