{"id":806,"date":"2021-01-21T04:52:39","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T04:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=806"},"modified":"2021-01-21T05:00:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-21T05:00:45","slug":"warriors-bow-out-of-africa-nations-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soca263updates.com\/?p=806","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Bow Out Of Africa Nations Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is end of the road for Zimbabwe Warriors at the 2020 Africa Nations Championship after a 3-1 defeat to Burkina Faso on Wednesday night.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They became the first team to exit this year’s competition after losing their first two group games. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Warriors who lost 1-0 in their opening match to host Cameroon, had hoped for a victory against Burkina Faso to revive their hopes of progressing at the tournament, but the Stallions looked more hungrier for a win from the start as they found the back of the net in the first quarter of the match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Issofu Sosso opened the scoring for Burkina Faso in the 14th minutes to put Stallions in the lead with a low shot beating Zimbabwe goalkeeper Simbarashe Chinani who replaced Ariel Sibanda in an almost newly changed first XI from the one that played against Cameroon in the opening match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warriors Coach Zdravko Logarusic had to tinker and tailor with his first XI after half of his key players ruled out because of injury and sickness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However the Warriors later found their foot in the game and restored parity making it 1-1 in the 23rd minutes with a fantastic outfooter goal by Partson Jaure after a nice build up play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teams went to half time on a 1-all draw, but Burkina Faso dominated position and had a number of glaring scoring chances before the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso continued their dominance in the second half and were later rewarded with a goal courtesy of Tendrebiogo who capitilised from Warrior’s defensive mix up to make it 2-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Substitute Issiaka Quendraogo put a nail in the Warriors coffin after scoring Burkina Faso’s third goal in the 67th minutes to claim a 3-1 victory and revive their hopes of a last 8 spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso are now third on the log with 3 points from 2 games. They play host Cameroon in their final group match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile Zimbabwe Warriors will travel to Douala for their final clash against Mali on Sunday at the Japoma stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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