CAFCL: Dynamos coach Mutapa reveals game plan for Rivers United test

Power Dynamos coach Oswald Mutapa is hoping the three-game domestic winning streak replicates itself on the continental stage as his club hosts Rivers United of Nigeria in the CAF Champions League Group A match on Saturday.

Speaking during a pre-match press conference ahead of Saturday’s match, Mutapa said his squad was looking to recording their first win the group stage after suffering two successive defeats.

Dynamos to work hard to get required result

“We have had three local games in which we have been victorious in all and it has given us improvement in terms of game fitness and you know we played the three games in a space of one week,” Mutapa told the media.

“So, we are able to rotate our players so that they have mileage in their legs as we go into tomorrow’s game and we are ready. “We are going in minus any point with us and that gives us impetus to go and work out very hard and get the results that we require.”

He however expressed worry over the conversion rate from his squad from the numerous created chances.

“Playing our three local games has given us confidence especially that we haven’t conceded and we have scored in all the games, but of course what is the scoring rate? This is a team that is creating more than 10 chances in a game but our scoring ratio is not all that good but not conceding gives us confidence,” he said.

Dynamos are winless from opening two group matches

“If we keep it tight at the back at least, we are able to get a goal or two but we are very much aware that it won’t be an easy game.

“We lost 3-0 and 1-0 in the previous continental games but we picked the performance against the Pyramids here at home where we showed character, we left our soles on the field of play, created chances we did not score and that was something that we regretted.”

The Zambian league champions are leading the local charts but have yet to replicate that form on the continental stage. Mutapa added Power Dynamos has monitored Rivers United through various technological platforms.

Dynamos and Rivers United will be hoping to resuscitate their flagging Champions League campaign when they face each other at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium.

The Zambian side are winless from their opening two Group A fixtures, the same as River United. The group is led by RS Berkane, who have hauled maximum six points from the opening two matches.