{"id":41822,"date":"2025-11-15T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=41822"},"modified":"2025-11-15T11:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:12:32","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntheres-resistance-in-warriors-squad-says-coach-marian-marinica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/15\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntheres-resistance-in-warriors-squad-says-coach-marian-marinica\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s resistance in Warriors squad, says coach Marian Marinica"},"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-138669\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"454\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Theres-resistance-in-Warriors-squad-says-coach-Marian-Marinica.png?resize=454%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\/11\/warriors-technical-Marian-Marinica-Kaitano-Tembo.png?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-technical-Marian-Marinica-Kaitano-Tembo.png?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-technical-Marian-Marinica-Kaitano-Tembo.png?resize=1024%2C595&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-technical-Marian-Marinica-Kaitano-Tembo.png?resize=768%2C446&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-technical-Marian-Marinica-Kaitano-Tembo.png?resize=454%2C264&amp;ssl=1 454w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/warriors-technical-Marian-Marinica-Kaitano-Tembo.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Warriors coach Marian Marinica has revealed that his players are resisting change and struggling to adapt to his new style of football.<\/p>\n<p>Marinica took charge of the national team for the first time on Thursday in a 3-1 loss to Algeria in a friendly played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>ZIFA Media<\/em>, the gaffer said it is taking longer than expected for the squad to adjust to his approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith new ideas, there is always resistance to change,\u201d he said. \u201cThere were things that were done before that now need to be improved. Otherwise, I wouldn\u2019t be here if everything had been working well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they had seven or eight wins in the World Cup Qualifiers, I definitely wouldn\u2019t be here. But there were no wins, so certain things must change \u2013 and it\u2019s my job to make sure they do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marinica added that no player has a guaranteed place in the team, stressing that selections will be based solely on performance.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors will face Qatar on Monday in their second friendly match, to be played in Doha.<\/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 Marian Marinica, Warriors<\/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#resistance #Warriors #squad #coach #Marian #Marinica<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warriors coach Marian Marinica has revealed that his players are resisting change and struggling to adapt to his new style&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[573,9183,9184,9211,346,265],"class_list":["post-41822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-coach","tag-marian","tag-marinica","tag-resistance","tag-squad","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41822","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=41822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41823,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41822\/revisions\/41823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}