Perennial party spoilers at it again

By Givemore Nyakuba

Fc platinum      (1)     (1)

Caps united      (1)      (1)

Caps united destroyed Fc Platinum hopes of clinching the league title after they held them to a  one all draw at Mandava stadium on Saturday the draw saw Chicken inn being crowned champions.

Perennial party spoilers as they are referred to they have done it again by having a say in the decision of champions as they had often done so in the past playing the part of Dynamos but this but time it is fort chicken inn.

Caps united drew the first blood in the 7^th minute when Dominic Chungwa cashed inn from a defensive lapse when goalkeeper Francis Tizayi failed to handle a cross from the right and Chungwa took advantage of it and pushed the ball into the back of the net.

Five minutes later the home side gave their response when the Zambian striker Obrey Chirwa was brought down in the penalty box and Brian Muzondiwa took responsibility of the penalty sending caps united goalkeeper Jorum Muchambo the wrong way.

Fc Platinum continue pilling pressure on caps united after they had drawn level however makepepe stood their ground. They came close to score in the 23^rd minute when Muchambo spilled a Chirwa effort from outside the box.

In the 26^th minute Joel Ngodzo nearly put the visitors in front again when he shoved two defenders but unfortunately his effort went slightly over the bar.

The teams went into the half time break still in a one all draw and the second half belonged to Fc Platinum who were launching an attack after another they were nearly rewarded for their effort in the 56^th minute when Tatenda DZumbunu effort was saved by Muchambo from a Marshal Mudehwe cross and a minute later Mudehwe’s effort went slightly over the cross bar.

In the 60^th minute Chirwa had himself to blame after he skied his effort when had already drew the keeper out of his line after being set up by Dzumbunu.

In the 68^th minute veteran striker Joel Ngodzo had his effort saved by Tizayi and a minute later Stephen Makatuka was red carded for a second bookable offense.

In the 79 minute Elvis Moyo heat the back of the nets with a cross from Mudehwe but the referee denied the platinum minors the goal saying the ball had gone out before Mudehwe Crossed and Allan Gahadziwa could had grabbed the much needed victory for the minors in the 90^th minute when his effort heat the upright and went out with goalkeeper Muchambo beaten all systems out.

Fc Platinum coach Norman Mapeza praised is boys although they failed to reach the Promised Land saying they had come a long way and he was disappointed by the attitude of Caps united players in the last five minutes of the game.

“we wanted to push for a positive result but at the end of the day that’s the nature of the game, lm proud of my boys we worked hard this season we just need to go and get a positive result against Dongo sawmill thus the most important thing and lm not disappointed at all” said Mapeza.

“in the last five minutes the caps united guys were just seating down is this football at the end of the day nowhere is the fair play?. Congratulations to Joel Antipas” said Mapeza.

His opposite number Lloyd Chitembwe said as a professional team they had to play their normal game and they also needed the points.

“We are not here to do favors to anyone but we are here to do favors for ourselves it was not by choice, we are professionals we had to do our job and we also needed the points as badly as they needed them. We didn’t play our normal game after the expulsion of Makatuka they were much quicker in decision making and the movement was excellent and I am happy with the attitude” Said Chitembwe.