Makwengwe oversaw the club’s first match in the Premier League in over five years as TAFIC came up against Orapa United on Saturday. The teams played to a fairly engaging 1-1 draw at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium. The view from TAFIC supporters after the match was that the team needs a few experienced campaigners particularly at the back and upfront. The majority of TAFIC players helped the club earn promotion to the elite league last season. Local clubs were last week Friday given an extra seven days to register new players. But Makwengwe has maintained that no new signings will be coming in at the club.
“I did not design the team. I am working with what I found at TAFIC. But I am happy with what I see. They are responding so well. I see a sense of fighting in them. There is a great fighting spirit,” he said. “The quality of players I need are contracted, ...the players that I have worked with in other teams. As for the ones who are not contracted, most of them cannot give you an edge. Otherwise I wanted to wait for the January transfer window,” he added. Orapa United were favourites going into the weekend league opener but the hosts were courageous. The Ostriches had much of the ball in both stanzas. It was clear that the visitors’ strategy was to exploit spaces behind defenders but the hosts were equal to the task. In a nutshell, TAFIC were organised defensively and ensured that every move by their opponents was closely monitored.
