{"id":44314,"date":"2025-12-07T11:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=44314"},"modified":"2025-12-07T11:55:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T11:55:55","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwarriors-suffer-injury-blow-as-senior-player-picks-up-a-knock-ahead-of-afcon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/07\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwarriors-suffer-injury-blow-as-senior-player-picks-up-a-knock-ahead-of-afcon\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors suffer injury blow as senior player picks up a knock 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-138970\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<p>\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"351\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Warriors-suffer-injury-blow-as-senior-player-picks-up-a.jpeg?resize=351%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\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?resize=300%2C226&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?resize=1024%2C771&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?resize=768%2C578&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1157&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?resize=351%2C264&amp;ssl=1 351w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Zimbabwe-Warriors-XI.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<p>The Warriors camp has suffered an injury setback after one of their senior players picked up a knock just two weeks before the start of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports in England, national team vice-captain Marshall Munetsi sustained a calf injury during the match against Sheffield Wednesday on Wednesday. He received the knock shortly after coming on as an 85th-minute substitute.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves coach Rob Edwards confirmed the injury at a press conference on Friday and revealed that the midfielder could miss Monday\u2019s game against Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The full extent of the injury is still unknown, and it remains unclear when Munetsi will return to action.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder is part of the Warriors squad for the 2025 AFCON.<\/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 2025 afcon, Marshall Munetsi, Warriors, Wolves, 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#Warriors #suffer #injury #blow #senior #player #picks #knock #ahead #AFCON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Warriors camp has suffered an injury setback after one of their senior players picked up a knock just two&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[942,1003,1855,1854,9367,18,3635,1166,1853,265],"class_list":["post-44314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-afcon","tag-ahead","tag-blow","tag-injury","tag-knock","tag-picks","tag-player","tag-senior","tag-suffer","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44314","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=44314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44315,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44314\/revisions\/44315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}