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Centre Sports Hub
Mucheke Stadium-
Masvingo United Football Club are now joint top of the Pacific Storm Eastern Region Soccer League with Hunters FC following a convincing 3-1 win over GZU FC in an epic Masvingo derby.
The match began with end to end action as both teams sought to break the deadlock.
Una Una got the better of the Students with Raiseup Mutetwa scoring in the 12th minute.
The Students plotted a comeback and were duly rewarded in the 33rd minute courtesy of Atinos Tirivangani who levelled matters.
The tight contest went to the breather tied at 1 all.
Una Una played more pressing football exerting pressure on their opponents in the second half.
Rodney Muchena struck in the 52nd minute to give Una Una the advantage.
GZU tried to crawl their way back into the game but were wasteful in front of goal.
It took another brilliant effort from Muchena in the 76th minute to put the game beyond GZU’s reach.
Una Una had another goal ruled out for offside in the late stages of the match.
Three goals to one it ended with Una Una on the ascendancy to joint top with 51 points the same with FC Hunters who lost 3 nil away to Rusitu Tigers to give the advantage to Una Una.
Masvingo United spokesperson Omen Mafa said the win is a great result against a well organised team.
“This is a good win particularly in a derby as it was not easy play against GZU a team who are very comfortable on the ball. We want to thank our technical team and the supporters for this win.
We remain in the race. We are informed our brothers from Mandondera have suffered a defeat at the hands of the Ndima guys, but we are not concerned with that result. We play to win and we do not rely on any favour from any team. Focus shifts to our next match” said Mafa.
A day earlier FC Wangu Mazodze held title contenders Tenax CS FC to a goalless draw at the same venue.
Tenax title aspirations suffered a mathematicalalthough they have two games in hand.
Should Tenax emerge victorious they will be on the same number of points with Una Una and Hunters creating a nervy finish to the league.
FC Wangu Mazodze who had grabbed the limelight for the wrong reasons through controversial social media posts atoned for their mess calling it football psychology as they worked their way to a draw with Tenax who thought they would easily win.
FC Wangu Mazodze spokesperson Courage Kandira said they were solid in all departments and pulled off a psychological stunt against Tenax.
“We played a solid game against Tenax FC, dominating the first half, but unfortunately, couldn’t seal the win. Our pre-match post which many took serious , was just a satirical message, and it seems Tenax FC took it at face value, to us that was just the pyschology of football we used to intimate the media and our opponents. We’re a professional team, and we don’t give away our pride easily. Going on we will regroup and come back stronger taking every game seriously like before” said Kandira.
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