HARARE – Premier Soccer League (PSL) newcomers Scottland FC continued their impressive start to the top-flight campaign.
This is after the Scott Sakupwanya owned side secured a second consecutive win with a 2-0 win over CAPS United at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Second-half goals from Tymon Machope and Namibian forward Sydney Urikhob sealed the victory for the Tonderai Ndiraya coched side.
CAPS United’s towering goalkeeper, Harmony Nare, delivered a standout performance despite the defeat.
Nare, who was acquired by Makepekepe from Southern Region Division One League champions ZPC Hwange, pulled off a string of brilliant saves to keep the scoreline respectable.
Despite his saves, Machope managed to beat him, breaking the deadlock with just two minutes into the second half.
Urikhob then sealed the victory in the stoppage time, helping Scottland maintain their perfect start to the top flight league.
Makepekepe could have conceded more, but Nare’s heroics between the posts ensured a 2-0 scoreline.
His stellar performance earned him the Man of the Match accolade.
Ndiraya was “very excited,” with his team’s performance acknowledging that CAPS United “were a very good team”.
He added: “If you play against a good team, a big team for that matter, and then you get a result, a very comfortable result, then that means you are doing well.
“So, yeah, I want to congratulate the boys. The boys did very well today. If you recall, I said these boys needed recovery. The past week, the boys were just recovering.
“And we saw the performance today; completely different from the Triangle game. It was an improved performance.
“It’s only the second game in the Premier League. And if you put up a performance like this, what more can you ask from the team?”
Chitembwe believes his charges could have done better and avoided a defeat.
He said: “As far as the goals we conceded, I thought we could have done much better to try and avoid that.
“Both goals were out of some defensive errors. I’m looking at the first goal, how we conceded that goal. Loss of possession in the middle of the park.
“We never recovered from there. I’m sure it was after a series of 3-4-5 passes that they ended up scoring. That’s not permissible in serious football.
“I thought we could have done much better in that scenario. The second goal, I thought the situation was four versus two. We could not contain the two opponents in our box.
“That again is not permissible. I think it was as a result of two very serious mistakes. That’s how we lost the game”
With the victory, Scottland remained at the top of the log with six points after maintaining a 100 percent record.
Herentals are second on the log table with four points tied with MWOS, Ngezi Platinum Stars and FC Platinum.
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