Player rotation pays off for Mapeza

FC Platinum coach Norman Mapeza believes the rotation scheme he implemented during the Chibuku Super Cup group phase made his team unpredictable as the miners eye the quarter-finals.

Mapeza has been fusing a number of newbies promoted from the junior ranks with some of his reliable old horses in a rotation scheme that earned his charges top spot in Group 4 of the tournament.

Among the newbies, 18-year olds Thandolwenkosi Ngwenya and Oscar Bhebhe were thrown into the fray, with the former giving a glimmer of what he can offer after scoring two goals in four appearances.

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