{"id":40012,"date":"2025-10-29T07:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40012"},"modified":"2025-10-29T07:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T07:09:13","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhighlanders-coach-pieter-de-jongh-speaks-on-his-actions-after-dynamos-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/29\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhighlanders-coach-pieter-de-jongh-speaks-on-his-actions-after-dynamos-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlanders coach Pieter De Jongh speaks on his actions after Dynamos game"},"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-138403\">\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-speaks-on-his-actions-after.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\/2019\/12\/hendrikus-pieter-de-jongh-2.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hendrikus-pieter-de-jongh-2.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hendrikus-pieter-de-jongh-2.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hendrikus-pieter-de-jongh-2.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hendrikus-pieter-de-jongh-2.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hendrikus-pieter-de-jongh-2.jpg?resize=396%2C264&amp;ssl=1 396w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/hendrikus-pieter-de-jongh-2.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Highlanders coach Pieter De Jongh has spoken about his behaviour following his team\u2019s loss to Dynamos in the Chibuku Super Cup semifinal at Rufaro Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Bosso were beaten 5\u20133 on penalties after the match had ended 1\u20131 in regulation time.<\/p>\n<p>The defeat appeared to frustrate De Jongh, who had accused the authorities of favouring Dynamos before storming out of the press room.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted on his X account, the Dutchman said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFootball must always be about fair play and respect that\u2019s what defines the beautiful game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy post-match comments after the Chibuku Cup semi-final were never meant to disrespect the PSL, referees or Dynamos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke out of passion for the game and fairness \u2013 values I will always stand for. I fully respect the League and match officials and remain focused on helping Highlanders FC finish the season strong.\u201d<\/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 dynamos, Highlanders, Pieter de Jongh<\/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 #speaks #actions #Dynamos #game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlanders coach Pieter De Jongh has spoken about his behaviour following his team\u2019s loss to Dynamos in the Chibuku Super&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7128,573,198,347,230,9096,9095,2492],"class_list":["post-40012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-actions","tag-coach","tag-dynamos","tag-game","tag-highlanders","tag-jongh","tag-pieter","tag-speaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40012","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=40012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40014,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40012\/revisions\/40014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}