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Aaron Dube in Johannesburg
ALMOST all the teams were in action this weekend in the South African Absa Premier Soccer League with most Zimbabwean players plying their trade here taking part. Warriors’ striker Knowledge Musona was back in the starting line up after an injury when his team Kaizer Chiefs beat Free State Stars 2-0 at Charles Mopeli Stadium in Free State on Saturday evening.
Warriors striker Kingstone Nkhatha replaced Musona in the second half.
Willard Katsande was on top of his game as he managed to marshal the Chiefs’ midfield with great aplomb.
In Durban, Takesure Chinyama’s Platinum Stars beat Golden Arrows 2-1 at King Zwelithini Stadium.
On Saturday evening at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg, former Dynamos striker Roderick Mutuma’s Bloemfontein Celtic won 3-2 against Caf Champions League finalists Orlando Pirates.
Mutuma was an unused substitute.
At Tuks Stadium in Pretoria, Warriors goalkeeper Washington Arubi and former Highlanders striker Obadiah Tarumbwa, who came on as a late substitute as their team Pretoria University demolished Warriors goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini’s team AmaZulu 2-0, had decent outings.
“We lost to a better team and that I believe will not hamper our upcoming games’ preparations it has uplifted morale in the camp. What we must do now is to keep focused and take all our next games as a cup final.
“We will rectify our mistakes and not ever allow ourselves to slip down on the log. At the moment we are satisfied with the top six position but our ambition is to end the Christmas break on position five. People must not judge us with the previous results, this will change from today,” former Highlanders and AmaZulu goalkeeper Tapuwa Kapini said.
On Sunday afternoon at Loftus Stadium in Pretoria, the Warriors’ duo of Khama Billiat and Cuthbert Malajila’s Mamelodi Sundowns beat Gilbert Mapemba’s Moroka Swallows 2-1.
Mapemba was on the stands and former Warriors midfielder Esrom Nyandoro came on as a late substitute for Sundowns.
Malajila missed a golden opportunity before half time after Billiat set him up with a sitter.
Sundowns scored a brace through Katlego Mashego in the 43rd minute and 59th minute and The Dube Birds replied through Lerato Chabangu in the 87th minute.
In the National First Division the former national youth team duo of Peter and Patrick Mubaiwa and former Highlanders ace Ralph Matema’s Witbank Spurs lost 0-2 to Chippa United in Phillip Stadium, Cape Town.
Warriors striker Brian Abbas Amidu’s Black Leopards won 1-0 against United FC in Rustenburg. Amidu was not in the team.
Online Reporter