KELVIN READY FOR BATTLE WITHOUT ELVIS
KELVIN Moyo is a Bulawayo boy and knows what the Battle of Zimbabwe means for the City of Kings, in particular, and the domestic Premiership, in general.
He is set to return home this weekend as part of the Dynamos squad which will take on Highlanders in the biggest game in the Castle Lager Premiership.
“This is always a big fixture for me and my brother (Elvis), even during our days at F.C Platinum, we would travel to go and watch the two giants when they played,” said Kelvin.
“It feels great that now some people have to travel to come and watch us play too.
“Our journey started off in Bulawayo and playing there always brings back the memories.”
Elvis will be missing from action as he continues to nurse an injury which will force him to miss the entire first half of the season.
The 30-year-old sustained a long term hamstring injury, which saw him missing the Castle Challenge Cup against Ngezi Platinum Stars recently.
“We started playing together around the age of eight years, we would play street football in Luveve before proceeding to Baines Junior and Mzilikazi High School,” said Kelvin.
“We then moved on to professional football, we have been together for all these years and seeing him injured like that makes me sad. We have a rare understanding with each other, we communicate well and sometimes I can predict what he wants to do perfectly and the other way round.”
Kelvin is the most experienced of the two. “Our fans love to see us together and this is what keeps us motivated, it is painful to see him on the sidelines due to injury but, at least, he has a running contract which means he will be close by, cheering me on,” said Kelvin.
“However, playing together also gives us pressure to always be better than the other every day so this pushes us to work harder every day. Maybe this is what happened with Elvis, he wanted to force a quick comeback from injury and I think it aggravated his injury.”
Dynamos coach Genesis Mangombe has paid tribute to the defensive duo.
“They have a rare way of communicating, this is what any coach would want to work with,” he said.
“It is sad that Elvis will be away for long due to injury, however, he will still be close to his brother and us as a team until he bounces back.”