Harambee Stars duo of Duncan Otieno and John Mark Makwatta, who ply their trade in the Botswana Premier league, returned from the international break on a positive note as their Gaborone United side recorded a 1-3 win over Extension Gunners in a league match played at the Lobatse Sports Complex.While Otieno, who was named in the starting eleven, ended up plying the full duration of the match, Makwatta was an unused substitute as Gaborone managed to return to winning ways for the first time after a four-game winless run (2D 2L) that saw them lose ground on leaders Jwaneng Galaxy.
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Thero Setsile scored a brace in the opening half before Mpho Kgaswane converted from the spot in the second half to seal all three points for the away side.Setsile opened the scoring on the 29th minute with a header after Gunners failed to clear their lines. Two minutes to the half time break, the midfielder wrapped up the brace with a well taken free kick from the edge of the box to give his side some cushion during the interval.##NAJAVA_MECA_7143615##Vicent Lekorwe halved the deficit for Gunners in the 53rd minute but Mpho Kgaswane stretched Gaborone’s lead from the spot after he was fouled inside the box with the final goal of the game that sealed the victory and ensured Gaborone stay second, six points behind log leading Galaxy.”We are happy with the win and we could have scored more. We are coming from the international break which comes with some uncertainties but the boys did well. We had a few players out with injuries but I am happy with the way those available performed,” head coach Pontsho Moloi remarked after the game.Elsewhere, David ‘Calabar’ Owino kept a clean sheet as he helped his Napsa Stars side record their third victory on the spin as they beat Zanaco 0-1 in a Zambian Super League match played at the Edwin Imboela Stadium in Lusaka.
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Ghanaian international Zikiru Adams scored the solitary goal of the game that got the job done for Napsa who were forced to finish the game with ten men following a late second yellow shown to Luka Banda in the 87th minute.The win sees Napsa jump upto 5th place on 42 points, ten behind log leading Power Dynamos.