Zdravko Logarusic is set to continue as Warriors coach despite the calls for his sacking as the Zimbabwe Football Association feels there are extenuating circumstances which have caused the national team’s poor performance.

The ZIFA board is expected to meet soon to evaluate the Warriors performance in the past matches but according to inside sources, Logarusic is not going to be sacked.

Sources say although the ZIFA board is sympathising with the fans over the COSAFA Cup results, they feel that some of the calls are emotional and would not want repeat the past mistake when they gave in to pressure and let go Joey Antipas after just a few matches in charge in 2019.

” ZIFA are not going to bow down to pressure to fire Logarusic because they gave him set targets when he got the job and he has accomplished one of the mandates,” said a source at ZIFA.

” His first mandate was to see that the Warriors qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations and he did. The defeat against Zambia was expected as he was mandated to use that game to start building the team by giving a run to fringe players. Look the team has reached the ceiling very soon the likes of Knowledge Musona, Khama Billiat will be gone and there is need to look for new stars to take over in future.”

” The COSAFA Cup was not one of the targets because its a developmental tournament so that performance is not going to cost the coach his job. The main target for the coach is to go beyond the group stages at the Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon in January. Should he fail that’s when he is going to be fired.”

ZIFA board member, and chairman of the Technical and Development Committee, Bryton Malandule was quoted in the media saying that the ZIFA board was going to meet to deliberate on the Warriors performance at the COSAFA Cup but preempted that it is not going to be about firing Logarusic.

Contrary to media reports, Logarusic is still contracted beyond 2022.
-Zim Diaspora Sports Connect