A mistake by a new signee left back in the first minute of the game set the Cyber branch back as

the Mambas striker dispossed our man, made a quick run towards goal and looped the ball over our advancing golaminder, Keeper, who is also new in the team.

The Cyber Branch though refused to be set back by this

as they surged forward with great pupose. Another new

addition to the team, Gordon took matters into his own

hands as he dictated the midlfield battle. Willy, who

normally plays in that role, was pushed forward by new

coach Mabures to play as a right attacking midfielder,

a role he played brilliantly. The Cyber branch, had

two clear cut chances which our forward, Benny and KKK

both missed in the first half, if only by an inch.

A couple of minutes later, after much pressing

forward, the Cyber branch was caught flat footed as a

ball ballooned forward by the opposition keeper found

a man on the left who left our defence sliding and

slipping, dribbled past the keeper to make the score

2-0 in favor of the home side. But, immediately after

restart, Gordon sent a wonderful pass to KKK, who cut

down the left flank, played the ball to Benny, who

skipped the ball for Willy. Willy played a one-two

with Gordon, before the ball was sent to the right to

Tsakani who played a low cross to Benny who did not

hesitate and balsted a blistering shot the the Mambas

keeper could not handle, to make the score 2-1.

The first half ended on the same score. In the second half

after, the Cyber team came storming at the hosts with

some deft passes from the midfield where gordon and

willy played their hearts out. Benny, KKK missed some

super chances to bring the score level.

Mabures then decided to make a tactical change as he

took of a defender for another attacking midfielder,

Nkulu. Tsakani was switched to the right back

position, before he was also taken off and KKK was

switched to that position. The introduction of Nkulu

brought some activity to the right flank, where the

combination of Nkulu and KKK produced some flowing

football down the right. The midfield genius of

gordon, manyora and willy continued and a ball played

between the three, slipped to our new signee forward

who replaced Benny produced a penalty after a vicious tackle from

behind.

Nkulu stepped up to take the spot kick which was saved by the

keeper, the rebound which was also saved by the

keeper. Nkulu failed to bring the scores level. Barely

a minute later, some neat touched between gordon,

nkulu and willy, produced another opportunity for

nkulu with only the keeper to beat, but the Cyber

forward failed to make the best of the opportunity.

Another move forward as the cyber team pressed for an equaliser, gordon

played the ball high to Nkulu on the right, who skipped the ball over

the advancing defender, layed the ball to Steven, whose shot went just

wide of goal.

The cyber team was pressing forward and the frustration in the

Mambas team started to show as some high flying tackles, mostly which

went unpunished began to ruin the game. First gordon was badly tackled

from behind, then willy, then a vicious tackle by the Mambas defender on the right on Nkulu produced a free kick just outside the penalty area after a neat on-two with KKK. From the resultant free kick, Nkulu played a nice low cross to Gordon who's nice heel was cleared off the line by a defender.

In the last minute of the game, the Mambas had a

chance to increase the lead, but their striker failed

to find the net with the keeper well beaten as the

ball struck the cross bar. The Cyber then surged

forward in what was gonna be their last scoring

attempt as once again, Willy and gordon combined to

lay a nice ball for Steven just outside the box, whose

vicious shot was just parried by the keeper for a

corner.

All in all, a good display of football by both teams.

The Cyber team now looks forward to a thrilling

tournament next week on the 09th of November at Megawatt Park, where

all the team's players including Koloba and Molamo who

were absent because of exams should be available,

Dollar who had some car problems should also be

available to add further strength to the team. Well

done to new coach Mabures for some clever decisions in

his first game in charge.

Final score 2-1 to the Green Mambas

Independent reporter