Matjimenyenga ascend to top of the Table
Koketso Kgoboge | Tuesday December 6, 2016 14:51
Their weekend win saw them climb into first position on 22 points two points above second-placed BR Highlanders who beat and leapfrogged other title contenders Motlakase Power Dynamos. Matjimenyenga’s fluid attacking display lead by the in-form striker Mooketsi Mampori continues to cause havoc in the first division north. Matjimenyenga are the best scoring team in the league with 21 goals and have conceded nine goals in nine games.
Mampori put up another brilliant display against Satmos powering his side to a 2-0 lead with a first half brace before Mbatshi Machongo and Michael Murirwa rounded off the game with two goals in the second half to make it 4-0.
In an interview with Mmegi Sport, TAFIC coach Blessing Moyo said it is through hard work that they ascended to the top of the log and said they are on course to reviving the TAFIC brand.
“It is not by a stroke of luck that we are on top,” he said.
“We have reached the top because of hard work both on and off the field. Everyone around the team is working towards a common goal of waking up the sleeping giant and it motivates the squad to perform well.
“The players are happy, the coaches are happy, results are coming and that makes the management and the supporters happy.
Now we are at the top and we must put even more effort. The whole team has to continue doing what they have been doing and we can be optimistic.”
Moyo said he is also happy with the newfound form of their marksman Mampori. “We have been working on a number of aspects of his (Mampori) game and he is flourishing, we are happy for his improvement.
But in the whole we still have to address our overall conversion of chances, it’s a bit worrying because we create a lot of chances and we score less,” he said.
In other weekend games Highlanders became the first side to dismantle a solid Motlakase at home with a 3-1 rout. Before the weekend, Chouka had won all of their five home games and conceded only once in Palapye.
The other three encounters finished deadlocked; Maun Tigers played to a 1-1 draw with TASC in Maun, Real Movers held Sua Flamingoes 2-2 and Morupule Wanderers also held ECCO City Greens 1-1 in Francistown, while Great North Tigers and Chobe United encounter was postponed.