HARARE – Newly-promoted Zimbabwean top-flight club Scottland FC have received a Khama Billiat boost ahead of their clash on Sunday with CAPS United, one of the country’s traditional big sides.
Scottland’s talismanic new forward returned to full training earlier this week in preparation for a meeting with CAPS, a club he left as a rookie 15 yearjs ago.
Billiat missed his new club’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) opener last Friday, a 1-0 victory over fellow promoted side Triangle, due to a knock sustained in pre-season camp.
The former Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs attacker has since recovered and participated in full training with the Scottland first-team squad on Tuesday, making him available for selection for the upcoming match, according to a report by NewsDay.
Billiat has not faced CAPS since his return to the Zimbabwean league last season when he initially joined Yadah FC. He left CAPS as a teenager in 2010, signing for Ajax Cape Town in South Africa before he had even played for the Harare club’s senior side.
34-year-old Billiat missed the first league encounter against CAPS last season due to injury and was suspended for the reverse fixture.
Despite signing several top domestic players, Scottland struggled against Triangle last Friday, securing a narrow win thanks to a calamitous own goal by a Triangle defender.
After the match, Scottland head coach Tonderai Ndiraya admitted that his star-studded side was “not a team yet” and requested more time for the squad to gel.
“We always knew that it was going to be difficult,” Ndiraya told reporters. “But despite having a galaxy of stars in our team, I think it’s important to understand that football is a process. You may buy whoever you want from the market, but in the end, the players have to understand each other and play as a team in the long run. So, that is a process. It does not happen in one day. It does not happen during pre-season. So I think with more games, the team will then start to play as a team. At the moment, we are not a team yet. But I think what is important is what we have done here today.” – Agencies/ NewsDay
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