{"id":55855,"date":"2026-04-12T19:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=55855"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:09:18","slug":"chicken-inn-coach-tonderai-ndiraya-explains-why-he-kept-itai-mabhunu-despite-sustaining-an-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/12\/chicken-inn-coach-tonderai-ndiraya-explains-why-he-kept-itai-mabhunu-despite-sustaining-an-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken Inn coach Tonderai Ndiraya explains why he kept Itai Mabhunu despite sustaining an injury"},"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 class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-code\"><\/div>\n<p>Chicken Inn coach Tonderai Ndiraya has explained why Itai Mabhunu was not substituted despite sustaining an apparent serious injury during their match against Telone on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Mabhunu received a crude challenge towards the end of the first half and spent the closing minutes before the break receiving medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>However, in a surprising turn, the defender returned for the second half and went on to finish the game.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the match, Ndiraya explained his decision to keep the player on the pitch despite the discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cCredit to the players for the hard work they showed today, particularly Itai Mabhunu. He got injured in the first half and was under so much pain, but he endured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was very key in defending the crosses that were coming in and in the end we got a clean sheet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chicken Inn secured a 2-0 victory, with goals from Ngnowa Hapmo and Genoius Hute in either half.<\/p>\n<p>The post Chicken Inn coach Tonderai Ndiraya explains why he kept Itai Mabhunu despite sustaining an injury appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\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#Chicken #Inn #coach #Tonderai #Ndiraya #explains #Itai #Mabhunu #sustaining #injury<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicken Inn coach Tonderai Ndiraya has explained why Itai Mabhunu was not substituted despite sustaining an apparent serious injury during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[984,573,687,1854,985,10424,7378,6666,10425,8335],"class_list":["post-55855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-chicken","tag-coach","tag-explains","tag-injury","tag-inn","tag-itai","tag-mabhunu","tag-ndiraya","tag-sustaining","tag-tonderai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55855","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=55855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55856,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55855\/revisions\/55856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}