{"id":40738,"date":"2025-11-05T11:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40738"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:46:54","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhow-warriors-fans-feel-about-zifas-appointment-of-marian-maric-head-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignhow-warriors-fans-feel-about-zifas-appointment-of-marian-maric-head-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"How Warriors fans feel about ZIFA\u2019s appointment of Marian Maric head coach"},"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>The appointment of Romanian Marian \u2018Mario\u2019 Marinica as the new head coach of the Warriors has sparked mixed reactions from fans, with many questioning the Zimbabwe Football Association\u2019s (ZIFA) decision.<\/p>\n<p>The former Malawi gaffer boast of over 25-years of coaching experience and has previously helped Liberia shoot up the FIFA rankings in 2024 and guided Malawi to their best-ever AFCON finish in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment is with immediate effect, this according to he ZIFA statement and he is mandated includes preparations for the Algeria and Qatar friendly games and to lead the Warriors at the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations Final slated for December in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>Here is what fans had to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>@Evans Masuku:<br \/>Sunday Chidzambwa is the only local coach who can coach the Zimbabwe National Soccer Team. He is the one holding the keys to unlock the team. A coach from Ghana once said, even if you get a coach from Heaven, you won\u2019t win. So, as I have said, Sunday Chidzambwa is holding the keys, let him unlock the team. I\u2019m a prophet.<\/p>\n<p>@Thembi Wa le Khosi:<br \/>He\u2019s working with who?<\/p>\n<p>@Tinashe Musho:<br \/>We know how to find maplumber. He has no success in African football.<\/p>\n<p>@ThanksHeaven Mavhuru:<br \/>I\u2019m just happy with the fact that it\u2019s not a local coach. We\u2019ve tried six local coaches during our AFCON campaign and came out with nothing. Hopefully, he will deliver. Zim people, let\u2019s not be too quick to judge.<\/p>\n<p>@Ngwenya Ras Bongani (Top fan):<br \/>There is no difference between Nqobile Magwizi and Felton Kamambo.<\/p>\n<p>@Prince Moyo:<br \/>What can you expect from Zimbabwe? This is what we do! You will later learn that someone is getting a \u201czinho\u201d from this appointment.<\/p>\n<p>@Mehluli Mehluli:<br \/>Who? Why? Why? And why? What\u2019s wrong with Kaitano? Bruce? Pitso?<\/p>\n<p>@Myke Chisveto<br \/>Count me out of Zim football.<\/p>\n<p>@Mboe Mboe:<br \/>Pain went straight to Katsande and Baxter.<\/p>\n<p>@Dr-Mncedisi Gibson Sesulelo Vuma:<br \/>ZIFA always make funny appointments.<\/p>\n<p>@Njabulo Ndlovu:<br \/>B\u2026 Wait until people start to say Nees was better.<\/p>\n<p>@Frank Sithole:<br \/>ZIFA, you are a joke. The problem is you don\u2019t want to pay \u2014 that\u2019s why you always hire below-average coaches. How can you hire someone with such a history of poor results where he used to coach?<\/p>\n<p>@Last Tatenda:<br \/>But ZIFA, so? This communication was supposed to tell us if he is bringing his own assistant or if an assistant has been appointed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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#Warriors #fans #feel #ZIFAs #appointment #Marian #Maric #coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The appointment of Romanian Marian \u2018Mario\u2019 Marinica as the new head coach of the Warriors has sparked mixed reactions from&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[937,573,256,6735,9183,9187,265,936],"class_list":["post-40738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-appointment","tag-coach","tag-fans","tag-feel","tag-marian","tag-maric","tag-warriors","tag-zifas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40738","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=40738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40739,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40738\/revisions\/40739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}