Warriors face grim Afcon draw

Zimbabwe have been placed in Pot 4 for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying draw after the disastrous defeats to Lesotho and South Africa which saw the Warriors tumbling on the Fifa rankings that were released this week.

The statistics released on Thursday by Fifa show that Zimbabwe fell seven places down to 129th globally and 38th in Africa, just short of equalling their worst record of 131 in 2016.

The Warriors suffered a deflating 2-0 loss against Lesotho before they were humbled 3-1 by South Africa in the World Cup qualifiers that were played in South Africa last week.

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