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Nico coach bemoans poor pre-season

Nico United missed several chances and settled for a draw against BDF XI PIC.Nico United
Nico United missed several chances and settled for a draw against BDF XI PIC.Nico United

FRANCISTOWN: Nico United coach, Patrick Molefe has partly attributed the team’s bad run to a poor pre-season. Molefe was addressing the media after Nico played to a 1-1 draw against the hosts BDF XI at the Obed Itani Chilume Stadium on Saturday.

It was a game in which Nico could have scored at least three goals but they were not sharp upfront especially in the first stanza. The visitors seemed to have totally boiled out of steam in the second half. They also looked disjointed and eventually allowed BDF XI to find the decisive equaliser.

It was Molefe’s first match following the sacking of Wame ‘Pepezino’ Mokoke. “I doubt that the physical strength of these boys is at a good level. It is difficult to immediately impose your philosophy when you were not part of the pre-season. I, however, think that we did well considering that it was my first game.


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