{"id":46235,"date":"2025-12-30T04:36:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46235"},"modified":"2025-12-30T04:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T04:36:50","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwarriors-coach-marian-marinica-reveals-main-target-in-bafana-bafana-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/30\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignwarriors-coach-marian-marinica-reveals-main-target-in-bafana-bafana-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors coach Marian Marinica reveals main target in Bafana Bafana clash"},"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-139311\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"373\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767069410_179_Warriors-coach-Marian-Marinica-reveals-main-target-in-Bafana-Bafana.jpg?resize=373%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\/12\/Knowledge-Musona-and-Junior-Zindoga.jpg?w=906&amp;ssl=1 906w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Knowledge-Musona-and-Junior-Zindoga.jpg?resize=300%2C213&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Knowledge-Musona-and-Junior-Zindoga.jpg?resize=768%2C544&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Knowledge-Musona-and-Junior-Zindoga.jpg?resize=373%2C264&amp;ssl=1 373w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\"\/>&#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\/1767069410_572_Warriors-coach-Marian-Marinica-reveals-main-target-in-Bafana-Bafana.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Warriors coach Marian Marinica has revealed his main target ahead of the national team\u2019s decisive Group B match against South Africa on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe will face their neighbours in a winner-takes-all encounter, with both sides chasing automatic qualification for the knockout stages of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<\/p>\n<p>The national team are currently third in the group with one point, while Bafana Bafana sit second with three points.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media, Marinica said the target is to collect maximum points from the match and secure qualification for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<p>The gaffer said: \u201cWe need a win our last match, in order for us to qualify to the next round, so that is where our focus is now at.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no negotiations we must win that match, that where our focus is now at. Our mission is simple we want to try and progress beyond group stages and that is still possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off for the match is scheduled for 6 pm CAT.<\/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 Local<\/span><span class=\"tags-links\">Tagged 2025 afcon, Marian Marinica, Warriors, Zimbabwe vs South Africa<\/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#Warriors #coach #Marian #Marinica #reveals #main #target #Bafana #Bafana #clash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Warriors coach Marian Marinica has revealed his main target ahead of the national team\u2019s decisive Group&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1432,1021,573,2454,9183,9184,464,650,265],"class_list":["post-46235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-bafana","tag-clash","tag-coach","tag-main","tag-marian","tag-marinica","tag-reveals","tag-target","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46235","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=46235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46236,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46235\/revisions\/46236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}