Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Warriors coach Michael Nees praised his team’s performance in their penultimate 2026 FIFA World Cup Group C qualifier against South Africa at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, which ended in a 0-0 draw.
Speaking to the media after the match, the German coach described the game as entertaining and said the draw was a positive result, adding that it served as good preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations final later this year. Said Nees:
“I think the game showed that football can also be entertaining when no goals are scored.
“If every game would be like that, I think everybody would always go home with a feeling of satisfaction for the money spent.
“It was a fight on a high level with drama, yellow-red card, questionable, a fair, a very fair match. I think I didn’t see a single bad tackle with bad intentions.
“And when you think what was, we discussed it before, what was at stake. So it was a real fair contest.
“We showed what we said. We don’t want to be, how can I say? We want to be fair sportsmen.
“We give everything because it’s also important for us, for the AFCON and for many other reasons.
“And I think we showed that we are a team, a real team, stick together.
“I was very impressed how, especially after the yellow-red card, how we were fighting really to the limit and with a little bit luck, we would have almost won the game.
“But we must also admit South Africa also played very strong and had also those chances.
“So I think between neighbours, I think it’s a good draw.
“Yeah, I mean, I saw it not the first time from the team. Actually, I saw it many, many, many times.”
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