By Kudakwashe Kutinyo
Nkayi United secured a comfortable victory against Jordan Sinott in a match that looked certainly one sided as five goals netted past the visiting side.
In arguably the biggest win recorded across the two matches played so far in the Southern Region division one league. Nkayi United sky rocket to 4th position in the log 2 points behind pacesetters ZPC Hwange, Zimbabwe saints and Bulawayo city.
Forward Tino Chitete secured his hat trick for Nkayi United taking his tally to four goals in two matches as he scored the solitary goal that enabled his team to snatch a point against Talen Vision last week in the opening match of the 2024 season.
Speaking during an interview Nkayi United assistant coach Khonzani Ncube cited that their team is still a work in progress and added that some tactical responses resulted to their massive victory.
"We didn't have any pre season so we haven't got our combinations right but our experienced players have led by example,first game we played very well but conceded a silly goal of which we were in control of the game we dictated the pace through our midfielders well marshalled by Captain Ryan Mabhena and Enock Mlauzi of which they have done very well then second game we realized that our opponents Jordan Sinott failed to deal with long balls played in the pockets between the back four so we injected some pace through our strikers leading to our early goals".
"Tino is a seasoned striker he knows his stuff he is on 4 goals already but again the midfielders have done enough by supplying him with good passes in-between the defenders. We are taking it one game at a time,then we will see where it will take us,it's a new project we don't want to put our selves under pressure", said coach Khonzani Ncube.
Elsewhere only three teams have managed to maintain a 100% winning run. ZPC Hwange snatched a slender 1-0 wib against Casmyn, Bulawayo City continue to enjoy life in the first division as they collected maximum points against a border town based Mainline FC courtesy of Mbongeni Minenzhi's goal who has since manged to score in two consecutive matches.
A rejuvenated Zimbabwe Saints continue their fairytale run as they also secured a 3-1 victory against DRC United in an exciting match that saw one of the goals being scored from the centre half of the ground.
Adachi collected their first point of the 2024 season after a goalless draw against Talen Vision. Bosso 90 also collected their first point after securing a 1-1 draw against army side Indlovu Iyanyathela.
Another exciting encounter was the match between newcomers Zebra Revolution and Mosi Rovers. The Mkhokheli Dube led division two champions recorded their first win in a fashionable way after securing 4-2 victory against Victoria falls based Mosi Rovers.
