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Sikhumbuzo Moyo in BULAWAYO
Chicken Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (0) 1
Bantu Rovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
DEVINE Lunga turned on a five-star performance to help Chicken Inn squeeze maximum points from a tactically-disciplined Bantu Rovers in a Castle Lager Premiership match at Luveve yesterday. Playing at left-back, Lunga roasted his marker to send in a cross that was met by Darly Nyandoro’s towering header that beat Rovers’ goalkeeper Notice Dube.

Nyandoro was just eight minutes into the match after coming on for Collins Dhuwa as Chicken Inn sought to open up the Rovers defence.

Bantu, who seemed content with having their opponents attack, almost found an equaliser at the end of the match following a schoolboy blunder by the usually dependable Guide Goddard.

But the Bantu forwards took long to go for the kill.

The miss of the day, however, came from another second half substitute Blessing Sibanda, who came in for Obadiah Tarumbwa in the 84th minute.

A minute after coming on, Sibanda headed way over the bar from a nice cross by Lunga.

Rahman Gumbo, the Chicken Inn coach, was livid at the horror miss.

Chicken Inn failed to make full use of their dominance in a first half which goalkeeper Elvis Chipezeze was a virtual spectator.

Bantu did not even have a shot at goal for the entire first half.

Gumbo’s boys could have scored at least three goals had veterans Clemence Matawu and Tarumbwa been clinical in front of goal.

Matawu ought to have put the ball into the net in the eighth minute after getting to the end of a beautiful in-swinger from Lunga.

In the 33rd minute, Tarumbwa shook his head in disbelief after miscuing a header when he rose above the rest in the box.

“They were tactically organised and it was always going to be difficult for us to break them,” said Chicken Inn goalkeepers coach Julius Ndlovu.