Siphakeme .Mnindwa
Fungai Muderere, [email protected]
FC PLATINUM’S three weeks long pre-season training camp in Bulawayo is set to conclude tomorrow.
This is not the first time that the former champions have set base in the City of Kings and Queens.
The club’s media liaison officer, Chido Chizondo, is on record saying their head coach Norman Mapeza has always preferred the city as it provides them with a conducive atmosphere for their pre-season workouts.
Yesterday, Chizondo said: “Our pre-season training camp in Bulawayo will conclude on Thursday.
The coach closed it, it was done behind closed doors but all went well. Everyone was comfortable and the main objective of trying to focus on our forthcoming season was achieved.”
Last season, FC Platinum finished second on the table after amassing 61 points, five behind eventual winners, Simba Bhora.
The club recently roped in ex-CAPS United, ZPC Kariba and Bulawayo City coach Darlington Dodo to assume the role of assistant coach.
The platinum miners won four league titles on the trot before it was wrestled by Ngezi Platinum in 2023.
To clinch their fourth title in 2022, Mapeza’s Pure Platinum Play collected 75 points out of 102 to help them brag of a good 74 percent success rate.
However, this was not to be for Mapeza’s men in 2023 as they attained 55 points out of a possible 102, which left them at a 54 percent success rate.
The development meant that FC Platinum’s performance took a nosedive by a big margin of 20 percent.
Last season, they were left on a 60 percent success after dropping 41 points from a possible 102 —@FungaiMuderere
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