{"id":45771,"date":"2025-12-24T08:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45771"},"modified":"2025-12-24T08:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T08:25:49","slug":"musona-targets-positive-start-as-warriors-face-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/24\/musona-targets-positive-start-as-warriors-face-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"Musona targets positive start as Warriors face Egypt"},"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-139186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"379\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766564748_256_Musona-targets-positive-start-as-Warriors-face-Egypt.jpg?resize=379%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\/2020\/11\/Knowledge_Musona580_4-e1605544103144-1.jpg?w=580&amp;ssl=1 580w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Knowledge_Musona580_4-e1605544103144-1.jpg?resize=300%2C209&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Knowledge_Musona580_4-e1605544103144-1.jpg?resize=379%2C264&amp;ssl=1 379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content custom-text-styles\">\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766564748_514_Musona-targets-positive-start-as-Warriors-face-Egypt.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Warriors forward Knowledge Musona said it is very important to win their first game against Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe play former champions in their opening Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) match at 10pm tomorrow (22 December) at Adrar Stadium, Agadir, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking ahead of the clash, Musona said, \u201cWe have been watching Egypt for quite some time, and it\u2019s not our first time playing against them. We have been preparing very well for this first game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA win or a draw can change everything in a tournament. It\u2019s important for us to collect points so we can put ourselves in a good position going into the next game,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"859\">Musona also understands that Egypt, one of Africa\u2019s most successful teams, presents a tough challenge, but he said they will approach the match with caution.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1065\">\u201cIt\u2019s a tough game against one of the best teams in Africa, so we have to be careful. We also have to try our best to get a result because we are not here to get numbers; we are here to compete,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- \n\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t<span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in International, Local<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;\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#Musona #targets #positive #start #Warriors #face #Egypt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Warriors forward Knowledge Musona said it is very important to win their first game against Egypt.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3151,1266,1220,3034,3734,1833,265],"class_list":["post-45771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-egypt","tag-face","tag-musona","tag-positive","tag-start","tag-targets","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45771","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=45771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45772,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45771\/revisions\/45772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}