{"id":56416,"date":"2026-04-18T00:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=56416"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:14:08","slug":"warriors-coach-marian-marinica-speaks-on-squad-selection-for-the-unity-cup-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/04\/18\/warriors-coach-marian-marinica-speaks-on-squad-selection-for-the-unity-cup-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Warriors coach Marian Marinica speaks on squad selection for the Unity Cup in London"},"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\">\n\/*  *\/\n<\/div>\n<p>Zimbabwe national team head coach Marian Marinica has outlined his approach to squad selection ahead of the upcoming Unity Cup in London, UK.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors are set to take part in the invitational four-nations tournament to be played at the Valley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The national team will face Nigeria in the semi-final, while the other two teams &#8211; India and Jamaica &#8211; will meet in the other semifinal encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>The Herald<\/em>, Marinica stressed the need for continuity while gradually integrating new talent into the Warriors setup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s not all about having sort of trials every international break,&#8221; the coach said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have much time to train together and we can only have a few new players at a time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I should say I was really impressed by the youngsters who we called for the first time last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey gave a good account of themselves and they gave us some reason to believe we need to also look into more new players so that we can give them a chance as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we will always have to balance giving them a run and shaping up our style and, also winning games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marinica also expressed optimism that he will have a full squad to choose from, with several players who previously withdrew expected to return to fitness in time for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like an ideal situation where all the players are available for selection,\u201d added Marinica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think all of those who withdrew will now be fit. We are working on having a structure as a team and that works well when everyone is available.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The post Warriors coach Marian Marinica speaks on squad selection for the Unity Cup in London 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#Warriors #coach #Marian #Marinica #speaks #squad #selection #Unity #Cup #London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/* *\/ Zimbabwe national team head coach Marian Marinica has outlined his approach to squad selection ahead of the upcoming&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":[573,857,10301,9183,9184,5308,2492,346,1700,265],"class_list":["post-56416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-example-3","tag-coach","tag-cup","tag-london","tag-marian","tag-marinica","tag-selection","tag-speaks","tag-squad","tag-unity","tag-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56416","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=56416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56417,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56416\/revisions\/56417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}