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Eddie Chikamhi
Senior Sports Reporter
THE decision by Namibia to host the Warriors behind closed doors has irked Zimbabwean supporters who had made plans beforehand to travel to South Africa and watch the back-to-back 2025 AFCON qualifiers.
The supporters, some of whom had wanted to leave for Johannesburg today for the first encounter set for Orlando Stadium tomorrow, have since rescheduled their itineraries.
CAPS United and national team supporter, Richard “Chemhofela” Sande yesterday said the Namibians were resorting to cheap mind-games in their quest to win the game at all cost.
“Honestly, I am disappointed with the decision to shut the supporters out.
“Those are the kind of mind games we faced in the past when we played teams, especially from West Africa.
“You can see the same tactics are now coming to this side of the continent.
“As fans, we had prepared to travel to South Africa to go and cheer for the guys and we had prepared to spend about five days in South Africa for both matches.
“Anyway, we encourage our players and technical staff to prepare very well to work under those kind of conditions to get a positive result.
“I also think that ZIFA should have opposed this request by Namibia, if it was possible, but there is nothing that can be done now,” said Sande.
The Namibians could have been under pressure about how to deal with Zimbabweans making most of the noise for a game in which the Brave Warriors would be at home.
Warriors cheerleader Chris “Romario” Musekiwa said the move by the Namibians was hostile.
“Warriors fans we are equally baffled by the decision by the Namibian Football Association. The reason behind this decision is yet to be known,” he said.
“However, the Warriors should not be demoralised by this decision and we urge them to crush their opponents on Thursday.
“We hope for an even better result in the home fixture as supporters are surely going to come in their numbers to cheer up the Warriors,” said Musekiwa.
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