The secret behind Monomotapa

HARARE - Eemerging Harare giants, Monomotapa Football Club, have enjoyed life on the top of the CBZ premier soccer league, log standings for several months.
There is debate about whether the champions, Dynamos, will catch up or if the Glamour Boys will watch the cup slipping away, with Monos' every win fueling the debate.
With the players' hunger for victory, the dedication and passionate love of football by the head coach and the commitment of the team sponsors, Monomotapa will claim a place among the big three of Zimbabwean football: Caps United, affectionately known as The Green Machine, Dynamos and Highlanders, also known as Bosso.
What has made Monomotapa tick this year?
They certainly did not take advantage of The Green Machine's low form this season, neither will their power over Bosso in the first half of the season, be related to the team's blunder of firing a loyal and tactful coach, Methembe Ndlovu, nor was their dominance over De-mbare due to David Mandigora's typical challenge of reading games.
They are all football can ask for from a good quality team.
The team headed by Mapeza, consists of assistant Rodwell Dhlakama, team manager Clayton Munemo, and lady medic Loveness Mangena.
On several visits to the team's training sessions at Alex Sports Club, The Zimbabwean witnessed a strong bond between Mapeza and his charges. He has been described by captain, Mthulisi Maphosa, as a coach very good in motivating his troops.
Mapeza, 36, the youngest coach in the premier league, has been described by other football analyst as being "too serious", hardly relaxing on the bench even when his team is in control of the game.
"I'm serious because I want to win, people have to be serious in everything they aim to achieve in life, I hate losing," Mapeza said.
Mapeza has always made sure he doesn't get too close to his team off the field.
"If players get too close to the coach, they tend to lose their respect for him," he said.
Monomotapa do not train twice daily, but they do train 24 hours before a match, a day most coaches prefer to rest their players for the big game.
All the credit for the club's remarkable performance so far, will not be hailed to the technical team alone. The boys have shown a lot of maturity and have plunged into their battles with the team at heart.
Among them is Daniel Zokoto, Maphosa, Charles Chiutsa, Godfrey Mangove, Tendai Samanja and Luckmore Simango.
"We have players who are not mercenaries, players who have been there for the club since division one and players who have the team at heart. Though we did not struggle to the point of fighting relegation in 2005, the loss of experienced Malawian based players, Peter Mponda, Robert Nga'mbi and Patrick Nyasulu back to their countries due to the country's economic challenges affected us. But we are happy we survived and the coach has managed to share his experiences as a player with the team," Club Secretary, David Makombe said.