Zdravko Logaru\u0161i\u0107 took charge of the Warriors for the first time in their goalless draw with Malawi in Blantyre yesterday.<\/p>\n
Owing to the Covid-19 crisis, the Croat had not been on the Warriors dugout since his appointment in February.<\/p>\n
Due to an interplay of several reasons one would say, Logaru\u0161i\u0107\u2019s men were below par in the international friendly at Mpira Stadium and failed to tick.<\/p>\n
Understandably for Logaru\u0161i\u0107, the preparations for the clash were not so good as players like Marvelous Nakamba, Teenage Hadebe and Devine Lunga only trained with their teammates for about two hours at ZIFA Village before the squad flew to Blantyre.<\/p>\n
The coach gave the captain\u2019s armband to Khama Billiat in the absence of his \u2018partner in crime\u2019 Knowledge Musona; the Assassin did not make it for the trip, just like other foreign-based players like Tino Kadewere, Tatenda Mkuruva, Victor Kamhuka, Macaluey Bonne, and Tendayi Darikwa.<\/p>\n
Predictably, the Warriors struggled to create any meaning chances in the early stages of the game, as Billiat and Mashumba barely threatened Ernest Kakhobwe\u2019s goal.<\/p>\n
Put simply, Logaru\u0161i\u0107\u2019s charges were not convincing offensively, and the poor preparations for the game had great effect.<\/p>\n
With the purpose of the Malawi game to prepare for the back to back Algeria games, surely Logaru\u0161i\u0107 would have realised that better preparations are needed ahead of the meetings with the Desert Foxes.<\/p>\n
Of course, the majority of the players who took part yesterday will not be considered for the Algeria games but the game was a huge wake up call for Logaru\u0161i\u0107.<\/p>\n
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Zdravko Logaru\u0161i\u0107 took charge of the Warriors for the first time in their goalless draw with Malawi in Blantyre yesterday. Owing to the Covid-19 crisis, the Croat had not been on the Warriors dugout since his appointment in February. Due to an interplay of several reasons one would say, Logaru\u0161i\u0107\u2019s men were below par in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[521,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-28836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-billiat","10":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\n