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Hwange…………………0
FC Platinum………..(0)1A 50th minute header by young Walter Musona was enough to secure a top four finish for FC Platinum who produced a brilliant performance to silence Hwange in their own backyard in a Castle Lager Premier League soccer match played before a big crowd at the Colliery yesterday.
The platinum miners have been enjoying a new lease of life after Norman Mapeza took over as their head coach and yesterday Hwange could not stop them in a match the coalminers also needed maximum points to push the battle for fourth slot to the last matches of the season.
The visitors could have put the game to bed in the opening half as they bombarded Hwange from all angles only to waste a glut of chances that came their way.
Zambian import Obrey Chirwa was on fire as he harassed and overworked the Chipangano central defensive partnership of David Boriwondo and Gerald Ndlovu the whole afternoon.
Inside five minutes, FC Platinum had forced two corner kicks with Chirwa being in the thick of things in those early attacks.
After the match Hwange coach Nation Dube bemoaned the lapse in concentration which led to Musona’s goal.
“It was a game of two halves where FC Platinum controlled the opening half but we came back playing far much better in the last half. We defended poorly which led to that goal. I also think the referees need to be consistent in their work as we came into the match short of crucial personnel after some needless cautions, something which we witnessed here again today,” Dube said.
Mapeza was an elated man after the match. “In the first half we played very brilliantly and I am happy we got the goal early in the last half because Hwange made it tough for us in that period. I give credit to Nation Dube for building such a good side. The win is a morale-booster for us ahead of the Chibuku Cup final next weekend,” said a smiling Mapeza.
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