Zifa pass on big opportunity

ZIMBABWE Football Association (Zifa) normalisation committee passed on a golden  opportunity to appoint an experienced high-profile coach who has proven himself at the grand stages to pick a nomadic mentor with no track record of success.

Yesterday, Zifa announced that they had settled for 57-year-old German coach Michael Nees to take over as the Warriors coach.

Fifa will pay the new coach and here was an opportunity for Zifa to pick Winfried Schäfer who has won the Africa Cup of Nations before.

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