{"id":39559,"date":"2025-10-23T18:56:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=39559"},"modified":"2025-10-23T18:56:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T18:56:16","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmarshall-munetsi-explains-how-hugo-broos-unsettled-the-warriors-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/10\/23\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmarshall-munetsi-explains-how-hugo-broos-unsettled-the-warriors-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall Munetsi explains how Hugo Broos&#8217; unsettled the Warriors team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Marshall Munetsi has opened up about the impact of South Africa national team coach Hugo Broos\u2019s comments ahead of their 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Group C clash just over a week ago.<\/p>\n<p>Broos had downplayed Zimbabwe\u2019s strength, describing them as a \u201cgood opponent but not a top team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Munetsi, those remarks unsettled the Warriors\u2019 mindset and motivated them to prove a point.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe went on to secure a goalless draw \u2014 a result that almost derailed Bafana Bafana\u2019s hopes of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>However, South Africa eventually managed to earn a positive result in the final round of qualifiers to seal their qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Metro FM Sports Night Amplified, as cited by <em>Farpost.co.za<\/em>, Munetsi said Broos\u2019s comments have now set the stage for a fiery encounter when the two nations meet again at AFCON 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The two teams are both in Group B alongside Angola and Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, the comments that he [Hugo Broos] made about us, I think it also really touched us as players,\u201d Munetsi said. \u201cWhen he said he doesn\u2019t really feel like Zimbabwe is a big team or that they are a threat. Obviously, we didn\u2019t really perform well as we would want to do in the qualifiers for the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut for him also to make such comments. As soon as he said that, guys were calling each other and talking and saying that obviously they are a direct opponent for us in the World Cup qualifiers, but also especially at AFCON.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will face South Africa on Matchday 3 of Group B at AFCON on 29 December after taking on Egypt and Angola in their first two games.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Marshall #Munetsi #explains #Hugo #Broos #unsettled #Warriors #team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall Munetsi has opened up about the impact of South Africa national team coach Hugo Broos\u2019s comments ahead of their&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1431,687,1430,1844,1845,201,9113,265],"class_list":["post-39559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-broos","tag-explains","tag-hugo","tag-marshall","tag-munetsi","tag-team","tag-unsettled","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39559"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39560,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39559\/revisions\/39560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}