WARRIORS coach
The Croatian coach has had a bumpy ride in his tenure after seeing his team win only one game in 12 starts and losing seven, overall.
The 55-year-old coach has been under the spotlight lately after he hit a new low at the COSAFA Cup in
Despite the facts pointing to a poor run of results, he had the audacity to challenge the media for highlighting the grim statistics which have characterised his tenure as coach of the senior national team.
"I am seeing and I have been hearing in the last few days the media attacking me from all corners around
"Journalists have to do their job but some of them they are not doing the job properly. They are putting all those things together to create a story," said Loga.
He said he was mandated by ZIFA to qualify for the 2021
But so far the Croatian has done little to convince the football-loving Zimbabwean public. The Warriors have been pathetic on the field of play and the results have not come their way.
"When I came here as a coach, our main target was to qualify for the
"Those are two major tournaments. The other tournaments like CHAN and COSAFA should be bridge tournaments where we have to check some new players and give a chance to the other players that didn't have enough time to showcase themselves," Loga said. Loga was in charge of four games during the
Loga managed to pick four more points from a possible 12 as
They secured the ticket to the
But apart from the qualification, it has been a horror show on the pitch for
Then at the CHAN tournament,
This was their worst CHAN record following the losses to hosts
And, for the second straight tournament,
Six-time winners
"Don't forget, those statistics that you're talking about me, I had four games here (at the COSAFA Cup) and three at CHAN, with players that didn't have proper preparation.
"We had between three to five days' preparation and they (
"I'm begging you; we have to be positive. The World Cup qualification is coming and we have to stay as a unit like we did against
He also defended his team selection for the COSAFA Cup tournament.
"Let me just say a few things about the COSAFA tournament, we lost five starters even before the tournament started. The day before leaving,
"
"And then we had problems with Perfect (Chikwende) and Godknows (Murwira), who tested positive to Covid-19 before we travelled," said Loga.
"Perfect is right winger, Godknows left full-back,
"But that team never came to COSAFA because five players decided they could not come because of this and that. Then in the middle of nowhere we just called five other young boys to give them exposure."
The ZIFA board is scheduled convene a meeting to analyse the team's performances before the World Cup qualifiers, which get underway in September.
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