{"id":86782,"date":"2023-11-15T22:35:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/everyone-is-geared-up-says-nakamba-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifiers"},"modified":"2023-11-16T01:44:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:44:46","slug":"everyone-is-geared-up-says-nakamba-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/everyone-is-geared-up-says-nakamba-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifiers","title":{"rendered":"Everyone Is Geared Up, Says Nakamba Ahead Of World Cup Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, who is reportedly set to wear the captain\u2019s armband in Zimbabwe\u2019s FIFA 2026 World Cup Qualifier clash against Rwanda this Wednesday, said the squad is ready for the match.<\/p>\n<p>Nakamba was speaking from Rwanda where the Warriors will face The Wasps of Rwanda and Super Eagles of Nigeria at Huye Stadium in Butare, on 15 and 19 November, respectively. <b>NewZimbabwe.com<\/b> quoted him as saying:<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is geared up; we are pushing each other. Some of the guys just arrived, we are waiting for some more to get here.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to the games, the first one against Rwanda. We all know international games are different from club-level games so we are focusing on giving everything in training and motivating each other to do the best for our country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; I missed the AFCON last time, I think this is good for us, for youngsters who have a dream to represent the country. This can help those who also wish to play internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Rwanda are in Group C of the qualifiers alongside Benin, South Africa and Lesotho.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, who is reportedly set to wear the captain\u2019s armband in Zimbabwe\u2019s FIFA 2026 World Cup Qualifier clash against Rwanda this Wednesday, said the squad is ready for the match. Nakamba was speaking from Rwanda where the Warriors will face The Wasps of Rwanda and Super Eagles of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":86781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[15487,1493,13874,2189,603,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-86782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-2026-world-cup-qualifiers","10":"tag-africa-press","11":"tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-nigeria","14":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Everyone Is Geared Up, Says Nakamba Ahead Of World Cup Qualifiers - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, who is reportedly set to wear the captain\u2019s armband in Zimbabwe\u2019s FIFA 2026 Wor ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/everyone-is-geared-up-says-nakamba-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Everyone Is Geared Up, Says Nakamba Ahead Of World Cup Qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Luton Town midfielder Marvelous Nakamba, who is reportedly set to wear the captain\u2019s armband in Zimbabwe\u2019s FIFA 2026 Wor ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/everyone-is-geared-up-says-nakamba-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifiers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-15T20:35:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-15T23:44:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/11\/sm_1700075530.788758.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/everyone-is-geared-up-says-nakamba-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/everyone-is-geared-up-says-nakamba-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifiers\",\"name\":\"Everyone Is Geared Up, Says Nakamba Ahead Of World Cup Qualifiers - 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