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MANZINI – Mbabane Highlanders Coach Solomon ‘Solly’ Luvhengo felt former Eswatini international Banele ‘Stiga’ Ndzabandzaba gave a man of the match performance in the 1-2 loss to Royal Leopard.
The South Africa-born gaffer endured his first defeat in Highlanders’ colours after the MTN Premier League clash at Mavuso Sports Centre this past Sunday.
Even before he could address the media, the seasoned gaffer kept shouting that jersey number 12 in black and white (‘Stiga’) was the Man of the Match.
The award was presented to Leopard’s Simanga Masangane who further got E1 000.
Reacting to the result, Luvhengo highlighted that his troops started slow but had a good second half.
Affected
“Leopard are not a small team. Losing Peter early through injury also affected our plan,” he highlighted.
The coach allayed fears that they were now out of the title race.
After the past weekend’s setback, Highlanders, who next face log leaders Green Mamba,Banele found themselves nine points adrift “Highlanders returned with two of the top spot. strikers. Overall, we’re still not defending
“It’s difficult for us but we will regroup,” well. Ours is to fight for a he assured. respectable finish.
Victorious Leopard Coach Edwin “The teams above us should come Matsebula, on the other hand, conceded ready for a fight,” he stressed. that it was a game of two halves Leopard, who had a disastrous start after his side ensured the pendulum to the season, are in the top five for swung in their favour during the early the first time this season. Highlanders exchanges. remain fourth.