Tenax shoot to second after seeing off AMV
It took just 180 seconds for Tenax Correctional Services Football Club to punch a hole through Vengere Stadium and rip three points from Africa Mineral Ventures’ hands in a pulsating week 6 Pacific Storm Eastern Region Soccer League encounter.
3rd minute. Silence, then chaos. Simon Munemero ghosted in and buried it. 1-0.
The Prison Warders had drawn first blood and stunned the AMV faithful before most had even found their seats.
For a team that came in unbeaten at home and fresh from a gutsy 1-1 draw at Green Fuel, AMV suddenly looked rattled.
The visitors had flipped the script.
Stung into action, AMV threw everything forward. Wave after wave crashed against Tenax’s green wall.
The pressure finally told on the stroke of halftime, Joseph Kembo, a blur down the flank, was scythed down.
Penalty. Cue the protests, cue the tension.
Keith Murera stepping up with the equalizer on his boot. But Philip Makumi had other ideas. The Tenax shot-stopper guessed right, flew low, and clawed Mureza’s spot-kick away.
Vengere erupted half in agony, half in relief. Game-changer.
Second half, same story. AMV huffed. AMV puffed. Tenax refused to blow their house down.
Experience told as Tenax went into game management mode.
The Warders locked every door, killed every fire, and walked out of Rusape with maximum points.
That one Munemero goal fires Tenax CS FC to second on the Pacific Storm ERSL log with 11 points, just three behind leaders Yadah FC, who took the easy route with a 3-0 walkover against Tongogara. “We showed resilience and fighting spirit,” beamed Tenax coach Gibson Mutemera after the final whistle. “That’s what gets you points away from home.” Across the dugout, AMV boss Chasten Ngondonga cut a frustrated figure. “That missed penalty changed everything,” he admitted. “We had chances. When you don’t take them, you get punished.”
