Antipas tears into AugustoProdigal striker fires blanks

• Published date: 22 September 2022
• Publication title: The Chronicle

The Chronicle Fungai Muderere,Senior Sports Reporter CLIVE Augusto's failure to score since making a return to former Castle Lager Premier Soccer League side Chicken Inn midway into the 2021/2022 season has irked club head coach Joey Antipas who has challenged the seasoned forward to up his game. Augusto retraced his footsteps to the Gamecocks after he became a free agent following his unceremonious departure from Caps United.

Augusto was one of the players dismissed by Harare giants Caps United after being named as a ring leader of an industrial action that nearly resulted in the cancellation of their league match against Cranborne Bullets. He started doing duty for the Gamecocks in Week 19 and he has been handed a few starting places and at times coming in as a second half substitute.

The towering forward has been struggling to replicate his 2019 goal scoring form. "I feel Augusto is struggling with his game.

He has to step up his efforts if he wants to play. He is not giving us the value that we are expecting from him.

He hasn't shown any value at all. He has not really made an impact since he bounced back," said Antipas.

Augusto was not part of the Gamecocks squad that travelled twice to Rusape last week to face Manica Diamonds in a league match and Black Rhinos in a Chibuku Super Cup they lost 9-8 after a sudden death penalty lottery. At Chicken Inn Augusto joined a tricky striking duo of hard running Brian Muza who is the country's second leading top goal scorer with 10...