A brace by striker Prince Dube and a solitary strike from midfielder Simon Munawa saw Highlanders book their place in the Zimbabwe National Army Charities Shied final with a 3-0 victory over FC Platinum in an entertaining rescheduled encounter played at a packed Luveve Stadium on Sunday.

Hard working midfielder Munawa put Bosso in front with eight minutes played, the move engineered by skipper Rahman Kutsanzira who made a brilliant run on the left before he laid the ball for Honest Moyo to send a cross into the box where Munawa struck it past Petros Mhari.

Dube made it two nil a minute before the break, latching onto a long clearance, outpaced the FC Platinum defence, rounded off Mhari to fire into an empty net.

Highlanders continued with their dominance in the second half and made it three nil in the 62nd minute, Dube with his brace. Substitute Brian Banda fired a long pass to Rodreck Mutuma who fed the ball to an unmarked Dube inside the FC Platinum box, the young striker blasting the ball past Mhari.

Bosso almost had a fourth, Mhari doing well to block Kutsanzira’s well struck shot on the left from a Banda pass on the right.

FC Platinum hardly troubled Ariel Sibanda in the Highlanders goal with substitute Agrippa Murimba almost punishing the Highlanders defence but with Sibanda at his mercy, he shot wide.

Highlanders, winners of the charity competition in 2015 and 2016 will now meet CAPS United in the final on a date yet to be announced.

Mutuma, who had a brilliant game, received a standing ovation from the Highlanders fans when he was replaced by Gabriel Nyoni with a few minutes left.

The victory must have been sweet revenge for Highlanders coach Erol Akbay whose side lost to the same opponents by a similar score line at Mandava Stadium last season, a loss which effectively ruled Bosso out of the 2016 championship race.

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