{"id":75577,"date":"2023-03-19T18:54:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/dynamos-fc-platinum-win"},"modified":"2023-03-19T21:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T19:10:44","slug":"dynamos-fc-platinum-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/dynamos-fc-platinum-win","title":{"rendered":"Dynamos, FC Platinum Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Dynamos and FC Platinum kickstarted the 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season with victories over topflight returnees Hwange and premiership debutants Simba Bhora, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>DeMbare beat Hwange 1-0 in a match played at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturday, 18 March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamos clinched maximum points at Chipangano\u2019s expense through a second-half strike by substitute Tinashe Makanda.<\/p>\n<p>Makanda converted a Denver Mukamba pass in the 70th minute, just three minutes after he was introduced.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Sunday Mail, the Glamour Boys missed a lot of chances in the first half they dominated, with Emmanuel Paga, Eli Ilunga, Elvis Moyo and Tendai Matindife all coming close.<\/p>\n<p>Dynamos coach Herbert Maruwa said the team was still a work in progress. He said:<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good start. We were playing away from home but we managed to get a win.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a good result. But it\u2019s still too early to talk about targets.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, PSL champions FC Platinum came from behind to take all three points against Simba Bhora at the National Sports Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Simba Bhora drew first blood through a Ronald Chitiyo strike in the 52nd minute of the match.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pure Platinum Play took all three points after a Juan Mutudza brace in the last 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s victory ensured that FC Platinum extended their record Match-Day One wins to nine out of 11 since gaining promotion into the top flight in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><b>Results<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Simba Bhora 1-2 FC Platinum<\/p>\n<p>Sheasham 0-0 Chicken Inn<\/p>\n<p>Bulawayo Chiefs 1-1 Ngezi Platinum<\/p>\n<p>Hwange 0-1 Dynamos<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Dynamos and FC Platinum kickstarted the 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season with victories over topflight returnees Hwange and premiership debutants Simba Bhora, respectively. DeMbare beat Hwange 1-0 in a match played at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturday, 18 March 2023. Dynamos clinched maximum points at Chipangano\u2019s expense through a second-half strike [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":75576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[1493,2189,598,560,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-75577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-premier-soccer-league","12":"tag-psl","13":"tag-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>Dynamos, FC Platinum Win - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dynamos and FC Platinum kickstarted the 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season with victories over topflight ret ...\" \/>\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\/dynamos-fc-platinum-win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dynamos, FC Platinum Win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dynamos and FC Platinum kickstarted the 2023 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season with victories over topflight ret ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/dynamos-fc-platinum-win\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-19T16:54:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-19T19:10:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1679239631.00.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"963\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\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\/dynamos-fc-platinum-win\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/dynamos-fc-platinum-win\",\"name\":\"Dynamos, FC Platinum Win - 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