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PAGELS NAMED AS BOSS

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The Zimbabwe Football Association has decided to name the German manager Klaus Dieter Pagels as the interim manager of the national team before a permanent manager is found. He will be working with the under 23 coach Peter Ndlovu, who will be kept along the bench as one of the assistant manager is. The goalkeeping coach Nkululeko Dhlamini has also taken over his new role from Richard Tswatswa, as the Zimbabwe football Association continues to bring in a major reshuffle in the hope of qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Klaus Dieter Pagels has been working with the Zimbabwe football Association for the last two seasons.

He has been working with the African nations as part of the German assistance program. He will now have the ability to choose one assistant manager according to his desire. The association has said that Pagels is the perfect man for the job that will be extremely short, as they hope to find the perfect man to be able to lead Zimbabwe in the future campaigns. They have also said that a local coaches will be working along with Pagels in order to give him inputs during his time as the Zimbabwe national team manager.

“We settled for the German coach, given the existing government-to-government cooperation which would see the Association engaging a highly qualified coach in the shortest possible time-frame. The Association will, however, continue on a hunt for a highly qualified coach who should take charge of the senior national men’s future campaigns in the long term. A local coach with unquestionable potential and enthusiasm shall be recommended to work with Klaus Pagels as part of the Association’s capacity building and succession plan,” said the Zimbabwe football Association in a statement. Pagels’ official unveiling will come later in December of this year.

KIDS GIVEN THE NOD

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The Zimbabwe national football team was recently disbanded, while the opportunity to construct a new team was given to the head coach Rahman Gumbo. He has had to select a number of players from the international teams for youngsters. The players from the likes of Zimbabwe international under 17, under 23, and under 20 teams have given Rahman Gumbo lot of confidence that Zimbabwe has a bright future. Rahman Gumbo was recently at a match between Dynamos and CAPS United. Dynamos managed a 3-0 victory in the match.

Speaking after the match, the Zimbabwe National team head coach Rahman Gumbo said that the future looks bright for Zimbabwe due to the number of promising youngsters playing in the country. Simba Sithole and Denver Mukumba were amongst the promising players in the match. Even though Rahman Gumbo has not revealed the final list of players who will be making it into the Zimbabwe national team, he has said that he should not be too difficult given the quality of players at his disposal. The Asiagate scandal that has been a major story led to the disbanding of the Zimbabwe national team along with various other changes at board level. The team had just failed to qualify for the 2013 African cup of nations.

“I am impressed with the young players. They are doing very well in the local league and I hope when given the chance to play in the national team they will rise up to the occasion. We have very good young talented players who will fit in the national team. I am pleased so far,” said the Zimbabwe head coach after watching the match. It has been an up-and-down form for the national team with just two victories in the last six matches including the latest defeat against Angola.

GUMBO REMAINS LOYAL

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The Zimbabwe national team manager Rahman Gumbo has said that he will be remaining loyal to the bunch of players who have been extremely good for the national team in the last few matches. Zimbabwe recently managed to defeat Angola in the first leg encounter 3-1. This has given Zimbabwe a great chance of qualifying for the 2013 African cup of nations when they take on Angola in the return leg in a few days time. Due to the impressive performance of his players in this match, Rahman Gumbo has said that he will not be making any major changes to the first-team.

The Zimbabwe national team manager currently has 30 players in his squad, but will be trimming down the squad to just 18 players. He has said that he will not be leaving out the players who have performed exceptionally well for him in the match against Angola. A number of high profile players have been subject to investigations regarding match fixing, but they now have been cleared. This means that Rahman Gumbo will have even more options when it comes to selecting the squad for the Angola match. Each player will receive up to $ 30,000 in bonuses if they qualify for the 2013 African cup of nations.

“I’m not going to make too many changes because the guys did very well in the first leg and I believe they will be up to the job on Sunday. We are going there to fight and I’m convinced the players we’ll select are prepared for the fight of their lives on the pitch. We have the advantage, but this is a game of football and anything can happen. We are not going there to watch them play; we will employ a sensible strategy striking a balance between defence and attack as the match evolves,” said Gumbo.

MUSONA MAKES DEBUT

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Zimbabwe striker Knowledge Musona recently made his debut for his new club, Augsburg. The striker sealed his move to the Bundesliga club from Hoffenheim in the summer transfer window. He is expected to be the main striker for the club in this new season. However, they suffered a shock 2-0 defeat at the hands of the newly promoted club, Fortuna Düsseldorf. This was the first match of the season for Augsburg. Knowledge Musona was one of the main players of the club after having signed for a significant transfer fee. Even though it may be only a loan deal, there is thought to be a significant transfer fee involved.

The 22-year-old Zimbabwe striker was played on the right-wing by his new club Augsburg. He played extremely well, but was unable to prevent his team from being defeated in the opening game of the season. This opening day defeat will put a lot of pressure on Augsburg especially given that it was against newly promoted club. However, the striker has said that he is confident that he can score goals in the rest of the campaign that will help Augsburg finish in a respectable position come the end of the season.

Augsburg managed to secure the Zimbabwe striker Knowledge Musona on a season long loan deal. Knowledge Musona moved to the German club Hoffenheim a few seasons ago for around € 1.5 million. The club were clearly knowing that he was a diamond that was yet to be polished. As a result, they have decided to send him out on loan to Augsburg so that he can gain regular first-team experience of playing in Germany. He made only a few appearances for Hoffenheim last season and his development would have been hindered had he stayed there for another season.