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Pagels leave Warriors, Gorowa expected to take over
23 Jul 2013 at 03:51hrs | Views
KLAUS Dieter Pagels' eight-month romance as Warriors coach is over and the German gaffer leaves behind a nation torn in-between with one section embracing his tiki-taka revolution while another feels he remains hopelessly lightweight to be trusted with leadership of the national team.
Pagels guided the Warriors to the final of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup, where they lost in the final 0-2 to hosts Zambia, to surrender a trophy they had won on home soil, when the tournament was last held four years ago.
The German coach is now winding up his tour of duty to Zimbabwe, after securing a job in his hometown of Stade as a sports teacher at a school beginning August 6 on a six-month contract, but had indicated that he was ready to take charge of one more game for the Warriors.
After his team's defeat at the hands of Zambia, Pagels said he was now shifting his attention to the CHAN tie against Mauritius, saying he was prepared to take charge of the first leg, which falls within the period of the government-to-government agreement that brought him here, which comes to an end on July 31.
But the German gaffer is unlikely to be in charge of the national team when it starts its campaign in the African Nations Championships in Mauritius on Sunday.
It has since emerged that Zifa have a different plan and want Ian Gorowa, who was with the Warriors during their entire stay in Zambia, to take charge of the trip to Mauritius.
Gorowa did not sit on the bench, amid reports that his presence in the Warriors' camp did not amuse Pagels and created some friction, but took notes on the team's training sessions and also compiled technical reports on their matches.
The initial arrangement was that Gorowa be part of the Warriors' technical team in Zambia but Pagels felt that a new broom would disrupt a system that was already functional and resisted Zifa's attempts to include the former Zimbabwe international in the decision-making team of the coaching crew during the Cosafa Cup.
Zifa chief executive, Jonathan Mashingaidze, could not reached yesterday to shed light on who will take charge of the Warriors in Mauritius as he is away in Zurich, Switzerland, together with his vice-president Ndumiso Gumede, on official Fifa business.
Gorowa, who returned to Harare with the Warriors on Sunday, flew back to his base in South Africa yesterday although he is expected back home today to begin the preparations for the CHAN qualifier.
Repeated efforts to get a comment from Gorowa were not successful last night but the sources indicated yesterday that the former Mamelodi Sundowns coach had advised the Zifa leadership that he was ready to play his part now in the Warriors' technical team.
Yesterday, Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and his board member in charge of competitions, Benedict "Grinder" Moyo, held a meeting in the capital where he was given a technical report of how the Warriors' fared in Zambia and what should be done to the technical team ahead of their trip to Mauritius.
Pagels guided the Warriors to the final of the Cosafa Senior Challenge Cup, where they lost in the final 0-2 to hosts Zambia, to surrender a trophy they had won on home soil, when the tournament was last held four years ago.
The German coach is now winding up his tour of duty to Zimbabwe, after securing a job in his hometown of Stade as a sports teacher at a school beginning August 6 on a six-month contract, but had indicated that he was ready to take charge of one more game for the Warriors.
After his team's defeat at the hands of Zambia, Pagels said he was now shifting his attention to the CHAN tie against Mauritius, saying he was prepared to take charge of the first leg, which falls within the period of the government-to-government agreement that brought him here, which comes to an end on July 31.
But the German gaffer is unlikely to be in charge of the national team when it starts its campaign in the African Nations Championships in Mauritius on Sunday.
It has since emerged that Zifa have a different plan and want Ian Gorowa, who was with the Warriors during their entire stay in Zambia, to take charge of the trip to Mauritius.
Gorowa did not sit on the bench, amid reports that his presence in the Warriors' camp did not amuse Pagels and created some friction, but took notes on the team's training sessions and also compiled technical reports on their matches.
The initial arrangement was that Gorowa be part of the Warriors' technical team in Zambia but Pagels felt that a new broom would disrupt a system that was already functional and resisted Zifa's attempts to include the former Zimbabwe international in the decision-making team of the coaching crew during the Cosafa Cup.
Zifa chief executive, Jonathan Mashingaidze, could not reached yesterday to shed light on who will take charge of the Warriors in Mauritius as he is away in Zurich, Switzerland, together with his vice-president Ndumiso Gumede, on official Fifa business.
Gorowa, who returned to Harare with the Warriors on Sunday, flew back to his base in South Africa yesterday although he is expected back home today to begin the preparations for the CHAN qualifier.
Repeated efforts to get a comment from Gorowa were not successful last night but the sources indicated yesterday that the former Mamelodi Sundowns coach had advised the Zifa leadership that he was ready to play his part now in the Warriors' technical team.
Yesterday, Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and his board member in charge of competitions, Benedict "Grinder" Moyo, held a meeting in the capital where he was given a technical report of how the Warriors' fared in Zambia and what should be done to the technical team ahead of their trip to Mauritius.
Source - herald
