{"id":111072,"date":"2025-09-11T22:48:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/warriors-fans-call-for-nees-sacking-after-poor-run"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:52:53","slug":"warriors-fans-call-for-nees-sacking-after-poor-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/warriors-fans-call-for-nees-sacking-after-poor-run","title":{"rendered":"Warriors Fans Call for Nees&#8217; Sacking After Poor Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The National Soccer Supporters Association (NSSA) has called on the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to relieve Warriors head coach Michael Nees of his duties, arguing that the German\u2019s continued tenure is a disservice to the national team.<\/p>\n<p>Nees\u2019s record has come under intense scrutiny, with just two wins from 14 matches, placing him among the country\u2019s least successful national team coaches in the past 45 years.<\/p>\n<p>Adomsi Mukasi, NSSA vice president, accused ZIFA of shortchanging the nation by failing to act sooner.<\/p>\n<p>He warned that the coach\u2019s poor results were jeopardising the prospects of Zimbabwean football. Said Mukasi:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will now be going into tournaments with a weaker ranking, and we will be paired against the big boys.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZIFA should know that Nees\u2019 continued stay as Warriors coach is a big disservice to the nation. It is daylight robbery to the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former national team player and coach Gibson Homela criticised ZIFA for being overly lenient with Nees.<\/p>\n<p>Homela argued that responsibility for the Warriors\u2019 poor performances should not rest solely on the head coach but on the entire coaching department.<\/p>\n<p>Nees has faced intensified scrutiny following consecutive 1-0 defeats to Benin and Rwanda in the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>Since his appointment, he has secured only two victories, both against Namibia, a team Zimbabwe would typically be expected to overcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The National Soccer Supporters Association (NSSA) has called on the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to relieve Warriors head coach Michael Nees of his duties, arguing that the German\u2019s continued tenure is a disservice to the national team. Nees\u2019s record has come under intense scrutiny, with just two wins from 14 matches, placing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":111071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,16,2715],"tags":[392,19],"class_list":["post-111072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-to-homepage","tag-zifa","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Warriors Fans Call for Nees&#039; Sacking After Poor Run - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Soccer Supporters Association (NSSA) has called on the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) to relieve Warr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/warriors-fans-call-for-nees-sacking-after-poor-run\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warriors Fans Call for Nees&#039; 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