Gotal defiant: I’m the right person to lead Mighty Warriors

MIGHTY Warriors head coach Stella Gotal has hit back at her critics following Zimbabwe’s defeat to Malawi in the LA28 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament qualifier, insisting she remains the right person to lead the national women’s team and expressing renewed determination to prove her doubters wrong.

Gotal, who is still in the early stages of her tenure having been in the role for barely a month, said the debate surrounding her position has only strengthened her resolve rather than weakened it.

“I believe that I’m the right person to lead that team because I think that I can identify, I can scout the players who will represent Zimbabwe.

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