Michael Ness reveals an important decision about his team's striker!

Zimbabwe's veteran coach Michael Nees revealed the reason for replacing his outstanding player Knowledge Musona in the last match for them in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and the coach made a statement explaining the importance of the player getting some rest when he feels some discomfort and fatigue during the matches.

The last match against Benin in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers was the first match for Musona after returning from the retirement he went to in 2022, the former Kaizer Chiefs striker started the match and scored their second goal with a draw with the score 2-2 and after an hour of being on the field he was replaced and went out.

Despite the precious point from Benin, Zimbabwe are still bottom of the group with three points from five matches.

“He indicated some fatigue, and we thought, really come fresh legs, quick legs can make the difference, He indicated that and look, they’re not anymore 25 also come on we must not dare, how can you say, ignore realities? And this was a very intensive game, very fast, in my opinion. It was an AFCON level match for me, definitely. And then you need to bring new fresh legs. It’s very simple.

Nees said.

It was the same with the other substitutes, Prince Dube a very good player. Somehow, he didn’t get into the game, and we thought, come we want to bring, maybe players who can enter the box, dribble into the box, like [Tawanda] Chirewa with this very tight touches, then the defender must be careful if he suddenly hits the leg.

Neesconcluded.

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Hazem Mlhem est un rédacteur sportif expérimenté, animé par une passion pour le football africain.