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Dembare walloped
18 Mar 2013 at 05:00hrs | Views
CA Bizertin 3 - 0 Dynamos
IT wasn't the meltdown of Tunis but, still, it was a heavy defeat as Dynamos crumbled in the second half leaving them needing to move mountains in Harare to avoid another early elimination from the Champions League.
It was in this country, last year, when DeMbare suffered a 0-6 hiding at the hands of Esperance, their worst defeat in the Champions League in more than three decades, and while they avoided such a blow-out yesterday, they still lost badly for a team of their pedigree. That the Glamour Boys managed to restrict their opponents to a goalless show, in the first half, only to concede three times in the second half will hurt Callisto Pasuwa and his coaching team, who must have walked to the dressing rooms, at half-time, feeling their tactics were spot-on.
The statistics won't make good reading for Pasuwa, too, given that his teams have now conceded nine goals, in just two games, against Tunisian sides in Champions League matches played on these shores in the past year while, crucially, failing to score even once.
The Glamour Boys have conceded 13 goals, in five away matches in the Champions League/Confederation Cup in the past two years, under Pasuwa, managing to score just twice, against Liga Muculmana of Mozambique, in a 2-2 draw.
Takesure Chinyama scored both goals which means no other DeMbare player has been on target, on foreign soil in 450 minutes of action, on away soil for the Glamour Boys, probably tells its own frightening story.
It was a similar barren search for goals at the October 15 Stadium yesterday as Dynamos' Champions League campaign took a big knock from which Pasuwa and his boys will find difficult to recover after a nightmarish show in the second half resulted in a big defeat against Club Athletic Bizertin.
DeMbare will also look back at this match and wonder how they allowed a team, which never showed any superiority quality when compared to them, run away with such a big victory.
Bizertin, who often struggled to impress their supporters in their first game under new coach Mondher Kbaier, enjoyed too much space earlier on but could not fashion out meaningful chances in front of goal as DeMbare appeared content defending deep in their own half.
They, however, ensured they will carry a healthy lead to Harare when their efforts were rewarded in the second half with goals from midfielder Harran Ahmed, who scored from the penalty spot, defenders Ali Machani and Fakkherddine Jaziri.
The first half was largely uneventful for both teams but goalkeeper, George Chigova, had to dive full stretch to deny Bizertin's Bargaoui Chaker from a dipping free kick taken from just outside the penalty box in the 46th minute.
Bizertin forced three corner kicks and then benefited from a moment of defensive lapse to take the lead they badly needed. Machani was the first on the scoresheet when he headed home from a cross by Ali Med M'Hadhbi after the Zimbabweans had failed to clear their lines from a corner kick just four minutes after the restart.
Midfielder Ahmed doubled the advantage in the 57th minute when he riffled the ball past diving 'keeper Chigova from the penalty spot after Sudanese referee Alfadil Hussein correctly adjudged that Devon Chafa had handled inside the crowded penalty box as the Tunisians pressed for another goal to cushion their lead. By the time the Zimbabwe champions tried to come out of their blocks, following the introduction of Tawanda Muparati and Cliff Sekete midway through the second spell, the Tunisians had already taken the upper hand much to the delight of the small but passionate home crowd.
Bizertin were not allowed to let in more than 3 000 fans in their 15 000-seater stadium by the local football authorities because of fears of crowd trouble in the country but all the same, the few that came in were left a satisfied lot after Jaziri gave them a fine finish with the third goal in the 70th minute.
DeMbare looked clumsy and conceded several freekicks inside their territory earlier on which Bizertin could not make full use of.
Pasuwa's men had also done well to keep their opponents at bay despite their aerial inferiority as Bizertin attacked more with high balls and set-pieces.
And it came as no surprise that all the three goals were a result of defensive errors from dead balls.
Bizertin returned from the breather more purposeful with Senegalese forward Youssoupha M'bengue enjoying his game in the middle of the park.
But, with in-form midfielder Muparati, starting from the bench because of a fractured finger, DeMbare looked too rigid and took too long to take the game to their opponents.
Rightback Morris Kadzola, who had a timid first half, later picked up his game and made a spirited run into the box in the 67th minute but his angled shot was easily smothered by goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha.
The defeat was a big setback for Dynamos and they will have to fight hard when the two teams meet again in the return leg at Rufaro in two weeks time.
Teams
C.A Bizertin: Ben Mustapha Farouk, Mathloutthi Hamza, Bel Hadj Mabrouk Houssem, Karekezi Fils Olivier, Harran Ahmed, M'Hadhbi Med Ali, Youssoupha M'bengue, Bargaoui Chaker, Hadhria Nour Troudi Morouan (46th minute), Jaziri Fakherddine, Machani Ali
Dynamos: G. Chigova, M. Kadzola, O. Mushure, P. Jaure, A. Mbara, D. Chafa, S. Alimenda (R. Madamombe, 85th minute), T. Magorimbo (C. Sekete, 66th minute), M. Murape (T. Muparati, 55th minute), F. Mupasiri, F. Zekumbawira.
IT wasn't the meltdown of Tunis but, still, it was a heavy defeat as Dynamos crumbled in the second half leaving them needing to move mountains in Harare to avoid another early elimination from the Champions League.
It was in this country, last year, when DeMbare suffered a 0-6 hiding at the hands of Esperance, their worst defeat in the Champions League in more than three decades, and while they avoided such a blow-out yesterday, they still lost badly for a team of their pedigree. That the Glamour Boys managed to restrict their opponents to a goalless show, in the first half, only to concede three times in the second half will hurt Callisto Pasuwa and his coaching team, who must have walked to the dressing rooms, at half-time, feeling their tactics were spot-on.
The statistics won't make good reading for Pasuwa, too, given that his teams have now conceded nine goals, in just two games, against Tunisian sides in Champions League matches played on these shores in the past year while, crucially, failing to score even once.
The Glamour Boys have conceded 13 goals, in five away matches in the Champions League/Confederation Cup in the past two years, under Pasuwa, managing to score just twice, against Liga Muculmana of Mozambique, in a 2-2 draw.
Takesure Chinyama scored both goals which means no other DeMbare player has been on target, on foreign soil in 450 minutes of action, on away soil for the Glamour Boys, probably tells its own frightening story.
It was a similar barren search for goals at the October 15 Stadium yesterday as Dynamos' Champions League campaign took a big knock from which Pasuwa and his boys will find difficult to recover after a nightmarish show in the second half resulted in a big defeat against Club Athletic Bizertin.
DeMbare will also look back at this match and wonder how they allowed a team, which never showed any superiority quality when compared to them, run away with such a big victory.
Bizertin, who often struggled to impress their supporters in their first game under new coach Mondher Kbaier, enjoyed too much space earlier on but could not fashion out meaningful chances in front of goal as DeMbare appeared content defending deep in their own half.
They, however, ensured they will carry a healthy lead to Harare when their efforts were rewarded in the second half with goals from midfielder Harran Ahmed, who scored from the penalty spot, defenders Ali Machani and Fakkherddine Jaziri.
The first half was largely uneventful for both teams but goalkeeper, George Chigova, had to dive full stretch to deny Bizertin's Bargaoui Chaker from a dipping free kick taken from just outside the penalty box in the 46th minute.
Midfielder Ahmed doubled the advantage in the 57th minute when he riffled the ball past diving 'keeper Chigova from the penalty spot after Sudanese referee Alfadil Hussein correctly adjudged that Devon Chafa had handled inside the crowded penalty box as the Tunisians pressed for another goal to cushion their lead. By the time the Zimbabwe champions tried to come out of their blocks, following the introduction of Tawanda Muparati and Cliff Sekete midway through the second spell, the Tunisians had already taken the upper hand much to the delight of the small but passionate home crowd.
Bizertin were not allowed to let in more than 3 000 fans in their 15 000-seater stadium by the local football authorities because of fears of crowd trouble in the country but all the same, the few that came in were left a satisfied lot after Jaziri gave them a fine finish with the third goal in the 70th minute.
DeMbare looked clumsy and conceded several freekicks inside their territory earlier on which Bizertin could not make full use of.
Pasuwa's men had also done well to keep their opponents at bay despite their aerial inferiority as Bizertin attacked more with high balls and set-pieces.
And it came as no surprise that all the three goals were a result of defensive errors from dead balls.
Bizertin returned from the breather more purposeful with Senegalese forward Youssoupha M'bengue enjoying his game in the middle of the park.
But, with in-form midfielder Muparati, starting from the bench because of a fractured finger, DeMbare looked too rigid and took too long to take the game to their opponents.
Rightback Morris Kadzola, who had a timid first half, later picked up his game and made a spirited run into the box in the 67th minute but his angled shot was easily smothered by goalkeeper Farouk Ben Mustapha.
The defeat was a big setback for Dynamos and they will have to fight hard when the two teams meet again in the return leg at Rufaro in two weeks time.
Teams
C.A Bizertin: Ben Mustapha Farouk, Mathloutthi Hamza, Bel Hadj Mabrouk Houssem, Karekezi Fils Olivier, Harran Ahmed, M'Hadhbi Med Ali, Youssoupha M'bengue, Bargaoui Chaker, Hadhria Nour Troudi Morouan (46th minute), Jaziri Fakherddine, Machani Ali
Dynamos: G. Chigova, M. Kadzola, O. Mushure, P. Jaure, A. Mbara, D. Chafa, S. Alimenda (R. Madamombe, 85th minute), T. Magorimbo (C. Sekete, 66th minute), M. Murape (T. Muparati, 55th minute), F. Mupasiri, F. Zekumbawira.
Source - TH
