HARARE — Zifa and Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) president Phillip Chiyangwa has congratulated Caps United, following the Zimbabwean champions’ progression to the group stage of the Total Caf Champions League.
Speaking to Zifa’s official website yesterday, Chiyangwa saluted the Caps United executive, technical team and players for orchestrating such a huge and famous upset in African club football.
“I want to congratulate the whole Caps United structure for masterminding what will go down as probably one of the biggest upsets in this competition, defeating a club with a history of success.
“Caps United’s success couldn’t have come at a better moment, the moment when Southern Africa is strengthening its hold on African football as witnessed by our own (Cosafa) Ahmad’s ascendancy to the Caf Presidency,” Chiyangwa said.
He went on to urge the Caps United team to continue on the path of victory, knowing that Zimbabwe and Southern Africa were behind them.
“I can only encourage the team to aspire to achieve more. Now that they know that anything is possible, why not go for the trophy itself?” Chiyangwa added.
Caps United knocked five-time African champions TP Mazembe out of the 2017 Champions League on the away goals rule following the teams’ 1-all and nil-all draws in Lubumbashi and Harare respectively. — Zifa.org
