The Sunday Mail
Black Rhinos . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 1
How Mine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 2
HOW MINE posted their 12th win of the season at Rufaro yesterday and their gaffer Kelvin Kaindu has demanded more of the same from his side.
Midfielder Pasca Manhanga scored a lovely 46th minute winner as Chikurupati dispatched a wasteful Black Rhinos.
The home side, who had a storming start to this Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season, and even missed a second half penalty.
Lot Chiwunga hit the upright from the spot.
Tinashe Makanda opened the scoring for the visitors in the 27th minute but Benjamin Marere restored parity two minutes later.
Manhanga then scored what turned out to be the winner early in the second half to leave his gaffer a relieved man.
Manhanga finished off a superb move that saw lovely exchanges between Marvelous Mukumba and Peter Moyo.
“I am very happy with the win. It was a difficult match but the team showed character,” said Kaindu.
“There is still a bit of a gap with the team on top, at one stage we were one point behind. lt’s a bit open, it will be an interesting season and we will keep pushing.”
Rhinos coach Stanford “Stix” Mtizwa bemoaned the missed chances.
“I am disappointed man…of course we played well but failed to utilize our chances and got punished.
“Where we are now, we cannot afford to lose again because we can start talking of relegation,” he said.
With three minutes to play, Black Rhinos hit the cross bar through a Jameson Mukombwe free kick from the edge of the box.
Chiwunga converted the rebound but it was ruled out for off side.
Inconsistent Rhinos are now on eighth position and Mtizwa, who nearly got fired after a run of mid-season poor results, believes he knows where the problem is.
“Our finishing is bad, we need to work on it. Dominating games without scoring counts for very little,” he said.
