{"id":39589,"date":"2025-10-24T06:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39589"},"modified":"2025-10-24T06:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T06:24:08","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhighlanders-coach-pieter-de-jongh-issues-squad-update-ahead-of-chibuku-super-cup-clash-against-dynamos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/24\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhighlanders-coach-pieter-de-jongh-issues-squad-update-ahead-of-chibuku-super-cup-clash-against-dynamos\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlanders Coach Pieter De Jongh issues squad update ahead of Chibuku Super Cup clash against Dynamos"},"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-138352\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"396\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Highlanders-Coach-Pieter-De-Jongh-issues-squad-update-ahead-of.jpg?resize=396%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\/07\/Highlanders-team.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Highlanders-team.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Highlanders-team.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Highlanders-team.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Highlanders-team.jpg?resize=396%2C264&amp;ssl=1 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Highlanders coach Pieter De Jongh has provided an update on his squad ahead of the 2025 Chibuku Super Cup semifinal against Dynamos, scheduled for Sunday at Rufaro Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The two football giants will meet for the second time in a week, following their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Matchday 31 encounter at Barbourfields Stadium last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the semifinal, De Jongh expressed confidence in his team\u2019s readiness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s another big game in just one week,\u201d he said. \u201cThe good thing is that everyone is available \u2014 no injuries or suspensions. We\u2019ll train today and tomorrow, then travel on Saturday. We\u2019re looking forward to the match and will do everything possible to reach the final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, defending champions Dynamos will be without Denver Mukamba and Jairos Kasondo, who are both suspended.<\/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>\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#Highlanders #Coach #Pieter #Jongh #issues #squad #update #ahead #Chibuku #Super #Cup #clash #Dynamos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlanders coach Pieter De Jongh has provided an update on his squad ahead of the 2025 Chibuku Super Cup semifinal&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1003,3853,1021,573,857,198,230,478,9096,9095,346,1659,1010],"class_list":["post-39589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-ahead","tag-chibuku","tag-clash","tag-coach","tag-cup","tag-dynamos","tag-highlanders","tag-issues","tag-jongh","tag-pieter","tag-squad","tag-super","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39589","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=39589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39590,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39589\/revisions\/39590"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}