The Verdict Is Out: As Expected, Bosso Lose.

Ill-advise on the players by the Highlanders coach, Mohammed Fathi, during the BancABC Cup semi-final match against Dynamos of Harare has back-fired. Highlanders were found guilty and lost the final berth by a 3-0 margin. A 3-man ad-hoc disciplinary committee felt it fair to dump the Bulawayo side out of the competition.

That was not all. The ad-hoc committee recommended charging a few individuals responsible for the fracas to be brought to book. Fines are a possibility as the committee also want to see the walk-out punished.

I must say that while Highlanders will have to come to their supporters to borrow money to pay these looming fines, Dynamos will be earning the money from the final they may win. In any case, they still attract full-houses. 

Under the circumstances, there was no shadow of doubt that Highlanders shot themselves on the foot. While Dynamos had acted immaturely on the day by scratching their bottom side and bit their fingers and Highlanders went on to lick and bite the source.

The rules of the game clearly stated that the match was supposed to produce a winner. During the semi-final match, Dynamos were ahead for most of the match up to the point of abandonment.

Bosso had a responsibility of scoring their own goals. This is a lesson Highlanders should have learned between 1926 and 1963 when Dynamos came into being. It is such a shame they fall into such school boy tricks at this day and age. They need to go to a professionalism school.

The ad-hoc committee found the Mantengwane responsible for the match not to proceed and their judgement is both irreversible and cannot be contested. Bosso had a penalty awarded to them and Dynamos walked off the pitch and dressed up. They missed the spot-kick and 5 minutes later, the Harare team were awarded a penalty, which presented Bosso with an opportunity to 'revenge'. Naively, they did.