Unlike the majority of African national teams, Zimbabwe will not be taking part in the upcoming international break with no exhibition matches scheduled to further the Warriors’ preparation for FIFA World Cup qualifying matches in September. The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) stated that the abrupt postponement of the qualifying matches, previously scheduled for June, made the circumstances too difficult to schedule any games on short notice.
The Herald’s Eddie Chikamhi mentions that the reasoning is suspect to Zimbabwean football fans as even some of Africa’s smaller nations were able to arrange friendlies despite the shifts in schedule. Click the link below to read ZIFA’s stated reasons for having nothing scheduled and why the excuses are being viewed with skepticism in the country.
