The Herald (Zimbabwe)

It’s a lacklustre DeMbare

- Tadious Manyepo Sports Reporter

Dynamos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Yadah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 ON a day they were expected to build some good momentum ahead of their massive Premiershi­p Harare Derby clash against bitter rivals CAPS United on Sunday, Dynamos put on a disjointed show and never came to the party in this dull encounter against Yadah which fittingly ended in a stalemate at the National Sports Stadium yesterday.

DeMbare showed those encouragin­g signs of a re-awakening giant last weekend when posting a morale-boosting 1-0 victory over ZPC Kariba and they were largely tipped to follow that up with at least a decent performanc­e against Yadah.

But, the Harare giants, who took their points tally to 26 and remained stuck on 13th place did not show much hunger and their performanc­e, characteri­sed by kick and run play would rate as one of their worst in recent years.

Even a handful of the Glamour Boys’ supporters who were apparently frustrated by their team’s poor show had to vent their anger on Yadah ball boys who were delaying in dishing the balls back to the field.

The fans forced open the gate on the City End bays and threatened to beat the little boys and play had to be stopped for some minutes before police details pleaded with the fans to return to the terraces.

Returning midfielder­s Denver Mukamba and Brett Amidu, who were on top of their game last Sunday could not replicate that form and the latter, who was uncharacte­ristically jittery, had to be withdrawn seven minutes after the break.

The pint-sized player missed DeMbare’s only meaningful chance half-way through the first half when his header, off a rare Peace Makaha cross went over Stephen Chimusoro.

So ordinary were the Glamour Boys that they failed to manage even a single shot at goal in the first stanza.

With Yadah employing all the tactics to frustrate their guests, Dynamos had to finish this drab affair a man-short after defender Marshal Machazane was redcarded for needlessly elbowing Simbarashe Sithole in an off-theball incident with hardly three minutes on the clock.

Instead it was Yadah who could have won the game, but Sithole and his strike partner Ralph Matema on two occasions each shot straight to the ever-improving Dynamos ‘keeper Simbarashe Chinani.

The match did not live up to its billing considerin­g that each time Yadah 0, Dynamos 0; Bulawayo City 0, Herentals 1; Harare City 1, FC Platinum 0; Bulawayo Chiefs 3, Mutare City 2; Chapungu 1, Black Rhinos 0; Ngezi Platinum 5, Shabanie Mine 1; ZPC Kariba 1, Nichrut 1

FC Platinum Ngezi Stars Chicken Inn CAPS United Highlander­s Triangle Harare City Black Rhinos Herentals Byo Chiefs ZPC Kariba Yadah Dynamos Chapungu Nichrut Mutare City Byo City Shabanie these two clubs, who drew 1-1 in the reverse fixture in April, meet fans have always been treated to good football.

Coach Lloyd Mutasa was disappoint­ed by his team’s showing, but remained positive they will rise against CAPS United on Sunday.

“This is another game which we failed to score and you know if you don’t score you cannot win the game,” said Mutasa.

“My lads were trying hard and I

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52 51 41 36 36 35 35 32 30 28 27 27 26 26 21 15 15 15 think the majority of them played in our last match and obviously their energy levels were not as good as we expected.

“But, we have to leave what has happened today and accept the point which we got. It’s part of the game and you know there are three results in every match.

“We did not perform in a way which we all wanted, but that’s football. It happens, but there is always a way forward. The per- formance was not satisfacto­ry, but that’s how the game can be. We tried hard and got a point which is not very bad.

“We have to lift ourselves up and try improve going forward.”

Mutasa refused to blame referee Lazarus Dirwai after he gave Machazane his marching orders.

“My job is always to coach my players to do well in the field of play not to evaluate referees’ performanc­e. On that particular moment when Marshal (Machazane) was given the red card, I was at an angle where it was difficult to clearly see if it was warranted or not,” said Mutasa.

His Yadah counterpar­t Thomas Ruzive was satisfied with the draw and commended his charges.

“I am very happy with the point that we got because considerin­g where we are coming from, I think we did well,” said Ruzive.

“We lost our last match to Triangle over the weekend and we only had some hours to prepare for the match against Dynamos.

“We had to strategise for them and seeing Dynamos is a big club, we had to be at our best. So I am happy with the point, picked against such a massive team.

“I am happy that my boys played according to instructio­n. We will have to take it from there as our survival mission continues,” Ruzive said.

Teams

Yadah: Chimusoro, Z. Bizeki, B. Chikwenya, A. Makopa, B. Madzokere (M. Makopa 89th min), B. Mapfumo, E. Karembo, C. Sekete (L. Murape 54th min) L. Mavhunga (W. Kaseke 87th), R. Mathema, S. Sithole

Dynamos: S. Chinani, P. Makaha, O. Mushure, M. Machazani, G. Mukambi, B. Moyo (M. Mukumba 79th min) , G. Saunyama, B. Amidu (K Dhemere 52nd min) , D. Mukamba, E. Mandiranga (P. Mutasa) , T. Macheke

 ??  ?? CHECK MATE . . . Dynamos forward Tawanda Macheke (left) battles for possession against Yadah’s Byron Madzokere while Brian Mapfumo (partly obscured) monitors the situation in yesterday’s match at the National Sports Stadium
CHECK MATE . . . Dynamos forward Tawanda Macheke (left) battles for possession against Yadah’s Byron Madzokere while Brian Mapfumo (partly obscured) monitors the situation in yesterday’s match at the National Sports Stadium

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