Mhofu speaks on Cosafa

WARRIOR’S coach for the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) Castle tournament, Sunday ‘Mhofu’ Chidzambwa, is confident that his team will compete favourably in the biennial regional football competition.

The 2017 Cosafa contest kicks off in North West Province, South Africa this weekend.

Zimbabwe are in Group B alongside Mozambique, Madagascar and the Seychelles.

The Warriors play Mozambique on Monday, before facing Madagascar two days later, in a match that will see the Warriors bringing up a half-century of games at the Cosafa tournament.

They conclude their group matches against Seychelles on Friday.

The Warriors have to win the group in order to progress to the quarter-finals.

“We are confident that we will get the results that we need.

“It is not going to be easy but I believe we have the right pool of players to see us through. It is actually going to be difficult for us as a technical department to draw the final list since all the players are giving 100 percent plus effort.

“We have been at Cosafa before as a nation. There is really nothing out of the ordinary hence we will play our usual game. I hope that by the time we leave for the tournament the players would have gelled,” said Chidzambwa in a telephone interview from Harare on the sidelines of Wednesday’s training session.