MIGHTY WARRIORS BRACING FOR TOUGH TESTS

THE Mighty Warriors are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations as they face a tough task in their opening COSAFA Women’s Championship matches. The post MIGHTY WARRIORS BRACING FOR TOUGH TESTS appeared first on H-Metro.

Veronica Gwaze

Sports Reporter

THE Mighty Warriors are leaving no stone unturned in their preparations as they face a tough task in their opening COSAFA Women’s Championship matches.

They will open their regional tournament campaign against Mozambique before taking on Lesotho three days later.

The tourney is being staged in Gqebera, South Africa, between October 22 and November 2.

It will feature 14 teams.

“It will not be an easy one so we have to be at our best right from the preparations,” said Mighty Warriors coach Sithethelelwe ‘Kwinji 15’ Sibanda.

“Everything is going well, there is a lot of progress as far as training is concerned.

“Players are showing a lot of commitment, the work rate is high and so is the competition in camp.”

In the last COSAFA edition, Mozambique finished as bronze medalists after beating Zimbabwe 2-0 in the third-place play-off.

The Chapungu gaffer handed first national team call-ups to Morelife Nyagumbo, Precious Mudyiwa, Ethel Chinyerere, Mitchel John, Patience Ndlovu, Peacemore Kanende, Vanessa Lunga, Sheila Antonio, Talent Chimbadzo and Nadia Semba.

“We are working on all aspects of the game and the adaptation looks good,” said the coach.

“There is also notably good integration, you know players come from different teams so it is a process for us to come up with a solid unit that speaks with one voice.

“We are moving into match-oriented tactics, especially now that we know who we are playing.

“We should not be complacent or take comfort in the fact that we have beaten them before.

“It is crucial for us to understand ourselves tactically in line with our opponents.

“I hope that going into the competition, we will maintain what we are doing right now in camp and bring the much desired results.”

She added:

“Some of our players will be debuting for the senior team so, we still have some experienced players on our team, they will provide leadership but they are not guaranteed a spot on the team, they have to work for it.

“They (Mozambique) are a good and experienced side and we will need to apply ourselves well.”

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