Zimbabwe head coach Mapeza blames his players for their second defeat against Maliwi at Kouekong Stadium in Bafoussam.
Speaking during the post-match Press conference after Friday’s defeat Mapeza, who is yet to win a match in seven matches since taking over from Croatian Zdravko Logarusic, blamed the defeat on his players’ failure to play according to his instructions.
Our game management failed us today as we lost very easy balls and conceded easy goals. We had a good game plan but the players never followed the instructions,” Mapeza said.
The FC Platinum coach however feels there were many positive things showed by his charges despite their exit from the continental showpiece
“I feel disappointed but we have taken important lessons and we have also got positives from the game against Malawi and also Senegal. We will go back to the drawing board to plan on our next match which is a formality but we would be glad to get positive results against Guinea and go home with something to console us “.
The defeat means the Warriors are now guaranteed they will finish last in the group head-to-head-head record even if they are to beat Guinea in Yaoundé next week.