Returning Chinyemba out to ensure survival

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Home-coming: Chinyemba PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Elias Chinyemba is a man on a mission to ensure Matebele FC secure their Premier League status. Chinyemba, who returned as the team's head coach in mid-January, replaced Namibian tactician Nicholas Woody Jacobs.

Despite some recent setbacks, Chinyemba remains focused on the team's objectives.

He had previously guided The Eagles to their first Premier League promotion but was demoted to the development structures due to a lack of coaching qualifications. Matebele roped in Jacobs at the beginning of the season and the Namibian coach left early in the year to join Orlando Pirates in the Namibian elite league.

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Returning Chinyemba out to ensure survival

Elias Chinyemba is a man on a mission to ensure Matebele FC secure their Premier League status. Chinyemba, who returned as the team's head coach in mid-January, replaced Namibian tactician Nicholas Woody Jacobs.

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