… Division 1 curtain getting down on Sunday with Zaka Academy anchoring log with 7 points
Courage Dutiro
FC Wangu Mazodze’s United States of America (USA) based team owner Dr Richard Wangu Mazodze has promised to bring back Premier Soccer League (PSL) to Masvingo by end of next season.
Speaking after a soccer match at Mucheke Stadium last Sunday where they dismissed Buffaloes with as goal to nil, Dr Mazodze said he knows that football lovers in the province are thirsty for PSL action and FC Wangu Mazodze is ready to quench the thirst.
“We respect the wishes of Masvingo football lovers who are looking forward to Zhalala Zhululu to bring back PSL to Masvingo province and it is now our mandate as FC Wangu Mazodze to bring PSL action here.
“In 2023, we are going to have an unlimited budget for the team. We are going to bring any best-performing player from any team even those in the top flight league to join the Zhalala Zhululu family.
“Zhalala Zhululu means extreme happiness, so it’s our mandate to bring happiness to the province,” said Dr Mazodze.
He also said they were not expecting to play in Division 1 during this season as they were ready to join D2 and will later on join D1 in 2023.
“We had no plans to play in D1 this year, our plans were to first play in D2 and then join the D1 league in 2023, but Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) officials encouraged us to join D1 after assessing our team and state of preparedness,” said Dr Mazodze.
Even though the team’s executive has been labelled as a non-listening leadership that shows a lack of football leadership qualities by some of its fans, Dr Mazodze said the club is a community team which is only sponsored by Mazodze family but the power is in its fans.
“If fans speak, we listen. If our supporters saw a potential player playing for another team and wish him to join the team to improve and perfect our team, we will do so,” he added.
In their last match played in Mucheke stadium, Zhalala Zhululu won 1-0 against Mutare-based Army side Buffalos, in a game that was Dr Mazodze’s first appearance as part of the crowd.
The team is sitting on position 7 with 37 points after 27 matches.
On Sunday, September 25 the team is playing their last match in Sakubva stadium against Manica Diamond Juniors, while Masvingo United will be taking Ruwa Pro Group FC in their last match of the season in Harare.
Masvingo United is on position 3 with 50 points while another Masvingo province-based outfit Chiredzi Stars FC lies fourth on 42 points.
The curtain will be getting down this Sunday (25 September) with Zaka FC (having managed to secure seven points from 27 matches of the season) on its 28th match facing Renco Mine FC which is sitting on position 6 with 39 points.
