Warriors Coach Sunday Chidzambwa, who is yet to win a match since he was confirmed Zimbabwe Senior Men’s Football team in December 2017 said Wednesday’s match against Botswana was an eye opener especially on his preparations for the COSAFA tournament which kicks off next month and the AFCON qualifiers resuming later in the year.

“I would rather lose all the friendly games and then win the AFCON qualifiers. We were trying local players but come the qualifiers we will have a strong mixture of local and foreign-based players.

“It was a good practice game. We have seen that some of the players cannot play in front of 60 000 people. They were very nervous, especially in the first half.

“They made too many back passes, we lost ball possession on many occasions,” said Chidzambwa.

A first-half goal from Kebaikanye Kobamelo handed Botswana a victory which saw them crowned the Zimbabwe Independence Cup winners.