By Faith Nyagura
FC Wangu Mazodze and Mutare City Rovers FC will on Wednesday (July 31) resume their thrilling encounter at Mucheke Stadium completing the remaining 38 minutes of an earlier abandoned match.
Their previous encounter at the same venue was halted at 52 minutes due to poor lighting at the stadium following a delay in the starting of the match on July 07, initially being slated to continue on July 28 which failed since the stadium was booked for another activity.
FC Wangu Mazodze Executive Member Trevor Chateuka confirmed the development to TellZim News and said the game will be played midweek since the stadium was hosting the Chibuku Neshamwari Traditional Dance National competitions last weekend.
“The stadium was booked by Delta for the Chibuku Neshamwari tournament and which resulted in us postponing the match to Wednesday July 31 2024 at 3pm,” said Chateuka.
Chateuka expressed confidence in his team’s ability to secure a win, citing their strong performance in the initial 52 minutes.
“We are confident that we will collect all the three points in the game because we will be building on promising goal attempts in the previous game. We are determined to capitalize on those opportunities and claim win. The team has been training intensively to ensure they’re prepared for the remaining minutes,” said Chateuka.
While midweek scheduling may impact attendance due to many people being at work, Chateuka remained optimistic saying their fans will never disappoint.
“Despite the fact that the match will be played midweek, we’re expecting a packed stadium, our fans will never disappoint. On the previous match we sold close to 3500 tickets and all those people would want to see the end of it so we are anticipating more than that number,” he said.
The Kingdom Boys as Wangu Mazodze is affectionately known, are the Eastern Region log leaders with 39 points and Mutare City is on position five with 28 points.
