The Sunday Mail
Tatenda Makanda – Sports Correspondent
Flame Lilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(0) 2
Tsholotsho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 2
STRIKER Moses Demera was Flame Lilly’s knight in shining armour after his second half brace cancelled Tsholotsho’s two-goal lead to salvage a point for the home side at Lafarge yesterday.
Tsholotsho drew first blood on 42 minutes when midfielder Simbarashe Gorogodyo received a through ball from the middle of the park and hammered home a grounder.
Gorogodyo turned provider on 51 minutes when he set up lanky striker Lynnoth Chikuhwa on the edge of the box.
Chikuhwa effortlessly chipped over Prosper Chigumba in goal for Flame Lilly to double the advantage for the visitors.
Flame Lilly pulled one back 12 minutes later when Tsholotsho goalkeeper Chang Mariyoni felled Flame Lilly’s Motion Muponda in the box and referee Nomore Musundire pointed to the spot.
Demera stepped up to the plate and coolly converted. After the goal, the home team took grip of the game, causing the visitors anxious moments.
Demera’s sudden bursts of speed haunted Thsolotsho again as he slipped through their defence to beat Mariyoni on 72 minutes. Tsholotsho coach Lizwe Sweswe slammed his goalkeeper for conceding a soft penalty
“We conceded a soft penalty, my goalkeeper should not have tackled that player because he was going nowhere and had already lost the ball. He should have just stayed put in his goals and monitor that striker. We just gave away three points. We were leading by two goals and we just let that lead slip away. We were not mature enough and we allowed them to find their way back into the game,” he said.
His opposite number Backlyfield Chivenga was happy to have stolen a point.
