The Reds Bow Out Of CAf Champs League

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Gaborone United (GU) coach David Bright said that the deadly defensive mistakes they committed in Harare a fortnight ago, came back to haunt them in the second leg of their CAF Champions League second round tie against Dynamos of Zimbabwe at the UB Stadium on Saturday. Despite winning 1-0 in Gaborone, the Reds went down 4-2 on aggregate, thus missing out on becoming the first Botswana side to qualify for the group stages.

Two weeks ago at the National Stadium in Harare, the Reds lost 4-1 and they needed three goals to erase the deficit to advance. After the weekend's game, the Reds will now proceed to the CAF Confederations Cup. "Like I said, this team (Dynamos) is average, it's only that we gave away stupid goals in Zimbabwe. I'm happy with the performance of the boys today because for most of them it was their first experience in this tournament. But there is still hope because we're now going to play in the Confederations Cup," said Bright.

At the University of Botswana stadium, GU started well with Tshepo 'Schoolboy' Molefe orchestrating passes in the middle of the park. It was his long range shot in the third minute, which brought out a good save from the Dynamos' goalkeeper Washington Arubi. The Reds continued to bombard their opponents' half but the likes of Mpho 'Jomo' Mabogo, Sageby Sandaka and Mandla Mgadla were ineffective in front of goal. Midway through the game, the visitors, buoyed by vociferous supporters, settled into the game. Farai Vimisayi was a thorn in the GU defence with some dangerous runs and crosses on the right flank. Whenever Vimisayi was in possession, the Dynamos' supporters who outnumbered the locals, went wild with whistles. In the middle of the park, Milton Makopa and Ashley Rambayapasi were brilliant and won the hearts of many spectators.

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