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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Warriors midfielder Kundai Benyu said he is still in pain following an injury he sustained during the 1-0 loss to Senegal in the 2021 AFCON Group B opener.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old struggled with the knock on his tendon and coach Norman Mapeza has to substitute him for Thabani Kamusoko midway in the second half. Said Benyu:<\/p>\n

Right now I am in pain but I and the physios are in agreement that it\u2019s not the most serious injury. We\u2019ll try to recover as quickly as possible and see how I am in the next couple of days to hopefully be ready for the Malawi game and so on.<\/p>\n

According to The Herald, Mapeza disclosed that Musona complained of some flue-like symptoms at half-time but was eager to play some minutes in the second half.<\/p>\n

Mapeza expects both Musona and Benyu to recover well in time for the match against Malawi. He said:<\/p>\n

I have been talking to the team doctors yesterday (Monday) and today (yesterday) about the two guys (Musona and Benyu). I was talking to Knowledge (Musona) at half-time.<\/p>\n

He felt he had something like flu and was feeling a bit tired but he said he could push for about 20 or so minutes that\u2019s why we kept him in the game.<\/p>\n

On the flue-like signs, the doctors said he is fine and Kundai (Benyu) just had a knock-like on his tendon but it\u2019s not something bad so we will see tomorrow (today) how they will be doing when we resume training.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the Warriors\u2019 performance against Senegal, Benyu said they can hold their heads high after giving a proper shift against tournament favourites. Said Benyu:<\/p>\n

I thought it went well, we kept them to minimal chances for most of the game and we also had a couple of chances ourselves. We showed that we also are to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n

We went toe to toe with one of the tournament favourites and if it wasn\u2019t for a penalty in the last seconds of the game we would\u2019ve taken a point so everyone should hold their heads high and be proud and move on to the next game with the same mentality.<\/p>\n

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