Murape expect no favours from Arrows

BLUE Waters coach Shepherd Murape says he does not expect Eleven Arrows to hand them the title, when they confront each other in a deciding derby this Saturday.

The Zimbabwean-born coach said his side is poised to bury Eleven Arrows in a deciding derby at Walvis Bay on Saturday, after his team beat Civics 1-0 on Sunday to move closer to winning the league title. “When you are playing for a league title, you don’t compromise and you also don’t expect favours.We want to win the title, and that is what matters for us.We worked hard for it, ” he said.He added that although his team played poorly against Civics on Sunday, he was happy with the result.He is currently working with his players to give a better performance when they face Arrows at the Kuisebmund Stadium.Blue Waters needs a point to clinch the title, but Civics, placed in second spot will hope that Arrows upset the high flying ‘Birds’ to get hold of the title as they have a better goal difference.Blue Waters is on top with 69 points, with Civics sitting in second with 66, but with 52 compared to Blue Water’s 51 in goal difference.Civics will play African Stars in their last match, in which they would want to win convincingly.Murape said as Arrows is their biggest rival, it will be no easy path to successfully defend their title, they are nonetheless preparing for a war that will ultimately see them through as the clear winners.Civics Technical Director, Ali Akan said although they were disappointed with the result on Sunday, he was happy with the commitment shown by his players throughout the season to win the league.He said they want to record a good score against African Stars in their match on Saturday in Windhoek, hoping for the worst to happen with Blue Waters.Civics was sinked by a solitary goal through Paulus Shipanga in the 44th minute at the coast.* On Friday night, Orlando Pirates had the upper hand over Black Africa in a terrific match of football at the SKW Stadium.The ‘Buccaneers’ opened their scoring through Reyneke Sabatha, who played in his first match after a three-month absence due to injury and led 1-0 at half-time.Under 20 striker Wilfred Coetzee stabbed the opener for BA after being introduced at the start of the second half, but Pirates increased the lead to 2-1 midway through the second half with the boot of Patrick Jagger.The encounter had over 5 000 spectators on their feet as players from both sides played with flair, accuracy in passing and lovely skill.Pirates rounded-off matters with a penalty towards the end of the match, courtesy of Neville Nanub.”When you are playing for a league title, you don’t compromise and you also don’t expect favours.We want to win the title, and that is what matters for us.We worked hard for it, ” he said.He added that although his team played poorly against Civics on Sunday, he was happy with the result.He is currently working with his players to give a better performance when they face Arrows at the Kuisebmund Stadium.Blue Waters needs a point to clinch the title, but Civics, placed in second spot will hope that Arrows upset the high flying ‘Birds’ to get hold of the title as they have a better goal difference.Blue Waters is on top with 69 points, with Civics sitting in second with 66, but with 52 compared to Blue Water’s 51 in goal difference.Civics will play African Stars in their last match, in which they would want to win convincingly.Murape said as Arrows is their biggest rival, it will be no easy path to successfully defend their title, they are nonetheless preparing for a war that will ultimately see them through as the clear winners.Civics Technical Director, Ali Akan said although they were disappointed with the result on Sunday, he was happy with the commitment shown by his players throughout the season to win the league.He said they want to record a good score against African Stars in their match on Saturday in Windhoek, hoping for the worst to happen with Blue Waters.Civics was sinked by a solitary goal through Paulus Shipanga in the 44th minute at the coast.* On Friday night, Orlando Pirates had the upper hand over Black Africa in a terrific match of football at the SKW Stadium.The ‘Buccaneers’ opened their scoring through Reyneke Sabatha, who played in his first match after a three-month absence due to injury and led 1-0 at half-time.Under 20 striker Wilfred Coetzee stabbed the opener for BA after being introduced at the start of the second half, but Pirates increased the lead to 2-1 midway through the second half with the boot of Patrick Jagger.The encounter had over 5 000 spectators on their feet as players from both sides played with flair, accuracy in passing and lovely skill.Pirates rounded-off matters with a penalty towards the end of the match, courtesy of Neville Nanub.