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Bruce Chikuni-Sports Reporter
DYNAMOS fans are beginning to make peace with the reality that nothing lasts forever.
Of course, it’s too harsh on many of the club’s legends and former players.
The Glamour Boys were condemned to their ninth defeat in 20 games by Simba Bhora on Saturday.
The late solitary strike, which floored them, was fired in by Junior Makunike, a graduate of their developmental side and one of the scores of good players who dumped the club in search of greener pastures.
Simba Bhora are now three points above closest rivals MWOS, who suffered a 0-2 loss at the hands of FC Platinum at Ngoni on Saturday.
This leaves DeMbare with just two wins and nine draws during the period under review.
They have now gone four games without finding the back of the net.
The Glamour Boys are in a free-fall at the moment and only a miracle can inspire a rapid turnaround in fortunes.
The reality is that even if they win their next two games, and the clubs around them lose theirs, Dynamos will still be stuck in relegation trouble.
Saul Chaminuka’s men are sitting second from-the-bottom and have scored a meagre six goals, the lowest in the league.
They have been so lifeless that they are going into every fixture expected to lose, as was the case in their last two games.
And, their next opponent Manica Diamonds will also be hoping to end a miserable run when the two sides clash at Rufaro on Thursday.
Manica Diamonds crashed to a 0-1 home defeat at the hands of plucky Herentals.
Some of their fans had backed Dynamos to turn the corner against Simba Bhora, a side they had beaten twice in this campaign.
However, a football club can’t win a match without scoring goals and this is where DeMbare have been struggling.
Chaminuka, as he has been doing since he arrived, blamed the match officials for the club’s poor run.
“It’s unfortunate that you can be seen as a bad loser, but the majority of games that we have lost have always been decided by match officials,” he said during the post-match interview.
His counterpart, Joel Luphahla, believes the top position comes with its challenges.
“Now that we’re on top, it gives us pressure,” he said.
“But it also gives us a bit of breathing space. We want to keep our heads down and focus on our own race.”
