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Cranborne Bullets coach Nesbert “Yabo” Saruchera believes his side will survive relegation from the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League despite being in the relegation zone for much of the season.
Yabo’s side is second from bottom after 21 games and among firm favourites for the chop.
In an interview with Zimpapers Sports, Saruchera is adamant that they will survive relegation as he believes in the capabilities of his players.
“We are not going to be relegated come the end of the season.
“We have a good team that comprises a lot of youngsters with potential and will stay afloat. We are going to fight till the end.
“With the quality we have, we don’t have to be where we are.”
Tomorrow they face relegation zone colleagues, Yadah at Baobab Stadium and Yabo is not happy with the travelling they have been forced to do due to the unavailability of Harare venues, mainly the National Sports Stadium and Rufaro.
Harare-based teams are having to travel every weekend for matches — both home and away fixtures-which is taking toll on some of the players, including Yabo’s charges.
“Normally I don’t blame anyone when things are not going our way. But I can say maybe if you are based in Harare as small as we are we can’t be seen travelling all the way away all over the country outside Harare with grounds not even better than Morris Depot.
“But I don’t know why we are made to suffer and travel all the way to Kariba where there is nothing special,” said Yabo.
“We have to consider the welfare of the players. We also need to play at home and make sure we maximise and collect points.
“We are not Dynamos, they have enough resources and sometimes they can fly but we can’t do that.
Yabo, who is largely taunted for developing talent, says it is his dream to see one of his prospects break into the big European leagues.
“We don’t believe in names; we believe in players. We move around and try to identify those with talent and groom and develop them.
“We want to be counted one day and say I have coached someone who is in Europe so we must catch them young and develop them into great players. We can’t talk of developing a 37-year-old player.
“It’s not going to be easy. We are both in the relegation matrix and we hope to collect maximum points such that we start to climb up the ladder so that we will be safe at the end of the season.”
Online Reporter