Warriors training camp in doubt

qualifier against Mali, appear to have fallen through.
The Zimbabwe technical team wanted camp to start next Monday but they have been running into obstacles because of the availability of players.
Mussa yesterday indicated that it was no longer possible to have a long training camp.
Zimbabwe will host Mali at Rufaro on June 5, hunting for maximum points that should brighten their chances of qualifying from their group after making a slow start.
“It looks highly unlikely that we will begin our camp early because we had hoped to capitalise on the presence of our foreign-based players who end their season at the weekend.
“But with time ticking away, we are now expecting all the players in camp on the 29th of May, which is the normal Fifa Regulation that players can only be released five days before the match.
“We have been communicating with the players and right now we are waiting for responses.
“We have not had any negative responses to see if there are players with problems like injuries, who might need to be replaced.
“So we are still expecting everyone at this point to turn up and it’s rather unfortunate we could not begin early as we had wished.
“The problem is that some players will be involved in club commitments like social responsibility programmes and sorting out contracts since it’s the end of the season,” said Mussa.
The Warriors technical team made few changes to the squad that was called for the first leg.
The Dynamos midfield pair of Denver Mukamba and Archieford Gutu were overlooked since they are ineligible for this tie after being slapped with suspensions by the Confederation of African Football.
Gutu, who is currently in Europe for trials Bulgarian champions PFC Litex Lovech, was suspended for two matches after getting red cards in Dynamos’ Champions League match against MC Alger and again in the first leg of the Under-23 All-Africa Games qualifier against Botswana.
Gutu’s ban will expire after the match against Mali.
Mukamba was slapped with a four-match ban after he was expelled late in the same match against Botswana and the duo missed the return leg at Rufaro on May 1 as they begun serving suspension.
“We could not consider them because of the suspensions. Chances are that they could have made it if it was not for the sanctions from Caf,” said Mussa.
“But there are also some players who could not make it this time around because we left out others like Norman Maroto, David Kutyauripo, Benjamin Marere, Edmore Sibanda, Guthrie Zhokinyi, and Cuthbert Malajila.”
The technical team called up a 23-member squad that includes 16 foreign-based players. Mamelodi Sundowns’ captain, Esrom Nyandoro, who missed the last match, was one of the major changes in the squad, which also had experienced players like Tinashe Nengomasha, Vusa Nyoni, Tapuwa Kapini and Noel Kaseke.