Warriors Didn’t Deserve To Lose-Darikwa

Warriors defender Tendayi Darikwa says Zimbabwe didn’t deserve to lose their opening match at AFCON 2021, against Senegal yesterday.

Norman Mapeza’s charges fought hard and were seconds away from collecting what would have been a huge point but conceded a stoppage time penalty, which was converted by Sadio Mane, to give the Teranga Lions a 1-0 win.

On his twitter handle Tendai Darikwa, who is not part of the squad in Cameroon, sympathized with his colleagues after the game.

“Didn’t deserve that, unbelievable effort from everyone. Keep the same confidence and belief moving forward,” he said

Meanwhile, Senegal coach Aliou Cisse admitted that his side struggled to break the Warriors despite winning the Afcon 2021 Group B opener played on Monday.

Speaking after the game, Cisse commended the Warriors’ performance, saying: “It was a tough and contested game.

“I would like to congratulate the Zimbabwean team who did not give up, who was eye-catching.

“But I think we had opportunities to kill the game. We did not do it. We lacked realism and efficiency.

“The second period was much more balanced. We never gave up, and it was difficult to have these three points.”

Zimbabwe will take on Malawi on Friday before playing Guinea on Tuesday next week.