{"id":16674,"date":"2019-12-12T18:38:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=16674"},"modified":"2019-12-12T18:38:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T16:38:13","slug":"we-are-not-father-christmas-rodwell-dhlakama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/we-are-not-father-christmas-rodwell-dhlakama","title":{"rendered":"We are not Father Christmas: Rodwell Dhlakama."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Rodwell Dhlakama says his side are not known for donations, which explains why they beat title-chasing CAPS United 3-2 at the Baobab Stadium yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Makepekepe came into the clash at the summit of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table but found themselves trailing 0-3 and even though they mounted a late come back, they lost the game and were consequently dislodged from the top by title rivals and defending champions FC Platinum, who beat Black Rhinos at Mandava.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just needed this victory and, like what I alluded to before, we are not Father Christmas,\u2019\u2019 Dhlakama said according to The Herald.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018We just needed to play our game and make sure we finish the season on a respectable position. We did just that today.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2018Complacency started creeping in after we had taken a 3-0 lead. It was a nerve-wrecking finish but what was important is that we collected maximum points.\u2019\u2019<br \/>\nCAPS now need to beat FC Platinum in their own backyard to clinch the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Rodwell Dhlakama says his side are not known for donations, which explains why they beat title-chasing CAPS United 3-2 at the Baobab Stadium yesterday. Makepekepe came into the clash at the summit of the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League table but found themselves trailing 0-3 and even though they mounted a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":16675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[417,1150,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-16674","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-fc-platinum","10":"tag-ngezi-river","11":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>We are not Father Christmas: Rodwell Dhlakama. - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Rodwell Dhlakama says his side are not known for donations, which explains why they beat title-chasing CAPS United 3-2\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/we-are-not-father-christmas-rodwell-dhlakama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We are not Father Christmas: Rodwell Dhlakama.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ngezi Platinum Stars coach Rodwell Dhlakama says his side are not known for donations, which explains why they beat title-chasing CAPS United 3-2\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/we-are-not-father-christmas-rodwell-dhlakama\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-12T16:38:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2019\/12\/rodweel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"372\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/we-are-not-father-christmas-rodwell-dhlakama\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/we-are-not-father-christmas-rodwell-dhlakama\",\"name\":\"We are not Father Christmas: Rodwell Dhlakama. - 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