Hwange ease relegation woes

Nkosilathi Sibanda

Sports Reporter

HWANGE made it three wins on the trot and continued to ease their relegation worries when they beat Bulawayo Chiefs 2-0 in a Castle Lager Premiership match played at Luveve Stadium yesterday.

Chipangano are slowly moving away from the league’s danger zone.

Hwange are now on eighth position with 34 points.

Standing in for the Chipangano gaffer, Nation Dube, the coal miners’ goalkeepers coach, Edmore Sibanda was a happy man and said their goal is to collect points in all the remaining matches.

“We are playing very well and we are trying to collect points in every game that we play and the boys are showing improvement. They have gelled up and the team is playing well. I hope it will continue.

“We still need to collect points because we are in the relegation zone and we need to win all the games that we play,” said Sibanda.

He said scoring early in yesterday’s encounter against Amakhosi Amahle was their trump card as they also took advantage of their opponents’ off-field troubles.

“We told the boys they had to score first, those guys are not training and we have to run on them,” he said.

His opposite number, Johanisi Nhumwa blamed complacency for the defeat, stating that a defeat is part of the game.

“There are so many aspects, it’s football, you win some, lose some and draw some that’s part of the game. Our approach of the game was very poor, that’s how it is.

“If complacency cripples into your team or your players it becomes a problem for you to come back where you belong, it’s part of the game, that’s how it is,” said Nhumwa.