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Tobias Mandoreba in HWANGE
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IN the end, there was huge sighs of relief from the entire Hwange technical bench after the coalminers put on a blistering second half show to neutralise the “anointing oil” effects of 10-man Yadah in a cracking Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at the Colliery yesterday.
Yadah made a mockery of playing with a numerical disadvantage from the quarter hour mark in the opening half after Tanaka Chikumba was shown a second yellow card by Bulawayo referee Allen Basvi for fouling Brendon Rendo to leave Yadah with a mountain to climb.
From the resultant free-kick, midfield veteran’ Canaan Nkomo’s dangerous free-kick was spilled by goalkeeper Panashe Nyasunga onto the path of overlapping defender Godwin Goriyati who made no mistake by stabbing home from close range.
The goal didn’t dampen Yadah’s spirits as they took the game to Hwange with some purposeful play revolving around King Nadolo, Jerry Chipangura and Prosper Kafelapanjila. It was no surprise when they drew level 10 minutes from the breather through Kafelapanjila after a dazzling counter-attack caught Chipangano by surprise and left goalkeeper Nedrick Madeya hugely exposed in goal.
Yadah continued to harass Hwange and Nadolo almost grabbed the lead four minutes after half-time only to be denied by a brilliant save by Madeya.
Hwange fans’ frustrations grew as the match progressed as Yadah continued to be defiant and looking dangerous on all the forays going forward until the magical substitution by the Hwange bench 15 minutes from the end when Courage Sibanda and Pritchard Mpelele came in for Brighton Makopa and Shepard Gadzikwa respectively.
This tactical change was the turning point as Sibanda scored four minutes after his introduction, heading home a teasing Nkomo cross.
Two minutes from the end another substitute Lloyd Mutoma sealed victory for the hosts with a fine finish after latching onto a to a cross from Claivert Tshuma, who had come in for defender Raylton Maphosa in the 57th minute.
Mutoma replaced James Chivasa at the same time as Tshuma in another double substitution by the hosts.
After Bhasvi’s final whistle, the Hwange bench celebrated like they had won a major cup final as pressure was starting to mount on Bongani Mafu, Nation Dube and crew following a string of uninspiring performances which have left Hwange on the lower end of the log table.
“The result is fantastic and we are very happy. The second half was the turning point of the match as the fresh legs helped us prevail,” Dube said.
Yadah’s Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe rued the early loss of a player through expulsion and said it was always going to be difficult to get any result with 10 men.
TEAMS:
HWANGE: N Madeya; J Mumpande; B Mlotshwa; R Maphosa (C Tshuma 57th minute); G Goriyati; T Goredema; J Chivasa (L Mutoma 57th minute) ; S Gadzikwa ( P Mpelele 75th minute); C Nkomo; B Rendo (B Ngoma 47th minute); B Makopa ( C Sibanda 75th minute)
YADAH: P Nyasunga; A Gwatidzo; B Ndereki 65th min) ; K Nadolo( K Juru 88rd min) ; C Mandivei; B Kadamanja; M Faranando; T Chikunba; P Kafelapanjila; R Chifura ( I Masiwa 80th minute) ; J Chipangura ( T Musariri 65th minute); L Mucheto
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