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Majority Of European-Born Players Not Ready To Play For Warriors - Mapeza

11 months agoWed, 17 Apr 2024 11:43:00 GMT

Majority Of European-Born Players Not Ready To Play For Warriors - Mapeza

Former Warriors coach Norman Mapeza has hit back at criticism suggesting that he intentionally sought to frustrate European-born players during the Four Nations tournament in Malawi last month by giving them limited game time.

Mapeza faced criticism for providing limited playing time to members of the “British Brigade,” including Tawanda Maswanhise, Joey Phuthi, Tivonge Rushesha, Shane Maroodza, and Marley Tavaziva.

The 52-year-old who played for several clubs in the Turkish Super Lig, including Galatasaray S.K., Ankaragücü, Altay S.K., and Malatyaspor, said he assessed the players and established that they were not yet ready for the national team. He said:

I did my assessments and saw that some of these guys are not ready yet to play for the national team.
They (the players) had come from the UK and some people were not happy they did not play. So, they look for stories.
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They have their agendas which have nothing to do with football.
At the end of the day, this is Zimbabwean football, it’s not about me. Maybe they have someone they want, who they can tell what to do and who to play. But that does not develop Zimbabwean football.
I searched for information on all these players that came here. Apart from a few, they play mostly in the Under-21s.
What I may recommend is that we start them at the Under-23 level and we develop them from there. I tell you we will have a good team in the future.
But it was like I was the problem. But what’s important is the development of Zimbabwean football more than the attacks on Mapeza or anyone.
In life, we only plan and God decides. Even if people say we don’t want Mapeza as national team coach, I don’t have a problem with that.
Whoever comes after me I will support him because what we want is Zimbabwean football.

The ZIFA Normalisation Committee has not yet appointed a permanent Warriors coach, or even a coach who will guide the team during the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

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Tate g · 11 months ago

who selected the players coz I saw palanzk mapedza names squad

Washington · 11 months ago

Mapeza is the one who proved to be not ready for national team level.This is Morden football, players needs respect and professionalism.... Zemura is one of the best left wings who is playing top level football unlike your excuses mapeza, don't hate or favour players.we need a better coach not representative .l feel even locally there are better coaches than that military man.How can u keep a failure chance,we have talent for world cup level please stop joking with football

R Z Mwembe · 11 months ago

why calling them then??? Politics mu soccer pitch thus facrum

dzingai N · 11 months ago

only Rinemhota who's at Rotherham usually plays the rest play for u21 , vamwe vacho atori maSub Kuma reserve teams , so kunzi UK based hakushanisiri

chimutegwe · 11 months ago

Zifa tipei Coach kwete mahumbwe, always kudzokera zvinhu zvemubin

debt collector · 11 months ago

is the min of sports around? zvakaoma. kana kumboti:"bufu" one word akomana. saka mangwana anenge aripo kwamurambinda? ndikamuona ndoda kumus.v.i.p.i.r.a kumeso

mandrose · 11 months ago

hapanawo here ane # dza Pasuwa he is much better than that guy

Dear Norman Mapeza · 11 months ago

We don't need you anymore.kana waenda usatosapota national team yedu

cantona · 11 months ago

Usataura zvisinamusoro Coach wakavadanirei kana waiziva kt they are playing kumaunder 20

shadows · 11 months ago

mapeza anopenga uyo. kna achiti akatavaga info akaona kt vaane nguva vasina kutamba uye they qualify to play for under 23 ska akavadeedzerei Kno. kudeedza maplayers from Europe kt avanyadzise Kno. hatidiii hatimudeee

zid · 11 months ago

He researched about those players and still called them why Otanga kutaura zve under 20

Anonymous · 11 months ago

For someone who is playing in one of the biggest leagues Italy, then you say he is not ready to play for warriors doesn't add up. We don't have junior soccer in zim. Is it an indirect way of calling Khama and musina instead blame Sports commissioner for causing ban, now we are well behind just like technology

Anonymous · 11 months ago

@Blot, zvagara zvriko ende ndizvo chaizvo kuti wese ari kutamba zvakanaka ku foreign country ano sarudzwa ahead of local players. Look at Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Morocco, Mali just tp mention but a few, kuti hauoni kana one local even pa bench hamuwani. Chakaipa kutora munhu asiri ku performer ari kunze ikoko yet paine ari good locally. Also Zimbabwe team players vano bhadhara kuti atambiswe even asiri kutamba zvakanaka ndoo challenge yedu.

doug · 11 months ago

A football team can only have eleven players on the field at any one time. Mapeza had a very big pool to choose from, and he could not favour foreign players over local players or local players over foreign players, he had to have the best his eleven in the field, according to his observations as coach.

Blot · 11 months ago

Brito had a gret ldea he wanted to make a team of foreign players play with a team made up of local players l trully wanted to,see the match but u chased him instead

Blot · 11 months ago

why choose foreign players when we have local players who want show case their talent and be chosen by teams abroad. Zim should Groom players thats,why we have few players born in Zim playing in Europe. Check wat South Africa adid it went far on Africon. leave the foreign players in foreign lands and focus on local playeres that we see playing in our locally groudnds they wish to be exposed tooo

Yoyoyo · 11 months ago

😁😁kana uchida kufira mhara ne b.p support ma warriors ne CCC unozviitira Wiwi ne hasha

... · 11 months ago

mapeza ngaasiyane ne national team yedu, period.

nhaiwe mapeza · 11 months ago

ko kuzooma muromo

chimudala · 11 months ago

ziiii zvangu

Mr Speaker, Sir · 11 months ago

dirty tricks dzaWellington Mpandare. Bad influence. anofunga kuti he knows everything about Zimbabwean football. he is the man behind these **** stories