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Mambare to lead Warriors at Cosafa

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HIGHLANDERS forward Masimba Mambare is likely to be handed the arm band as the Warriors travel to Zambia for the Cosafa Castle Cup tournament set to kick off on July 6.

HIGHLANDERS forward Masimba Mambare is likely to be handed the arm band as the Warriors travel to Zambia for the Cosafa Castle Cup tournament set to kick off on July 6.

TAWANDA TAFIRENYIKA

Mambare wore the arm band as Zimbabwe battled to a 1-1 draw against Malawi in an international friendly match last month with Harare City goalkeeper Maxwell Nyamupanedengu deputising him.

Warriors coach Klaus Dieter Pagels, who is expected back home from Germany next weekend ahead of the trip to Zambia, is set to retain the duo as the leaders of the team.

Malawi has named a squad with a mixture of youth and experience. The Flames’ coach Eddingtone Ng’onamo has included the likes of veterans Fisher Kondowe and Davie Banda and some young rising stars in the Malawi top flight.

New faces include Silver Strikers captain Lucky Malata, midfielders Patrick Gunde (Civo United) and Junior Chimodzi (Silver Stars). The Flames’ best finish in the competition is the runner-up places they secured in 2002 and 2003, losing to South Africa and Zimbabwe respectively in the finals.

Zimbabwe has appeared in six finals and won four titles since the inauguration of the tournament in 1997. Now under Pagels, Zimbabwe would be out to claim a fifth Cosafa crown and successfully defend the crown they won on home soil in 2009.

Pagels’ squad for Zambia includes rookie strikers Lot Chiwunga and Chicken Inn’s Tendai Ndoro, who currently leads the Castle Lager Premier Soccer goal-scoring charts with ten goals.

The tournament returns after a three-year absence and Zimbabwe, who arrive in Zambia as defending champions after winning the 2009 edition they hosted- begin their campaign at the quarter final stage with a date against the Flames of Malawi on July 13.