Vondwe XI Bullets FC have terminated their relationship with the head coach of the team, Mr Oruel Sambo. According to the chairman of the club, Mr Phatutshedzo Siebe, the decision to part ways with Mr Sambo was reached after they realised that the team's performance was deteriorating with time.
Mr Siebe said that his team could have won at least three of their first league games, had it not been for the fact that the coach had seemed run out of ideas. He referred to two instances where his team were leading by 3-0 and 2-0 respectively at some point and yet failed to collect the maximum points at stake.
Bullets were leading 3-0 at half time in their game against Emmanuel FC, which was played at the Giyani Stadium last month, but they lost the game 3-4. Emmanuel came back strongly in the last half and forced the victors to concede four goals in the dying minutes of the game.
A similar scenario played itself out when Bullets scored two early goals in their game against Winners Park FC, which was played at the Tshifudi Stadium two week ago. Bullets then failed to defend the lead and allowed the visitors from Tzaneen to score two goals before the teams adjourned for the half-time break. Winners Park took the lead early in the last half and Bullets found a late equaliser to bring the final score to 3-3.
Mr Siebe said that Sambo's mandate was to ensure that the team collected at least 10 points in their first five matches. Instead, Bullets managed to collect only five points from six matches.
When asked to comment about his departure from the club, all Mr Sambo could say was that he had parted with the club amicably and that he held no grudge against the chairman of the club. The new head coach, Mr Lufuno Ndou, was giving instructions to the players from the team's technical bench in their game against United artists that was played at the Tshifudi Stadium last Saturday. The final score was 0-0.