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The Zimbabwe national team head coach has revealed his desire to emulate South Africa’s recent success under Hugo Broos.
After helping the Warriors successfully qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, Michael Nees is now looking to turn around their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign as well.
Zimbabwe currently have two points and sit at the bottom of Group C, but the German tactician is hoping to draw inspiration from South Africa’s successful 2024 in an effort to resurrect their aspirations of heading to the United States of America, Canada, and Mexico.
“Honestly, it’s not yet all lost in the World Cup qualifiers. We have to do everything to turn the shape around in our matches against Benin and Nigeria in March,” Nees told FARPost.
“But right now, Bafana Bafana is the model. We need to at least copy what they do and study how they do it. Their courage and fighting spirit is what we all want to have.
“At best, we have to believe in ourselves, which is exactly what they have been doing since their coach took over. We don’t know yet when the players are going to be available for us. December has a lot of uncertainty.
“Basically, we have three groups of players: those outside of Africa, players in South Africa, and players here in Zimbabwe.
“We need to know in order to plan. When are these players available? But it can only be done if we know.
“Clearly, we must all pull in one direction to try and turn the ship around in the World Cup qualification. We are in the last position. When we select players, we need players who are match fit. We need them to have played at least three or four league matches.”
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