Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Dynamos has withdrawn from the Mayor’s Charity Cup match which was scheduled for Sunday the 11th of February against CAPS United at Rufaro Stadium.
Speaking to NewZimbabwe.com, Dynamos chairman Moses Maunganidze revealed that the club decided against participating in the cup tie because the stadium has not been homologated, among other reasons. Said Maunganidze:
We have advised the Mayor that it is going to be difficult for us to participate in the Cup game simply because up to now we have not received any information that the stadium has been homologated.
So as a club, we are at the peak of our pre-season preparations, so we can’t be kept on hold for the next four days because we don’t know whether the venue will be available or not.
So because of these and other reasons, we have advised them that we are not in a position to participate.
The invitational Cup match was set to mark the re-opening of Rufaro Stadium which last hosted a topflight league football match in 2019 and has been undergoing renovations over the past few years.
Maunganidze said DeMbare has arranged a friendly match with Northern Region Division One side MWOS scheduled for Saturday. He said:
We are going to play MWOS in Norton on Saturday so that we wind up our preparations before we face Ngezi Platinum Stars next week.
The 2024 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season is scheduled to commence a week after 2023 PSL champions Ngezi Platinum Stars take on Dynamos, winners of the Chibuku Super Cup, clash in the Castle Challenge Cup match on 17 February at Baobab Stadium in Mhondoro.
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