Wenslus Murape
Sports Reporter
MANICA Diamonds have gone for NINE matches without scoring a goal, and it was the same old script at the end of yesterday’s goalless against Herentals at Sakubva.
The club are now a pale shadow of the team that gave their fans a lot of expectations just two months ago. The Mutare diamond miners have not only forgotten how to score but also to how it actually feels to win a top flight league encounter.
Coach Jairos Tapera acknowledges that his team desperately needs to start scoring goals.
Highlanders were also held to a 1-1 draw by champions Ngezi Platinum Stars at Barbourfields.
Brighton Ncube put Bosso ahead in the first half but substitute Claude Mapoka ensured his side picked up a point.
Hwange breathed a lot of oxygen into their desperate fight to avoid the dreaded chop at the end of the season with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over visiting Chegutu Pirates at the Colliery.
Captain Kelly Shiyandindi led from the front with an amazing overlapping run, laid the ball to Shepard Gadzikwa who responded with another telling pass to Dominic Chungwa.
The veteran released Claivert Tshuma on the left flank and his cross was bundled in by substitute Mongmeli Tshuma.
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