{"id":10418,"date":"2019-06-22T15:43:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=10418"},"modified":"2019-06-22T15:43:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T15:43:02","slug":"devine-lunga-heaped-with-praise-for-last-nights-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/devine-lunga-heaped-with-praise-for-last-nights-performance","title":{"rendered":"Devine Lunga heaped with praise for last night\u2019s performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warriors left-back Devine Lunga has been hailed for his performance during Zimbabwe\u2019s 1-0 loss to hosts Egypt in the opening game of AFCON 2019 last night.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chicken Inn left-back man-marked Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah for most of the game and the Egyptian, whom many believe would play a crucial role, had very little impact on the game.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent social media personality Ali Naka posted a hilarious message on Twitter congratulating the Golden Arrows defender for his performance last night: \u201cMo Salah\u2019s salary is almost the size of Zimbabwe\u2019s national budget yet Lunga made him look ordinary. EPL is overrated!\u201d posted Naka.<\/p>\n<p>Popular football website Goal.com described Lunga as \u201cThe defender who stopped Salah\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the praise, the 24-year-old said marking Salah was the task given to him by the coach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel great because the coach gave me a task today to mark Salah. He is a terrific guy and I was instructed to go with him if he cut inside on his stronger left foot, that was the task for today,\u201d said Lunga according to Goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warriors left-back Devine Lunga has been hailed for his performance during Zimbabwe\u2019s 1-0 loss to hosts Egypt in the opening game of AFCON 2019 last night. 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