{"id":52178,"date":"2026-03-09T22:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52178"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:01:59","slug":"mapeza-laments-missed-chances-in-draw-with-hardrock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/09\/mapeza-laments-missed-chances-in-draw-with-hardrock\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapeza Laments Missed Chances In Draw With Hardrock \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>Mapeza Laments Missed Chances In Draw With Hardrock<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sports Correspondent \u2013 Coach Norman Mapeza has expressed disappointment after Scottland FC failed to convert their chances in a goalless draw against Hardrock FC in their opening match of the 2026 Castle Lager Premier Soccer League season.<\/p>\n<p>The Matchday 1 encounter was played at the newly built Chahwanda Stadium in Kwekwe.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the match, Mapeza said his team had several good scoring opportunities but failed to take advantage of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had some decent opportunities in the game. If we had buried those chances, we could be talking a different story,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The experienced coach also highlighted the difficult playing conditions, saying the muddy pitch made it harder for the players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the guys worked very hard on a difficult pitch. It was muddy due to the rains, but I\u2019m not taking anything away from the boys, they played so well,\u201d Mapeza added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the missed opportunities, Mapeza said he was satisfied with the effort shown by his team and is now focusing on the next match.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m more than happy, look how we created the chances. We\u2019re now looking forward to the next match,\u201d he said.<br \/>Scottland will now prepare for their next league fixture against Ngezi Platinum Stars next weekend. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<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#Mapeza #Laments #Missed #Chances #Draw #Hardrock #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mapeza Laments Missed Chances In Draw With Hardrock Sports Correspondent \u2013 Coach Norman Mapeza has expressed disappointment after Scottland FC&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[3036,2560,6694,9421,9917,1618,3389,202],"class_list":["post-52178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-chances","tag-draw","tag-eduzim","tag-hardrock","tag-laments","tag-mapeza","tag-missed","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52178","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=52178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52180,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52178\/revisions\/52180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}