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Bosso walloped in Defence Forces Trophy

by Staff reporter
15 Aug 2017 at 17:01hrs | Views
Zim Defence Forces Select 3-0 Highlanders

Black Rhinos defensive midfielder Martin Mine scored a brace as the Zim­babwe De­fence Forces Se­lect retained the De­fence Forces Cup after thrashing Highlanders at the Na­tional Sports Sta­dium yes­ter­day.

Last year the ZDF Select team won 2-0 against Caps United.

But yesterday the forces team underscored what they can produce as a combined side when the team, which featured players from Premiership sides Black Rhinos and Chapungu exhibited some good football and were full value for their victory.

The Select team under the guidance of Black Rhinos gaffer Stanford "Stix" Mtizwa assisted by Chapungu mentor Tendai Chikuni proved too strong for Erol Akbay and his troops.

The Min­is­ter of De­fence Syd­ney Sek­era­mayi and his wife Tsitsi pre­sented the win­ners with a tro­phy and prize money of $9 000 while Highlanders for their effort also received        $7 000.

Some of the im­por­tant guests who watched the match, which pro­duced a good con­test dom­i­nated by the de­fence forces, were the Com­man­der of the Zim­babwe De­fence Forces, Gen­eral Con­stantino Gu­veya Do­minic Nyikadzino Chi­wenga, Air Force of Zim­babwe Com­man­der Air Mar­shal Per­rance Shiri and Zim­babwe Na­tional Army Com­man­der Lieu­tenant Gen­eral Phillip Valerio Sibanda.

But it was Rhino's Mine who stole the show with his brace.

Mine first headed home in the 21st minute before completing his brace five minutes after resumption when his cracking shot off a ball which had took a bounce in front of him beat Highlanders goalkeeper Prosper Mathuthu.

Mine's goals sandwiched burly Chapungu forward Allan Tavarwisa 30th minute strike.

The Black Rhinos midfielder who has only contributed one goal in the league so far against Tsholotsho was elated to score at such a grand occasion.

Ageless Chapungu forward Phillip Marufu who always shines in this tournament was again in fine form and combined well with his teammate and exciting midfielder Ian Nyoni.

Marufu was unlucky not to find the target on the afternoon.

"I am very excited to score two goals against Highlanders, this is definitely good for my career. We had good training for the past four days and learnt a lot from our two coaches Mutizwa and Chikuni.

"I also thank the bosses for the good reception and a nice camping we had. We have been going through a bad spell as a club but with the results we got today, I am sure that we will go back to winning ways in the local league considering that I came from Black Rhinos and managed to score today (yesterday)," Mine said.

Mtizwa, who is yet to win a match since the mid-season break, was also happy to preside over a victorious team.

The army side lost to Bantu Rovers 1-0 in their last game. Before that they had suffered a similar defeat at the hands of Dynamos.

"We are happy with this victory because we managed to put together two teams to be one team and played very well beating Highlanders, you know Highlanders is a very good team.

"This team we assembled it in four days and came up with this win. I am so happy. They played very well, according to instructions and produced a good result.

"The talent is there in the Force and these games help us identify players. Players are motivated playing in front of huge crowds and when they go back to their clubs they would be confident enough.

"This is a blessing in disguise (for me). The whole scenario, we are staying at Rainbow Towers and the environment also motivated the players, it was a change we needed as we go back to the league.

"We have money in the pockets and the win has motivated us as we approach our next league game," said Mtizwa.

Highlanders' coach Akbay said his players played badly and deserved to lose the match.

"We cannot talk about tough luck. We played bad football from the midfield and conceded two soft goals.

"Everybody will have to fight again in our next game we cannot allow the mistakes which happened today, we were too slow," Akbay said.

The Dutch coach, who has indicated that he will not renew his contract in December was disappointed that he missed once again a chance to win some silverware with the club.

"We didn't fight enough and failed to win silverware again but we have to win in our next match,'' Akbay said.

Teams

Zimbabwe Defence Forces Select: R. Mazingi, C. Mativenga, F. Banda (B. Chandisaita 77th minute), B. Mbavaira, B. Homora, C. Kwaramba, M. Mine, P. Marufu, I. Nyoni (M. Mavhuto 76th minute), A. Tavarwisa (V. Mhandu 67th minute), L. Chiwunga,

Highlanders: P. Mathuthu, H. Moyo (N. Ndlovu 86th minute), T. Ndlovu, T. Ngulube, B. Phiri, P. Muduhwa,  B. Banda,  E. Mudzingwa, G. Makaruse (B. Ncube 38th minute), Mudhuwa, R. Kutsanzira.

Source - zbc