{"id":42161,"date":"2025-11-18T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42161"},"modified":"2025-11-18T08:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:30:15","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmarvelous-nakamba-explains-significance-of-warriors-2-1-win-against-qatar-ahead-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/18\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmarvelous-nakamba-explains-significance-of-warriors-2-1-win-against-qatar-ahead-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvelous Nakamba explains significance of Warriors&#8217; 2-1 win against Qatar ahead of AFCON"},"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-138706\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"386\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Marvelous-Nakamba-explains-significance-of-Warriors-2-1-win-against-Qatar.jpg?resize=386%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\/marvelous-Nakamba.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/marvelous-Nakamba.jpg?resize=300%2C205&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/marvelous-Nakamba.jpg?resize=1024%2C700&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/marvelous-Nakamba.jpg?resize=768%2C525&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/marvelous-Nakamba.jpg?resize=386%2C264&amp;ssl=1 386w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>Warriors captain Marvelous Nakamba has explained the significance of the national team\u2019s 2-1 victory over Qatar in a friendly match on Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The win ended Zimbabwe\u2019s year-long run without a victory across all competitions and marked coach Marian Marinica\u2019s first triumph, just over a week after his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors\u2019 goals came from Munashe Garan\u2019anga and Bill Antonio in either half, while Qatar\u2019s only goal was scored by Mohamed Khaled Gouda in the 9th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on his Instagram account, Nakamba said: \u201cThe victory against Qatar brings confidence and renewed zeal within the squad, especially with just a few weeks left before the prestigious AFCON tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs players, we always play with our hearts out, I believe with your support, and if we all pull in one direction, we will get it right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the moment we need your support the most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors captain also expressed gratitude to fans and stakeholders who backed the team during their two friendly matches in the Middle East, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big thank you to Zimbabweans who were rallying behind us back from home, all over the world and those in Qatar, Saudi Arabia who came out in numbers to support us during the international friendly matches. Without you, we feel incomplete.\u201d<\/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 Marvelous Nakamba, Warriors, zimbabwe<\/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#Marvelous #Nakamba #explains #significance #Warriors #win #Qatar #ahead #AFCON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warriors captain Marvelous Nakamba has explained the significance of the national team\u2019s 2-1 victory over Qatar in a friendly match&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,1003,687,4064,4065,1827,9235,265,273],"class_list":["post-42161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-ahead","tag-explains","tag-marvelous","tag-nakamba","tag-qatar","tag-significance","tag-warriors","tag-win"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42161","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=42161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42163,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42161\/revisions\/42163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}