After the win, Connor who joined Matebele during pre season from South Africa, said he is all about winning and he is here just for that. In his first game under Matebele colours, the Irish mentor managed to see through that the Kgatleng-based side turn the scores around after trailing on the 14th minute. "As a new manager in a club, the first thing you wanna do is win. So we got our first win, we got the three goals. I think we played a good brand of football and a very controlled game," he happily said. Despite the comfortable win, the new gaffer was disgruntled with how the ‘Army Boys’ broke the deadlock early in the game with the help of a deflection. "We didn't start off at the tempo I wanted and that therefore gave them some energies and some tempo in the game. And all the chances came from long balls because we didn't press well. Once we got our press right we were okay," Connor said.
He said he hopes Matebele's impressive start in the 2024-2025 season continues after the FIFA international break and finish at higher place than last season. "Last season we finished 11th so we need to finish higher than that and I would like to think that with this structure, we can do it. What we cannot afford to do is to start the way we did against big teams or we will be punished," warned Connor. From the first whistle of the game, BDF XI looked like the winning team playing high up in the field. The ‘Army Boys’ were rewarded for their attack with a goal on the 14th through forward, Norris Mwamba, hitting a curler, which deflected inside the net. BDF XI did not keep their foot off the pedal as they searched to double their lead. After half the hour mark of being on the receiving end, Matebele levelled matters through Emmanuel Thabe after BDF XI's defence was caught napping and failed to clear the ball inside their box.
