Gorowa, Pasuwa in bust-up

WARRIORS head coach Ian Gorowa and his assistant Callisto Pasuwa were allegedly involved in a "boxing match" just before the national team's preliminary round first leg encounter that Zimbabwe lost 0-1 to Tanzania, it has emerged.

According to very close sources, the scuffle, which was over the choice of who was to start between Washington Arubi and George Chigova, happened in the dressing room moments before the crucial encounter whose result will live to haunt the entire nation for a long time.

Gorowa, said the source, wanted the big Dynamos shotstopper to start ahead of Arubi while Pasuwa and the rest of the technical team members of co-goalkeepers' coaches Richard Tswatswa and Gift Muzadzi preferred Arubi.

"As the misunderstanding heated up, Gorowa bust up and told Pasuwa that he (Pasuwa) was clueless about football before head butting him," said the source.

Zifa communications manager Xolisani Gwesela professed ignorance over the scuffle before referring further questions to the "two adults" who he said should speak for themselves.

He also said he was yet to see the head of delegation's report.

Repeated efforts to get a comment from Gorowa and Pasuwa were fruitless as the South Africa-based Warriors coach's number was not going through while Pasuwa was not answering his mobile phone, so was manager Sharif Mussa's.