{"id":49238,"date":"2026-02-05T23:43:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=49238"},"modified":"2026-02-05T23:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T23:43:52","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignscottland-fc-suffer-pre-season-defeat-in-eswatini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/05\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignscottland-fc-suffer-pre-season-defeat-in-eswatini\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottland FC suffer pre-season defeat in Eswatini"},"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-139788\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t<!-- .entry-header -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"473\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scottland-FC-suffer-pre-season-defeat-in-Eswatini.jpg?resize=473%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\/2026\/02\/Scottland-FC-vs-Nsingizini-.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scottland-FC-vs-Nsingizini-.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scottland-FC-vs-Nsingizini-.jpg?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scottland-FC-vs-Nsingizini-.jpg?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Scottland-FC-vs-Nsingizini-.jpg?resize=473%2C264&amp;ssl=1 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\"\/>&#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\/2026\/02\/Scottland-FC-suffer-pre-season-defeat-in-Eswatini.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Zimbabwe champions Scottland FC suffered a defeat in a pre-season friendly match against Nsingizini Hotspurs in Eswatini as they continue preparations for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Scottland lost the match 2-0, with both goals coming in either half of the game in a competitive encounter against the Eswatini-based side.<\/p>\n<p>Nsingizini opened the scoring in the 30th minute through Daniel Okunrinmenta. <\/p>\n<p>The home side doubled the scoreline on the hour mark, with Yekisizwe Khumalo finding the net to seal the win for Nsingizini and hand Scottland a setback in their pre-season campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The match marked the first time that coach Norman Mapeza guided Scottland from the touchline following his recent appointment. <\/p>\n<p>Mapeza\u2019s appointment as the new head coach was confirmed in December, replacing title-winning coach Tonderai Ndiraya. Scottland are expected to continue with their pre-season programme in the coming days as Mapeza looks to fine-tune the squad ahead of competitive action.<\/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 Norman Mapeza, Scottland FC<\/span>\t<\/footer>\n\n -->&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#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#Scottland #suffer #preseason #defeat #Eswatini<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Zimbabwe champions Scottland FC suffered a defeat in a pre-season friendly match against Nsingizini Hotspurs in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[767,6857,3515,4740,1853],"class_list":["post-49238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-defeat","tag-eswatini","tag-preseason","tag-scottland","tag-suffer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49238","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=49238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49240,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49238\/revisions\/49240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}