Mighty Warriors get down to business
THE Mighty Warriors got their preparations for the Africa Women Cup of Nations qualifiers underway at Zifa Village yesterday with most of the called-up players reporting for camp.
The bulk of the players trooped into camp on Monday with Faith Drive Queens striker, Maud Mafuruse, joining the squad yesterday.
Some of the players still expected late yesterday included Tafadzwa Tsunguro and Amanda Five while Rutendo Makore, who is now turning out for Spanish club Sporting de Huelva, will join the rest of the team later.
Team manager, Charity Munemo, said they were happy most of the players had turned up early and they had their first session together at the Zifa Village yesterday afternoon.
“So far we have 27 players in camp and I can say the turn out was very good. It’s quite impressive because some times we start camp without most of the players but this time around we had most of them on the first day,” said Munemo.
The qualifiers roars to life early April and Zimbabwe take on Namibia in the first round.
A win against Namibia will see them progressing to the second round where they will face either Tanzania or Zambia.
But, for now, their focus is on the Namibia game and they kick-start their campaign away from home on April 5. The return leg is on April 8 at Rufaro. Coach, Sithethelelwe “Kwinji 15” Sibanda, retained the bulk of the team that won silver at the Cosafa Championships in September last year.
The Black Rhinos Queens trio of Mavis Chirandu, Emmaculate Msipa and Felistas Muzongondi bounced back into the squad after missing the Cosafa tournament as they were undergoing military training.