BATTLE FOR GOLDEN GLOVE BETWEEN BERNARD, CHADYA

CHICKEN INN are providing the menu for Ngezi Platinum this afternoon in a fixture which will present goalkeepers with a make-or-break moment at Barbourfields.

The two sides are out of the Castle Lager Premiership championship race with three games to play.

Ngezi Platinum are 16 points behind leaders, Simba Bhora, who only need a point today against Arenel Movers to claim the championship.

The Gamecocks are not even in the top eight picture sitting ninth on the league table.

Those who knows the significance of the Golden Glove will definitely keep their eyes on Chicken Inn’s Donovan Bernard and Nelson Chadya of the visitors.

Bernard is leading the Golden Glove race with 19 clean sheets despite missing four fixtures of the campaign.

Chadya is breathing down on Bernard’s neck with 17 and Ngezi Platinum have a game in hand which means they will be left with three games to play after today’s assignment.

“I will keep saying Bernard is the best goalkeeper in the country by a huge difference. He has been our best player at this club for a long time and his consistency has been amazing,” said Chicken Inn coach Joey Antipas.

“I don’t know what could have been our situation had it not been his goalkeeping skills which helped us to manage goalless draws in some fixtures.

“He is one player which I feel deserves to go to foreign leagues but I guess he has to wait for his time, because he is one player every coach wishes to have.”

Should Bernard hold on to his lead in the Golden Glove race, it will be his first time to get this gong home.

Last season, the Golden Glove was won by Highlander’s Ariel Sibanda who ended the campaign with most shutouts despite Chadya playing a key role in helping Ngezi Platinum to register their maiden championship.

If this pattern continues this season, it means whoever finishes with the most clean sheets at the end of the season is most likely to get the nod from journalists, coaches and team captains.

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