{"id":55557,"date":"2026-04-09T22:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=55557"},"modified":"2026-04-09T22:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T22:57:59","slug":"scottland-fc-coach-mapeza-gives-fitness-update-ahead-of-bulawayo-chiefs-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/09\/scottland-fc-coach-mapeza-gives-fitness-update-ahead-of-bulawayo-chiefs-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottland FC coach Mapeza gives fitness update ahead of Bulawayo Chiefs 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 class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-code\"><\/div>\n<p>Scottland FC coach Norman Mapeza has provided an update on his squad\u2019s condition ahead of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Matchday 7 encounter against Bulawayo Chiefs.<\/p>\n<p>The defending champions are set to travel to Bulawayo for the fixture scheduled to take place at Barbourfields Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the match, Mapeza expressed confidence in his side\u2019s readiness, though he admitted concerns over the players\u2019 physical condition following a congested schedule during the Easter holidays.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are ready, we will do our final session tomorrow (Friday),&#8221; the gaffer told reporters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Physically because of the two games that we played within a space of five days, but it wasn&#8217;t us alone, all the clubs played those games.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As I have always said, it&#8217;s about managing our training loads.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post Scottland FC coach Mapeza gives fitness update ahead of Bulawayo Chiefs clash appeared first on Soccer24.<\/p>\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 #coach #Mapeza #fitness #update #ahead #Bulawayo #Chiefs #clash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottland FC coach Norman Mapeza has provided an update on his squad\u2019s condition ahead of their Castle Lager Premier Soccer&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1003,2156,591,1021,573,6546,1618,4740,1010],"class_list":["post-55557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-ahead","tag-bulawayo","tag-chiefs","tag-clash","tag-coach","tag-fitness","tag-mapeza","tag-scottland","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55557","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=55557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55558,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55557\/revisions\/55558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}