THE Mighty Warriors remained on track in their campaign to qualify for the Africa Women Cup of Nations when they narrowly beat Zambia in the first leg of the final soccer qualifier at Rufaro yesterday.
A first-half goal by striker Kudakwashe Basopo just before the half-time break kept their hopes alive as they struggled to settle in the game, especially in the opening half.
However, Mighty Warriors coach, Shadreck Mlauzi, was contend with the 1-0 win over their neighbours from the north of the Zambezi River as he hailed his defenders for not conceding a goal in yesterday’s match.
“We could say we are a good side especially our defensive aspect, we rarely concede. So going away again it’s going to be a very different ball game altogether.
“So what is important is as we are going away with a (slender) 1-0 lead. What we wanted to avoid was that scenario where we conceded an away goal. So at the end of the day we are happy we did not concede.
“So going forward I think on our side it’s plus two goals given that when we go away we are not going to sit back, we are still going to search for a goal and hopefully consolidate what we have done here,” said Mlauzi.-State Media