Farai Dziva|The Mighty Warriors suffered a heavy 0-5 drubbing at the hands of She-Polopolo of Zambia but what really went wrong?

Below is analytical exerpt published by Soccer24.

The senior women’s national soccer team, the Mighty Warriors endured a catastrophic second half in which they were breached five times by Zambia and suffered one of their heaviest defeats ever yesterday.

Sithethelelwe Sibanda’s charges, who ussually stand toe-to-toe with She-Polopolo, as evidenced by previous meetings which to some extent they dominated, totally crumbled in the second half after a goalless first half in Lusaka.

To say the Mighty Warriors prepared well for the tie would be a contender for ‘lie of the year’. Put simply, they didn’t and their situation was made worse by the fact that they had to travel to Lusaka by road, amid the Zimbabwe Football Association’s “austerity measures”.

Additionally, if the reports suggesting that they are still owed allowances from COSAFA Women’s Championship are true, then ZIFA might just be expecting too much from the girls- they simply lack motivation, understandably so, because they don’t even knowing when or if they will be rewarded for their efforts.

For a team which only last year, won 1-0 in Zambia to be massacred 5-0, with virtually the same players and same coach, means something is not right in the manner in which the game is being administered.