Chicken Inn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1) 1 How Mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0) 2 HOW MINE came from a goal down to beat Chicken Inn in a lacklustre Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match played at Luveve Stadium yesterday.
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The two teams missed chances as How Mine could have been gone a goal up in the 15th minute when Warren Dube got the better of Warriors defender Felix Chindungwe, but his cross was skied by Sizalobuhle Dube.
Chicken Inn got their solitary goal nine minutes later when Tendai Ndoro capitalised on How Mine’s relapse and tapped the ball home after the gold miners’ goalkeeper Notice Dube spilled a Brian Mbiriri free-kick.
The first half had both teams fluffing chances that came their way. Timothy January grabbed the crucial equaliser heading past Chicken Inn goalkeeper Njabulo Nyoni from an Eddy Nkulungo cross in the 70th minute.
Danny Phiri turned villain for Chicken Inn after he handled inside the box resulting in referee Hardley Ndazi pointing to the spot in the 81st minute.
Mernard Mupera converted the penalty sending Nyoni the wrong way. Chicken Inn had two goals disallowed for offside. How Mine interim coach Philani “Beefy” Ncube was ecstatic after beating his former paymasters.
“We conceded a silly goal. We managed to regroup in the second half and we put our act together. We capitalised on their weaknesses because I know that Guide Goddard and Felix Chindungwe are not good in dealing with crosses and Njabulo Nyoni does not come out of his goal line.
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Chicken Inn coach Mandla “Lulu” Mpofu was disappointed after the team failed to hold on to their lead. “Derbies are very tough. The long lay-off contributed to the result because we looked tired in the second half. It is back to the drawing board for us. I am not the right person to talk about the referee, but maybe we should revisit the football rules,” he said.
