Courage Dutiro
Fans of the exciting Eastern Region Soccer League (ERSL) in Masvingo are ready for the resumption of the Division One matches scheduled to start over this coming weekend after a month’s lay off.
In a statement released by the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) ERSL before the start of a mid-season break, the games are set to resume on June 17, 2022.
“The matches will resume on June 17, 2022,” read part of the statement.
Fans of the two Masvingo-based sides, Masvingo United Football Club (Una Una) and FC Wangu Mazodze (Zhalala Zhululu) have high hopes that their teams are going to offer them a better display in the final lap of the race.
Fatima Chikwangwani an FC Wangu Mazodze fan said she is upbeat that the Kingdom Boys are going to shine during the last half of the season since the team has been playing friendly matches to maintain physical fitness during the four-week long break.
“Since the team has been training during the break, I have high hopes that it is going to perform extremely well starting with the first game of the final half of the season over the weekend,” said Chikwangwani.
FC Wangu Mazodze spokesperson Sukuoluhle Ndlovu said the team is ready for the second half of the season and has encouraged fans to continue supporting the team.
“The first half of the season was competitive for us and we are ready for the second half. We are ever ready, the aim being signing-off the Eastern Region on a high note.
“A heartfelt thank you to the incredible community of our fans, without them, we wouldn’t be a team,” said Ndlovu in a press release.
In their first game after the mid-season break, Zhalala Zhululu as FC Wangu Mazodze is popularly known by its supporters is going to lock horns with Renco Mine at Mucheke stadium this coming Saturday.
The Taku Shariwa-led camp in their last match before the season break won three-nil away to Lowveld FC.
A staunch Una Una supporter Nicholas Chafuka also expressed hopes that his favourite side will beam rays of light during the last part of the 2021-22 contest.
“I am expecting favourable results from most of the remaining matches. However, the team should beef up its squad. We need strikers who are capable of finding the back of the net regularly,” said Chafuka.
The team lost to the log leaders (Green fuel) in their last match before the break.
Una Una will face Grayham FC in their first match after the recharging moment.
Masvingo United (28 points) is in fourth position on the log standings while FC Wangu Mazodze have 20 points on position nine with log leaders Green Fuel on 38 points.
