Dynamos duo aims to light up Harare Derby

THE Dynamos pair of defender Collin Mujuru and winger Stanley Billiat will get to taste the Harare Derby vibes against CAPS United for the first time at Rufaro on Sunday. Just like most of their peers at the Glamour Boys right now, the duo is eager to make a positive impact in their bow in a match that is always full of energy and anticipation. Mujuru and Billiat are already familiar with the expectations at Dynamos 10 weeks into the new season in which the giants have lost only once but the anxiety that comes with the Harare Derby is always different.

Yet the two are used to playing in high intensity derbies before capacity crowds back in their days at Malawi giants FCB Nyasa Big Bullets. Bullets’ Blantyre derby showdown against Mighty Wanderers is one of the biggest duels not only in Southern Africa but also ranks highly in the continent. Both Mujuru and Billiat used to line up for the “Red Army” and for the two years they were involved at the same time always came out tops.

It is that inspiration that they are carrying into Sunday’s Harare Derby. Interestingly, the first leg instalment of the Harare Derby is coinciding with the first leg of the Blantyre Derby which will be played at the Bingu National Stadium in Lilongwe on Sunday. That match had to be moved from Blantyre due to the unavailability of Kamuzu Stadium which is always the venue for this mighty fixture with the other facilities in Blantyre including the Mpira Stadium deemed too small to house the game.

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Malawian Billiat said: “I am delighted to be fit at a time when Dynamos is preparing to face CAPS United in the Harare Derby. “This is a game which is known to be one of the biggest in Africa. “Back in Malawi, we used to be keenly interested in knowing the result from each of the fixtures involving the two giants.

“I am excited that finally I can get to really experience how it is playing in the Harare Derby. “I can’t wait. I am very happy to be in this space right now.”

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