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My pre-season is over - Rollers coach

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Ototeng Dintwa of Township Rollers (Navy Blue) battling for the ball with Kgomotso Kgopelang (Maroon) of Holy Ghost during the two sides' league encounter on Saturday PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Township Rollers’ head coach, Sergio Traguil is a man ready to get down to business after guiding the team to his first win on the technical bench.

Rollers on Saturday afternoon beat lowly-placed Holy Ghost 2-0 in a Botswana Premier League game played at the National Stadium. This was Rollers’ second win since the arrival of Traguil.

The team has seen three consecutive draws with the Portuguese gaffer on the bench and Traguil can take a sigh of relief. Speaking to journalists after the game, Traguil said he has finished his ‘pre-season’ with the team but called for consistency in front of goals. “It was another kind of football, another kind of intensity so I have just finished my preseason now.

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