Mutasa, Jongwe axed

host seat as a caretaker gaffer.
CAPS United also axed interim coach Maxwell Takaendesa Jongwe, together with his backroom staff of Rodwell Dhlakama and Alois Bunjira, and recalled Lloyd Chitembwe as caretaker coach.

Goalkeepers’ coach Richard Tswatswa was retained in the new set-up while the identity of the two assistant coaches will be named in due course.
Little Kiglon also sacked their coach, Pearson Matipedza, after a 0-5 drubbing at the hands of Chicken Inn at Rufaro yesterday.
Mutasa, together with his assistants Masimba Dinyero and Ralph Kawondera, were relieved of their duties yesterday after they failed to meet the targets spelt out in their contracts.

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Mutasa’s contract clearly stated that he should collect a minimum of 24 points in the first 10 Castle Lager Premiership games but the gaffer failed to meet the target.
But the executive, then chaired by Farai Munetsi, decided to stick with the technical department.
However, Dynamos crashed out of the BancABC Sup8r Cup, failing to beat a nine-man Motor Action, were beaten 0-1 in the league by newboys Blue Ribbon and could only draw 1-1 against lowly Black Mambas.

The draw against Mambas appeared to be the final straw for Mutasa and the new executive decided to ring the changes.
And Pasuwa, who interestingly had been Mutasa’s trusted lieutenant during their coaching days at Kiglon and Highway, has resurfaced at the Harare giants.
Pasuwa would be assisted by Tonderai Ndiraya, who was in the club’s coaching structures, and goalkeeper’s coach Tichaona Diya.
Dynamos will also return to their pre-match ritual of praying across the goalline from their next match against Shooting Stars at Rufaro on Sunday.

Dynamos chairman Kenny Mubaiwa confirmed the new technical set-up and appealed to club’s supporters to be patient with the executive as it tries to work on a winning formula.
“We held a meeting with Lloyd Mutasa and his assistants today (Tuesday),” said Mubaiwa.
“We advised them that they have failed to meet the terms of the contract and the target that was set in their contracts and therefore their contracts have been terminated.

“According to their contracts, if they had met the targets they could have been confirmed substantive coaches for the next three years. But that will no longer be possible.
“So the contracts of Lloyd Mutasa, Masimba Dinyero and Ralph Kawondera have been terminated with effect from today (Tuesday).”
He also revealed that Pasuwa will now be in charge.

“We have since appointed Callisto Pasuwa as acting head coach, Tonderai Ndiraya and Tichaona Diya as assistant coaches.
“We also appeal to our fans to support the club during this tricky period as we try to find ways of improving results on the pitch,” said Mubaiwa.
Sources close to Dynamos said that the executive had earlier approached Motor Action assistant coach David “Blah D” George and Moses Chunga to replace Mutasa.

But it is believed that George advised them that he could only rejoin DeMbare at the end of the season and start a fresh campaign with the team.
George’s last stint with the Glamour Boys was in 2009 when he was assistant to David “Yogi” Mandigora.
Mutasa took over DeMbare’s hot seat early this year following the departure of Elvis “Chuchu” Chiweshe but the soft-spoken coach led the Glamour Boys to their worst campaign, in the league, in the past four years.

The former Tanganda midfielder saw his DeMbare Class of 2011 becoming the first team in the club’s history to fail to progress to the mini-league phase of the Champions League.
Dynamos were booted in the first round when they lost 0-3 to Algerian side MC Alger.
They had beaten the North Africans 4-1 in the first leg at Rufaro.

The gaffer’s religious beliefs, which also turned into the team’s beliefs, also courted a lot of controversy among the fans.
Mutasa, a devoted disciple of an Apostolic sect led by Madzibaba Daniel of Chitungwiza, rung a lot of changes with the club abandoning its traditional pre-match goalline prayer and adopting the one where they stand as a group, facing the east, praying.

Yesterday, Pasuwa said it felt great to be given such a big task to coach a team like Dynamos but wasn’t promising miracles to the fans.
“I am happy to be at a big team like Dynamos and I have a point to prove coming in as a head coach having worked for a long time as assistant coach,” said Pasuwa.
“I know the pressure associated with coaching a big team like Dynamos but to be a successful coach you have to work with such teams.

“I am not promising much but will try as much as I can to get results.
“I know at clubs like Dynamos there is no time to settle because people want results. Football is round and I don’t believe the previous coaches failed so I cannot say people should expect wholesome changes to the team,” said Pasuwa.