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Summary

This is series 31 : A preview of Zimbabwe’s players for the 2025 African Cup of Nations.

This episode is part 1 of the players mediacast where we examine the candidates and their likelihood of being selected for the final squad.

We also give some career information on the main candidates.

Closer to the cup, we will add part 2. It will focus on which players actually were and were not selected as well as predicting the starters.

Time Stamps:

Musical Introduction – 0:00

Spoken Introduction – 0:31

Section 1: Information on team – 2:52

- Comments on squad, recent games and formations, upcoming games

Section 2: Candidates – 9:41

- Manager – 9:50

- Goalkeepers – 13:44

- Defenders – 19:55

- Defensive and Central Midfielders – 50:10

- Attacking Midfielders – 50:09

- Forwards – 1:07:27

Section 3: Conclusion – 1:17:01

- Review of Candidates - 1:17:42

- Big Names Gone - 1:22:32

- Review of Injuries - 1:22:45

- Closing notes - 1:23:54

- Preview of part 2 – 1:24:46

Outro – 1:25:18