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Jeffrey Murimbechi Sports Correspondent
MASHONALAND Eagles coach Stephen Mangongo is optimistic his charges will dethrone defending champions Mountaineers from their domestic Twenty20 throne in next week’s championship at Harare Sports Club.
Mangongo lifted the championship twice as the coach of the Mountaineers before he transferred to the Eagles.
“I can tell you that there is unfinished business between the two sides, history will tell you that Mash Eagles and the Mountaineers played very tense games and next week is not going to be an exception,” said Mangongo.

“We have a bone to chew with them, last year Mountaineers beat us in the final after we had gone ten games unbeaten and that is a bitter pill which we need to sort out this year.”

Mountaineers have lifted three of the four domestic Twenty20 championships and three times have they met the Eagles in the final at Harare Sports Club.

A month-long players’ strike ended last week and the Twenty20 competition will get the domestic season underway.
Players and coaches carried on with private and informal training sessions during the impasse gearing themselves for competitive action once the dust had settled.

“All three coaches Grant (Flower), Bundu (Andy Waller) and I have been conducting sessions with the players whether as individuals and groups, in bits and pieces, behind the scene because we knew that this storm was going to pass and we needed to be at our best when it is all over,” said Mangongo.

Mangongo doubles up as the national team assistant coach.