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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Warriors coach Norman Mapeza gave the squad a day off on Tuesday following the energy-sapping and frustrating 1-0 defeat to Senegal on Monday.<\/p>\n

The squad just did some recovery exercises and spend the greater part of the day relaxing at their hotel ahead of their Group B second match against Malawi on Friday.<\/p>\n

Mapeza, who also doubles as FC Platinum coach, was satisfied with the back four\u2019s performance against Senegal but believes the strikers should have done more with the half-chances that fell their way. He said:<\/p>\n

Today (yesterday) we have given the team a rest as we just did recovery training.<\/p>\n

I thought there were a lot of positives from the game against Senegal (on Monday). Defensively, we did well.<\/p>\n

I think Petros (Mhari) did very well and you also look at the two centre-backs Gerald Takwara and Teenage Hadebe.<\/p>\n

Chimwemwe (Takudzwa) and Bhasera (Onismor), who were also playing in defence, gave a good shift as well, so in terms of the defensive formation, I think we were spot on.<\/p>\n

The midfield was also fine, Madzongwe (Kelvin) and Benyu (Kundai) were also impressive and Knowledge (Musona) did well.<\/p>\n

But, look I have always been telling the players that in modern football, you don\u2019t create too many clear-cut chances.<\/p>\n

Instead, you have to fully maximise on the half-chances that you get. We have to work on our conversion rate.<\/p>\n

We need goals to win matches and I believe we will get it right at the end.<\/p>\n

The Senegalese had some tall centre-backs and we didn\u2019t deliver too many crosses as we thought it would lead to loss of possession unnecessarily.<\/p>\n

After matching the Lions of Teranga man for man for 94 minutes, the Warriors conceded a last-gasp penalty that was converted by Liverpool forward Sadio Mane.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Warriors coach Norman Mapeza gave the squad a day off on Tuesday following the energy-sapping and frustrating 1-0 defeat to Senegal on Monday. 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