adminFOR the Highlanders coaching staff, this year is all about ending the club’s lengthy wait for the league title.
Portuguese coach, Baltermar Brito, has now spent enough time at Bosso for him to find a way to end the club’s 17-year wait for glory.
Last season, Brito helped the Bulawayo giants finish in fifth position behind FC Platinum, Chicken Inn, Dynamos and Ngezi Platinum.
Speaking to FARPost, assistant coach Joel Luphahla outlined Brito’s 2023 targets.
He said: “It’s been long since we won the league. Being Highlanders, there is always that push and pressure to win the league title, and our head coach wants it this season.
“The head coach says, we may be far from what we want the team to be, but we have to meet some of the targets and end the league title drought. The good thing is that we retained the bulk of our team.
“Our targets remain the same but we have a number of factors to consider. However, we stick to what our head coach wants us to achieve.”
Methembe Ndlovu was the last coach to win the league title with Highlanders in 2006.
Dutchman Heindrik Pieter de Jongh helped them win the Chibuku Super Cup in 2019, their latest cup title.
“We had a good ending last season but we lost some key players we had last season. Of course losing key players affects us,” Luphahla added.
“So we can only hope for continuity and hope to fuse some of the youngsters which we promoted from Bosso90.
“From here, we take a lot of positives hoping we take shape. There is still time for us to take shape. It’s a season we have some big things to achieve. We want to be better by continuing from where we left.” — FARPost.
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