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Zimbabwe/Egypt: Ndlovu Disappointed Over Defeat in Egypt
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The Herald (Harare)
4 July 2008
Posted to the web 4 July 2008
Mtulisi Mafa
Harare
YOUNG Warriors coach Methembe Ndlovu has revealed his disappointment with the team's heavy 0-5 defeat in Egypt but believes this is not the time to play blame games.
Zimbabwe's national Under-20 side crashed to a shock and demoralising defeat at the hands of the Young Pharaohs in an African Youth Championships qualifier in Cairo on Sunday.
The Young Warriors contingent flew back into the country on Monday evening.
It's the first time that the Young Warriors have lost a game in regulation time since Ndlovu took charge and the result came as a shock to the nation.
Ndlovu said while the result was a huge disappointment, he would not go on a mission to find people who could be blamed for the big loss.
"To be fair, the result was very disappointing but it doesn't reflect the performance.
"We played very well and I feel the boys did everything they could but obviously it's the result that matters at the end of the day.
"We were losing 1-0 towards the end of the first half and 2-0 with only seven minutes to go.
"We then conceded three goals in the last seven minutes and we obviously didn't expect that sort of result."
Ndlovu believes the right thing now is to focus on the second leg.
"The main thing now is to just concentrate on the second leg and forget about what happened in Egypt.
"We really won't put ourselves under pressure thinking that we have to score six goals but we will just go out to compete and do the best we can.
"This is a youth team and it's the beginning of their careers and they will obviously learn a lot in these games.
"The whole idea is to develop the youngsters and I'm sure we are all proud of what they have achieved before.
"It's the first time that they have conceded any goal in open play since we started out with this group having played seven games and we have beaten teams for five ourselves so I guess it was our turn.
"So that is why we don't want to be pointing fingers, it would be wrong to do that. We have been winning, we had an impressive winning run and accolades were coming.
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"We don't want to be pointing fingers because of that defeat."
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