Worries on the Zimbabwe team, which is scheduled to play AFCON
2017 in Gabon (14 January-5 February). The 3rd participation of the Warriors in
the final phase of the competition is paralyzed by the grumbling of the players
against their national federation (ZIFA). Object of discord: the Bonusses
Players ask that they go from $ 1,000 to $ 5,000 and that the daily subsistence
allowance is staggered from $ 150 to $ 500, not $ 50 to $ 100. The national
team refused to fly on Saturday (January 7th) for Cameroon, where it must play
a last friendly game before the competition starts. Finally, after further
discussions on Sunday, January 8, the Warriors would have agreed to leave the
capital Harare in a staggered manner. "The players and the administration
have found an amicable solution," said Xolisani Gwesela, spokesman for a
bloodless federation, like a state that has the worst difficulties to pay its
officials. Zimbabwe has not participated in the the AFCON since 2006. The men
of Kalisto Pasuwa will have much to do in Gabon in Group B with Senegal,
Tunisia and Algeria.
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