Main Line halt Toronto 14-game unbeaten run
Innocent Kurira, Sports Reporter
TORONTO’S 14 game unbeaten run in the Zifa Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Division Two league came to an end when they lost 2-1 against Main Line in Figtree on Saturday.
Despite the loss, Toronto remain at the top of the league table with 32 points, one ahead of CIWU and Ajax Hotspurs, who are tied in second place.
Goals from Crossbee Maphosa and Scholastic Mpofu caused the weekend’s major upset to hand Toronto their first defeat.
Toronto had registered two consecutive draws, 2-2 against Ajax and a goalless score line with Zenzele, going into Saturday’s game.
Toronto coach Ghetto Nkala, however, remained unperturbed by the defeat and vowed that his boys would soon rediscover their winning formula to maintain their lead at the top of the table.
“It’s unfortunate that we lost the game against Main Line. We wanted to get maximum points, but that wasn’t the case. Given the injuries that we have, we are on the right track. We have close to eight players out injured and that is a big number,” said Nkala.
“We are a team that loves to play a passing game, but the pitch did not help as it does not allow that kind of football. Now we shift all our focus to the next game. We are playing Zenzele, Ajax and CIWU in the next weeks, so if we can win those games then we have a big chance of getting promoted,” Nkala said.
Meanwhile, fellow title contenders Ajax Hotspurs beat Chicken Inn 2-0 at Bango in Mpopoma.
Joint second-placed CIWU have a game in hand after their game against LSU was postponed.
Results
Saints Academy 2-0 Arenel Movers, Ajax Hotspurs 2-0 Chicken Inn, Zenzele Tigers 2-0 CS Distributors, Main Line 2-1 Toronto, How Mine 1-2 White Birds, Mpopoma Pirates 1-0 Lobengula, Sabona Mzilikazi v Khami (not played ) CIWU v LSU postponed.
Table
P W D L F A Pts
Toronto 15 9 5 1 40 14 32
CIWU 14 9 4 1 28 10 31
Ajax Hotspurs 15 9 4 2 28 16 31
Zenzele Tigers 14 8 4 2 20 7 28
Mpopoma Pirates 15 8 4 3 22 16 28
Chicken Inn 15 6 4 5 23 16 22
Main Line 14 6 4 4 29 19 22
How Mine 15 5 5 5 25 23 20
Sabona Mzilikazi 14 4 7 3 24 20 19
Saints Academy 14 5 4 5 15 18 19
Arenel Movers 14 5 3 6 19 19 18
White Birds 15 4 3 8 21 28 15
Lobengula Stars 15 4 1 10 21 30 13
Khami United 14 3 2 9 17 26 11
CS Distributors 15 2 1 12 15 41 7
LSU 12 0 1 11 8 52 1
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