{"id":54250,"date":"2026-03-28T22:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=54250"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:50:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:50:01","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignkhama-billiat-speaks-on-new-scottland-fc-coach-norman-mapeza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/28\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignkhama-billiat-speaks-on-new-scottland-fc-coach-norman-mapeza\/","title":{"rendered":"Khama Billiat speaks on new Scottland FC coach Norman Mapeza"},"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-140656\">&#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\/03\/Khama-Billiat-speaks-on-new-Scottland-FC-coach-Norman-Mapeza.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\/03\/Norman-Mapeza-.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Norman-Mapeza-.jpg?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Norman-Mapeza-.jpg?resize=1024%2C572&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Norman-Mapeza-.jpg?resize=768%2C429&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.soccer24.co.zw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Norman-Mapeza-.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<p>Khama Billiat has spoken about the new Scottland FC coach Norman Mapeza and how the team is adjusting to his system.<\/p>\n<p>Mapeza took over the reins at the defending champions ahead of the new season and has managed to guide the team to an unbeaten start to the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Mabviravira are currently in second place with eight points from four games.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Scottland FC podcast, Billiat commended Mapeza as a good coach, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far so good, I think we started the season well. We dropped points (in our first two games), which is normal, but we got back on our feet and I believe we are now electric.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have the best squad and the coaches. We believe football is a process and we will have to work a lot of days together to start cruising and look forward to being on the right track.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scottland, who are four points behind leaders CAPS United, will face TelOne FC on Thursday.<\/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 khama billiat, 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#Khama #Billiat #speaks #Scottland #coach #Norman #Mapeza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Khama Billiat has spoken about the new Scottland FC coach Norman Mapeza and how the team&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[593,573,592,1618,3309,4740,2492],"class_list":["post-54250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-billiat","tag-coach","tag-khama","tag-mapeza","tag-norman","tag-scottland","tag-speaks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54250","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=54250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54251,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54250\/revisions\/54251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}