adminThe two teams drew 1-1 and it could have been joy on the other side of the pitch for Mashinya who was taken out in the 64th minute for Sergio, while Kaseke and his teammates could be cursing themselves for failing to deal with the lowly ranked side. Omonia are second on the log standings, three points behind leaders AEL while Ethnikos Achna are 12th in a 14-team league but their consolation could be that they are a massive 15 points ahead of Anagennisi Dighenia who are 13th with just eight points.
In Belgium, it was again a dark weekend for Zimbabweans, former Highlanders players Honour Gombami and Vusa Nyoni as their teams conceded a massive eight goals between them.
Although he did not play, Gombami’s fourth placed Cercle Brugge were given a 4-0 hiding by runaway leaders Anderlecht while Nyoni’s mid table Germinal Beerschot only managed two goals, in reply to Mons’ four.
Warriors’ leftback Onisimo Bhasera was on the sidelines as his England League Two side Plymouth Argyle fell 0-1 at home to Gilingham while former Warriors skipper Benjani Mwaruwari’s Championship side Portsmouth are in action tonight against another former Barclays Premiership side Reading.
The great Barcelona playmaker Lionel Messi always puts on a scintillating performance at club level but struggles when putting on the Argentina shirt. However, it is completely the opposite for Aces Academy product Knowledge Musona who plays for Bundesliga side Hoffenheim in Germany.
His side played a 1-1 draw with visiting Koln but Musona was again not in the side, not even on the substitutes’ bench. Since moving to Europe, Musona has played just 281 minutes out of a possible 1080 minutes after starting just once and coming in as a substitute 11 times.
The player though has always shone like a beacon for the Zimbabwe Warriors and on Wednesday last week, scored the Warriors only goal in the 2-1 defeat to Burundi. This was despite jetting into that country a couple of hours before kick-off.
An injured Musa Mguni watched from the terraces as his Russian outfit Terek Grozny choked a 1-0 win over visiting Tom Tomsky to ease their relegation concerns.
Mguni was injured a few minutes into the Burundi-Zimbabwe 2013 Nations Cup qualifier.
In South Africa, Nyasha Mushekwi scored an incredible seven goals as Mamelodi Sundowns mangled Powerlines 24-0 in the Nedbank Cup last 32 match.
Despite all his prowess upfront, Mushekwi remains suspended for playing below par during Zimbabwe’s last 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against Cape Verde in which the Warriors fell 2-1 to the islanders in 2011.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter