We have no friendly arrangement with Zimbabwe – BFA

Zebras and Warriors recently played a friendly match to celebrate Botswana's Independence Day anniversary PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Zebras and Warriors recently played a friendly match to celebrate Botswana's Independence Day anniversary PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) has dismissed reports that the senior national team, the Zebras will play Zimbabwe's Warriors in a friendly match on Saturday

. Reports in Zimbabwe indicate the two countries will play each other in Harare, but BFA chief executive officer, Mfolo Mfolo said there was no such arrangement. "We do not have any agreement to play Zimbabwe," Mfolo told Mmegi Sport this afternoon.

The Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League's CEO, Kennedy Ndebele had written to clubs advising that the weekend's league programme had been cancelled to accommodate the Zebras versus Warriors friendly match. The two nations clashed during Botswana's Independence Day celebrations on September 30, where the hosts emerged victorious through a penalty shoot-out.

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