Dyanamos in Chibuku final
By Givemore Nyakuba
Dynamos
sailed through to the Chibuku finals after defeating Chapungu 1 nil on Sunday
at Mandava stadium and they are set to play against Harare city who hammered
ZPC Karibha 4-1 at the same venue on Saturday.
Dynamos who came into the game with all guns
blazing showing their desire to win, forced Chapungu goalkeeper Roy
Mazingi into action early in the first
minute when he saved a drive from Takesure who had nicely interchanged passes
with Rodreck Mutuma and Ronald Chitiyo,
Dynamos were awarded the first corner kick of the game but they failed to
utilize their chance.
In
the 4th minute Dynamos were at it again when midfield maestro Ronald
(rooney) Chitiyo spotted Takesure chinyama’s run and managed to give him the
ball. However Chinyama elected not to go
it alone and he gave a drawback to Mutuma who skied his effort with the goal at
his mercy.
Both
teams had chances coming their way but failed to utilize them. With Dynamos
relying on their midfield maestro Chitiyo, Chapungu were relying on their seasoned player
Phillip Marufu.
In
the 22nd minute Blessing Moyo was yellow carded for slapping
Chapungu veteran striker Phillip Marufu, However some sections of the funs felt
red was appropriate for the incident.
The
match resumed and Chapungu where making their presents felt and showing their
determination to walk away with something from the game. Dynamos goalkeeper
Tatenda Mukuruva was forced into action several times denying Chapungu the much
needed goal.
13
minutes before the half time it was action from one end to the other end of the
pitch with both teams looking to take the lead before the break but it was not
to be and the teams went into the break level packed at nil all.
When
the second half resumed Dynamos where all over Chapungu trying to unsettle the
air force side and take the lead launching one attack after another and their
efforts were rewarded in the 53rd minute when they were awarded a
corner kick Chinyama’s effort was served by Chapungu goal minder probably the
busiest between the two and Rodreck (the prince) Mutuma cashed in from a goal
mouth melee and send the Dynamos supporters into frenzy.
In
the 65th minute Dynamos coach decided to change the fire power in a
bid to kill the match he pulled out chinyama who seemed to be having a bad day
in the office and brought in Richard Kawondera his opposite number Chapungu
coach John Nyikadzino shuffled the cards by bringing in Patrick Khumbula in the
67th minute taking out Ncube Nhlanhla and also remove Marufu for Xolani Ncube in the 75th minute trying to
search for an equalizer.
Mutuma
nearly grabbed a brace in the 73rd minute when he ran past through
two defenders from Chapungu and unleashed a short that was unstoppable,
chapungu have Charles Mativenga to thank for getting the off the hook and
clearing Mutuma’s solo effort to safety on the line.
In
the last 12 minutes of the game Chapungu were pilling more pressure on Dynamos
hoping to get an equalizer as Dynamos goalkeeper Mukuruva was forced into
action again when he tipped Hillary
Mugonewa’s well taken corner kick from the right flank over the bar. The
corner kick nearly went inn without a touch but the goal minder who was on top
of his game made a wonderful save to deny Chapungu the much needed equalizer.
Dynamos
were now content with the lead and were defending in numbers with their
goalkeeper showing top class serves they managed to grab a win at Mandava and
booked a place in the finals off the chibuku finals were they are going to lock
horns with stubborn Harare city at a date and place to be announced by the
sponsors.
Dynamos
head Coach Tonderai Ndiraya was a happy man after the win and gave credit to
his charges for the performance, he also went on to urge Dembare supporters to
continue supporting him. He also hinted on a league and cup double saying he is
hoping log leaders Chicken would drop points during the way and he can
capitalize on that.
“We
came here with one thing in our mind that is going through into the finals and
lm glad that we are in the finals now, l would also like to thank our
supporters for the support l would like to urge them to continue supporting us
and lm hopeful l will get a double” said Ndiraya.
Chapungu
head coach John Nyikadzino said he was happy with the way his charges played,
he also said he was shifting his focus to the league said as an underrated team
his charges played very well although they conceded a goal he felt was a soft
goal.
“The
Dynamos defense was resolute over ally the game was evenly balanced we went to
slip in the second half we failed to clear that corner kick and it resulted in
a goal football is a game of numbers we failed to score lm happy with our
performance but lm disappointed with the way we allowed that goal we are an underrated
team lm happy with the progress we made in the tournament and we are going to
shift our focus to the league now” said Nyikadzino.
Rodreck
Mutuma was happy to have helped his team to storm into the finals and promised
his fans more crucial goals and attributed everything to team work. He scored
the all-important goal at Mandava after he had done so in Bulawayo a week ago
when Dynamos defeated Chicken inn in a league match at Barbourfields stadium.
“
I am happy with the way we played l attribute everything to team work lm not
going to put personal glory first but lm promising our supporters that lm going
to score more goals” said Mutuma
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