Butler�s project gains traction despite Senegal shellacking

Conceding defeat: Butler (standing) shakes the hand of his Senegal counterpart after the game PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Conceding defeat: Butler (standing) shakes the hand of his Senegal counterpart after the game PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Zebras hopes of a second AFCON finals appearance faded on a warm spring night in Gaborone where Senegal proved that size does matter with a cruel 2-0 defeat. But despite the drawback, coach Peter Butler’s project is getting glossier, argues Staff Writer, MQONDISI DUBE

The majority of the National Stadium seats found no company as down below, the Zebras wrestled the Terranga Lions of Senegal. The Lions were always searching for the Zebras’ wind pipe and found it at crucial moments to sew-up a 2-0 win.

The small but vocal crowd was left stunned. Their team had fought ferciously but in the end, experience became a cruel deciding factor. Senegal found the openings against the run of play as the Zebras succumbed to a second successive defeat, which has left them facing a mammoth task to reach the finals in Morocco next year.

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