HE was on target when the two nations met in the 2019 Total African Nations qualifiers in October last year before being red carded in the 72nd minute but he had done enough damage as the Warriors emerged 2-1 winners in Kinshasa but skipper Knowledge Musona says that match is now history as the two countries clash tonight at 30 June Stadium.

Two ironic issues about tonight’s Group A clash, that will determine if the Warriors progress or not, is that its being played on June 30 (same as the name of the Stadium) which also happens to be Independence Day for the DRC, who gained majority rule from the Belgians 59 years ago.

“We beat them before (in the qualifiers) but this a different environment altogether, it’s a tournament but we are going to do our best. If we play like we did in our last game where we created chances but now we need to convert them I think we can get maximum points,” Musona told the Zimbabwean media after their Friday evening training session at the El sekka-el hadid SC Stadium.

The Smilling Assasin, who missed some gilt edged
chances in the game against Uganda but was the architect of the Zimbabwe equaliser a few minutes before half-time that was scored by Khama Billiat, repeated the same enthusiasm at yesterday’s official Caf pre-match press conference at the 30 June Stadium.

“The spirit and morale is high for the game, we are fully focused for the game and we also know however, that it’s not going to be easy but we are ready to fight,” said Musona yesterday.State media