FCP scared to death

about the way the match was handled as well as the hostile reception they endured, saying had it not been for a cocktail ill-treatment’s they could have won the first leg.

The Congolese side is expected in the country today following the arrival of their advance team on Monday and FC Platinum maintained that in as much as they want to progress to the next round, they cannot afford to spurn the opportunity of marketing Zimbabwe as a safe tourist destination.

FC Platinum club president George Mawere told The Herald that his club is modern and will never invoke dirty tactics used by some in the African Safari to win matches. “What we endured in Congo is archaic and that is not how you treat visitors when they come to your country, we are a modern club and we will never ill-treat opponents.

“They should brace themselves for a modern way of receiving and treating opponents when they visit their countries, we will give them the platinum ambience,” he continued.

“Zimbabwe is one of the best tourist destinations in the world and we cannot afford to let go the chance of marketing destination Zimbabwe.

Meanwhile, the miners started preparations for the reverse fixture when they conducted their first training session in Zvishavane on Wednesday afternoon.

CAF has assigned Djibouti officials to take charge of the match, Souleiman Djama will be the referee assisted by compatriots Salh Mohamed, Rachid Bouraleh and Mohamed Guedi as second, third and fourth official respectively. Malawian official James Mwenda will be the match commissioner.