{"id":39313,"date":"2025-10-20T18:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39313"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:23:07","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignluphahla-admits-simba-bhoras-biggest-weakness-as-he-concedes-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/20\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignluphahla-admits-simba-bhoras-biggest-weakness-as-he-concedes-title-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Luphahla admits Simba Bhora\u2019s biggest weakness as he concedes title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-138257\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"483\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Luphahla-admits-Simba-Bhoras-biggest-weakness-as-he-concedes-title.jpg?resize=483%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Joel-Luphahla.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Joel-Luphahla.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Joel-Luphahla.jpg?resize=1024%2C559&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Joel-Luphahla.jpg?resize=768%2C420&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Joel-Luphahla.jpg?resize=483%2C264&amp;ssl=1 483w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Simba Bhora coach Joel Luphahla has admitted that his team\u2019s lack of goals has been their biggest weakness, leading to a poor run of results that has seen them fall behind in the title race.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champions lost further ground after a 2-1 defeat to Ngezi Platinum Stars, extending their winless streak to three matches.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the game, a visibly dejected Luphahla conceded that the title was now out of their hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should have taken our chances \u2014 that\u2019s always been the story for us lately. We create a lot of chances but fail to convert them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel sorry for the fans who travelled all the way to support us, only to go back home empty-handed. Now it\u2019s no longer in our control, but we\u2019ll keep pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simba Bhora took the lead in the 42nd minute through Isaskar Guribab after a defensive mix-up, but Ngezi Platinum Stars hit back through Nisbert Muzenda before Farai Madhananga sealed the win in the 80th minute.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Joel Luphahla<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Luphahla #admits #Simba #Bhoras #biggest #weakness #concedes #title #race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simba Bhora coach Joel Luphahla has admitted that his team\u2019s lack of goals has been their biggest weakness, leading to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2146,8804,367,7246,5111,510,1020,292,9100],"class_list":["post-39313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-admits","tag-bhoras","tag-biggest","tag-concedes","tag-luphahla","tag-race","tag-simba","tag-title","tag-weakness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39315,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39313\/revisions\/39315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}