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our last friendly match before we leave for Swaziland on Thursday,” said Phil Muvengwa, the club secretary.
“We have chosen Rufaro because we want our players to get used to the turf as the pitch we are going to use against Green Mambas has artificial turf.
‘We are very happy with our preparations and our big promise is to fly the Zimbabwean flag high the moment we set our foot in Simunye, the home of the Green Mambas.
“We are still urging our fans to register for the trip and they will be leaving Zimbabwe on Saturday next week arriving just before midnight on the very day.
“They will leave soon after the match on Sunday.”
FC Platinum are expected to leave on Thursday.
The club is fully prepared to the challenge that awaits them in Swaziland.
They played Botswana Meat Commission last Saturday at Mandava.
The visitors won the tie 2-0 and it was the second match FC Platinum has lost at home since gaining promotion.
“We were playing a foreign team and we gave everyone the chance to play,” said assistant coach, Tendai Chikuni.
“It was a very good match in that we were exposed and it gave us the right assessment.
“It was to our advantage because we saw the positives and negatives. We are happy with our preparations so far and everything is going according to plan.
“We still need to work on combinations and conversions as our guys missed a lot of chances. They were not very mobile but overally we are happy with the performance. I was also impressed that we managed to build our attack from the back.”
FC Platinum are expected to name the final squad on Tuesday.
Talented leftback, Qadir Amin, Hardlife Muvindi, Simon Shoko, Cabby Kamhapa, Mitchelle Katsvairo, Gilbert Banda, Frank Mlambo, Ali Sadiki, Loius Matawu and Rowan Nenzou are the new signings who are expected to battle for a place in the team.
Meanwhile, Daniel Nare, the BMC coach, has saluted FC Platinum.
“The team is technically very good and the type of play that they displayed can only be seen in national teams.
“(Rahman) Gumbo has done a very good job to come up with such a team.
“They are going to do well in Swaziland as I see them winning all the ties and progressing to the next round.
“The team, management and everything is just professional and one can only get to see such professionalism in Europe,” he said
If the team wins it will also be a morale booster to Gumbo who is expected to travel to Burundi nine days later with the national team for the Afcon 2012 qualifiers.