adminBosso, still have an outstanding game against giants Dynamos, but will this weekend play minnows Quelaton in a derby at Barbourfields tomorrow.
Harare giants CAPS United were the latest victims to fall to their juggernaut after losing 1-0 last weekend at Barbourfields.
Interestingly, CAPS United still have an outstanding game against Dynamos from the first round.
Tomorrow, CAPS United face troubled Hwange at Gwanzura with the Green Machine hoping to add further misery to Hwange.
CAPS were unsettled by a strike this week and club captain David Sengu was sacrificed as he was booted out of the team.
Something is just terribly wrong at Hwange at the moment as Chipangano have developed a knack of losing even at their once feared fortress of Colliery.
The heat is now so intense in the Hwange blast furnace that the club executive has gagged the team from speaking to the media and sources at the club said only club secretary Burzil Dube had been mandated to handle the press.
In another match to seal off the first round, Gunners play Shabanie Mine at Lafarge today.
Gunners have lacked consistency in the first half but their coach Thanks Tengwe believes they will be able to survive the chop at the end of the season.
“It’s going to be a very tough game for both teams. Shabanie are on top of their game at the moment while we are on a revival path.
“We have lost some players but we still need to get results and this game is no exception. At this stage of the competition in the league, we really need to win. We still need to survive relegation at the end of the season,” said Tengwe.
During the week Gunners have lost Cliff Sekete to Dynamos while Hardlife Zvirekwi and Leonard Fiyado are now at CAPS United.
Gunners will be happy that Shabanie will be without striker Nelson Maziwisa who is set to travel with the Warriors for a tour to Botswana today.
Across town at Motor Action Sports Club, the Mighty Bulls face tricky opponents in Monomotapa.
Monoz came from behind to beat Hardbody 4-2 at Ascot and the result cost Tavaka Gumbo his job with Godfrey Tamirepi coming in as the new coach.
Bulls manager Joey Antipas is not expecting an easy tie.
“We have a spate of injuries in the squad with six players injured while some are with the national team,” said Antipas.
Ageless goalkeeper Marlon Jani got a surprise call to the national team despite the fact that he has not been active at his club after suffering from an ailment.
Stand-in skipper Passmore Benard is also set to travel to Gaborone today while Antipas revealed that Godrey Moyo, Thembani Masuku and Gift Phiri are injured.
“It’s a whole lot of players who are injured.
“I say it’s a mumble jumble but we have to keep on fighting hard for a good result,” said Antipas.
At Morris Depot, Black Mambas host fellow strugglers Blue Rangers who parted ways with coaches Misheck Chidzambwa and Masimba Dinyero at the weekend.
The coaches apparently had a fallout with club director Munya Maraire after they dropped Nyasha Chazika from the team.
Chidzambwa quit while Dinyero stayed but Dynamos hammered the team 6-0.
Blue Rangers chairman, Moses Shumba, said they have appointed Chris Ndonya as the caretaker coach for the game.
“We have appointed Ndonya, the guy who was the goalkeeper’s coach, to take charge of this game. He had been working with (Misheck) Chidzambwa and Masimba (Dinyero) in the technical team. But we will be naming a new coach very soon,” said Shumba
Fixtures
Today: Gunners v Shabanie Mine (Lafarge), Motor Action v Monoz (Motor Action Sports Club), Blue Rangers v Black Mambas (gwanzura), Harare City v Chicken Inn (Rufaro)
Tomorrow: Hardbody v Buffaloes (Ascot), CAPS v Hwange (Gwanzura), Quelaton v Highlanders (BF), FC Platinum v Dynamos (postponed) .
Online Reporter