Broadhurst eats humble pie

FC Broadhurst's unbeaten run came to an abrupt end yesterday following a 7-5 defeat by Carli Clothing at UB Stadium in a match whose outcome was decided single handedly by comic goalkeeper Vusa Mrava whose exploits were enough for the moomish of the week award.

The team's line of defence was dubious, the midfield was lacking while there was no cohesion up front in the strikeforce. Despite these problems the team found themselves leading 3-2 at half time and it all seemed like one of those mornings when 3 points had been grabbed but it was before Vusa Mrava started his antics - trying to stop a bolt of a shot with the studs of his over sized boots. Each time he did that the ball sneaked through and hit the net and he seemed not to learn from his mistake as he did that unbelievable move three times.

Faces of dejection summed the story of a team whose best players on the day were Tawurai and Moses who were playing for Carli Clothing. They did not play like mercinaries, instead they laid bare FC Broadhurst's lack of positional discipline, winning mentality, tactical awareness and a desire to win.

Benjamin and Thutsi were the major culprits on positional discipline as they strayed away from their positions leaving voids that the opponents gladly filled and manipulated with perfect execution leading to them dominating a match that was not meant to be theirs. This duo has a penchant for being where the ball is especially when the team has possession and is attacking but then the pair is an emboidment of disappointment when the team is suddenly under attack and they have to dash back to their positions and avert danger.

Instead of using the offside rule to their advantage, Shamwari and Alex combined well at the back to always keep the opponents on-side a norm that should not have been considering the person between the sticks for Broadhurst. The keeper seemed to have premeditated this defeat as he seemed unpertubed by angry mumblings of his team mates.

Before the match, Mrava had made fun of his opposing number who had his hands raised towards the heavens as he sought devine intervention and the innocent looking teenager surely got his desire as Zeal, Tinashe, Benji, Thulani, Freedmore and Alex took turns of either shooting off target, shooting tamely, straight and weakly at the goalie or just losing their footing at the most critical moment.