Kumele linqobe nomakanjani iqembu lama Warriors ukuze lithuthukise amathuba alo awokudlulela kusigaba esilandelayo esomcintiswano we Africa Cup of Nations oqhutshelwa elizweni le Gabon.
Abafana beZimbabwe kumele benqobe emdlalweni wabo wokucina owesibaya sika Group B abazawudlala leqembu le Tunisia namhla ebusuku ukuze beyale belokhu belethuba lokuyadlala kuma quarter – finals omncintiswano we Africa Cup of Nations.
Iqembu le Zimbabwe lihlezi emsileni wengalane yemiklomelo ngemva kwemidlalo emibili lilomklomelo owodwa.
Endaweni yakuqala engalaneni kuhlezi iqembu le Senegal lona elilemiklomelo eyisithupha ngemva kokunqoba emidlalweni yalo yomibili okutsho ukuba selifinyelele kusigaba esilandelayo esomncintiswano.
Iqembu le Senegal linqobe ele Tunisia nge 2 ka nya emdlaweni walo wakuqala kwathi kowesibili litshaye ele Zimbabwe ngempumela efanayo.
Iqembu le Tunisia lihlezi kundawo yesibili engalaneni yesibaya sika Group B lilemiklomelo emithathu kuthi endaweni yesithathu kuleqembu le Algeria lona elilomklomelo owodwa njengele Zimbabwe kodwa lona liphezulu ngoba lihlohlwe kathathu kwathi ele Zimbabwe selihlohlwe kane.
Umqeqetshi weqembu elimela isizwe emdlalweni kakhilikithi uHeath Streak, ukhuthaze abalandeli beqembu leZimbabwe ukuba behlale belethemba.
“Kunzima ngoba amaqembu lawana aqinile so ukuthi iqembu lethu lalo likhule yikuba bebe bedlala emidlalweni efana lale. Emdlalweni wokucina nxa singenelisa ukunqoba asazi kungenzakalani.”
Kumncintiswano eyabakhona ngomnyaka ka 2004 lango 2006 iqembu le Zimbabwe lidliwe kumidlalo yalo emibili eyakuqala eyezibaya laze lenelisa ukunqoba emdlalweni wesithathu njalo abalandeli bomdlalo wenguqu balinde ukubona ukuba kuzakuba njalo na lalonyaka.
Umlandeli weqembu lama Warriors uSibonakaliso Ndlovu uthi ukuze iqembu leli linqobe kumele umqeqetshi weqembu lesizwe uKallisto Pasuwa aguqule ukwenza kwakhe ekukhetheni abadlali.
“Kulomjiko ekukhethweni kwabadlali ngoba kulabadlali abahle bakhanya emdlalweni wakuqala ukuba ibhola kalaziwa kodwa baqalisile sesidlala le Senegal. Kuzamele uPasuwa aphe ithuba abanye abadlali emdlalweni wokucina wezibaya ngoba engaqina ngokupika ngomjiko singaphenduka singazange sinqobe ngitsho lowodwa umdlalo.”
Komunye umdlalo wesibaya sika Group B iqembu le Senegal lizadibana lele Algeria njalo ukuze iqembu le Zimbabwe lidlulele phambili kumele linqobe ele Tunisia kuthi ele Senegal lona linqobe ele Algeria.
Amanye amaqembu asefinyelele kusigaba se quarter – final ngabalisa ele Cameroon kanye lele Burkina Faso wona aphumelele kusibaya sika Group A ikanti ilizwe eliqoqe umncintiswano we Afcon ele Gabon liphelelwe ngumphako ndawonye lele Guinea Bissau.