THE Young Warriors, who will take on Cameroon this Sunday at the National Sports Stadium, in the second round of the 2017 Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers, are expected to troop into camp this morning.

Zimbabwe will host the first leg before they travel to West Africa on June 10 for the return leg.

The winner of the two legs will progress for the last qualifying round and battle for a place at next year’s tournament which will be held in Zambia.

Jairos Tapera’s charges beat Botswana 2-1 on aggregate in the first round.

But the Young Warriors face tougher opposition this time around and Tapera had wanted to have thorough preparations ahead of the weekend’s match and had even proposed a friendly tie against Zambia or South Africa.

However, with ZIFA operating on a shoestring budget and battling to service their debts and the Messenger of Court raiding 53 Livingstone Avenue yesterday to attach more property, the Young Warriors will only have a five-day training camp.

The raid at ZIFA House was part of the legal battle between the Association and freelance photographer, Lazarus Riva, who is claiming more than $31 000 for the work he did for the domestic football controlling body in the past six years.

Riva worked for ZIFA under the Cuthbert Dube-led board but The Herald has not been able to find out how a bill for pictures taken by the photographer could have ballooned to more than $31 000.

Interestingly, former ZIFA chief executive Jonathan Mashingaidze and the current ZIFA Board Member in charge of finance, Philemon Machana, signed documents acknowledging the debt.

But a ZIFA source yesterday said the work that Riva carried out will be subject to the audit they are carrying out at the Association.

“Obviously, the issue of the pictures and how their cost came to this big figure will be part of the audit we are carrying out and we have to be very clear that if we find out that some people misrepresented themselves, simply because it was free-for-all at ZIFA, we will press criminal charges because some of the issues coming out appear fraudulent in nature,” he said.

Tapera has made seven changes to the squad which travelled to Botswana last month.

Triangle’s Pride Mhlanga, How Mine’s Nqobile Ndlovu, Musa Kalombe from Prince Edward, Rungano Kanyepi, who is back from the United Kingdom where he plays for Manchester International Football Academy and Tatenda Makuwe who plays for Orlando Pirates juniors, have been drafted into the squad.

An open invitation has also been extended to any Under-20 players who are based in Harare to come for training from their homes as the technical team wants to assess any players who can impress them.

The Zimbabwe national youth teams returned to action this year following the lifting of the three-year ban imposed by CAF.

Squad

Issa Ali, Blessing Nyamuzihwa (CAPS United), Mathias Chodiwa, Bukhosi Sibanda, Lesley Lunga (Bantu Rovers), Tembelathi Mthunzi, Bhukosi Ncube, Prince Dube (Highlanders), Tatenda Ruzvidzo, Jerry Chipangura, Dexter Mawere (Harare City), Thomas Kadyaridzire, Amos Ncube, Thulani Khumalo (Chicken Inn), Darwin Phiri, Pride Mhlanga (Triangle), Nelson Chadya (Ngezi Platinum), Blessing Sibanda (Tsholotsho), Peace Makaha (Dynamos), Ngobile Ndlovu (How Mine), Musa Kalombe (Prince Edward), Rungano Kanyepi (Manchester International Football Academy, UK), Tatenda Makuwe (Orlando Pirates), Ben Musaka (unattached).