{"id":41173,"date":"2025-11-09T10:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T10:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41173"},"modified":"2025-11-09T10:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T10:31:58","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-explains-marshall-munetsi-khama-billiat-omissions-from-warriors-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/09\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignzifa-explains-marshall-munetsi-khama-billiat-omissions-from-warriors-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"ZIFA explains Marshall Munetsi, Khama Billiat omissions from Warriors squad"},"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 id=\"post-138571\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"422\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ZIFA-explains-Marshall-Munetsi-Khama-Billiat-omissions-from-Warriors-squad.webp.jpeg?resize=422%2C264&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"object-contain h-46 w-full rounded-lg  md:rounded-none md:rounded-lg wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?w=2187&amp;ssl=1 2187w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?resize=1024%2C640&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?resize=768%2C480&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?resize=1536%2C960&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?resize=2048%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?resize=422%2C264&amp;ssl=1 422w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Khama-Billiat-Warriors.webp?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has clarified the absence of vice-captain Marshall Munetsi and winger Khama Billiat from the latest Warriors squad.<\/p>\n<p>The two players were not included in the team set to face Algeria and Qatar during the November international break.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will play Algeria on 13 November in Saudi Arabia before taking on Qatar a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, ZIFA explained that Munetsi was \u201cexcused at the request of his club, Wolverhampton Wanderers, due to a coaching transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wolves recently dismissed head coach V\u00edtor Pereira, with Rob Edwards expected to take over. U21 coach James Collins is currently serving as interim manager of the English Premier League side.<\/p>\n<p>Billiat, meanwhile, was left out of the squad \u201cfor personal reasons,\u201d ZIFA added.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Knowledge Musona has been ruled out after sustaining a hamstring injury and will miss both fixtures. Tymon Machope of Scottland FC is also unavailable due to a calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>Their places have been taken by defender Isheanesu Mauchi and midfielder Tivonge Rushesha.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged Algeria, khama billiat, Marshall Munetsi, Qatar, Warriors, ZIFA<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->\n<\/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#ZIFA #explains #Marshall #Munetsi #Khama #Billiat #omissions #Warriors #squad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has clarified the absence of vice-captain Marshall Munetsi and winger Khama Billiat from the latest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[593,687,592,1844,1845,9196,346,265,284],"class_list":["post-41173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-billiat","tag-explains","tag-khama","tag-marshall","tag-munetsi","tag-omissions","tag-squad","tag-warriors","tag-zifa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41173","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=41173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41175,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41173\/revisions\/41175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}