For yester-year football lovers, the name Fabisch is synonymous with the most ever promising Zimbabwean football.
It reminds them of the great German coach Reinhard Fabisch who made football appear so simple, artful, but entertaining.
Fabisch, became the most celebrated coach of the Zimbabwe’s national side, he was in charge of the Warriors between 1992 and 1995.
His ‘Dream Team’ galvanised the patriotic fervour of a nation, despite the fact that success eluded him.
His team included Zimbabwe greats like Bruce Grobbelaar, Peter Ndlovu, Ephraim Chawanda, Francis Shonhayi, Benjamin Nkonjera, Adam Ndlovu, Rahman Gumbo, John Phiri, Paul Gundani, Agent Sawu, Alexander Maseko and Henry McKop.
He was the kind of a manager who would always stick by his players.
A very active man on the sidelines, Reinhard Fabisch made every fan believe in the team.
Apparently, they say a seed never fall far away from the tree, few years later, his son Jonah is making wonders for Zimbabwe.
Jonah proved to be a force to reckon with as he gave everything on the pitch, yesterday, but sadly, the result tells another story.
He was in every department, from the defence, midfield, to just in front of the enemy’s goal area, he was quick in recovering, and initiating attacks.
The worrying thing was that as he worked over-time in other departments, no one was at hand to cover his own position. When a midfielder overlaps, another should hold position while a defender recovers, however that was not the case yesterday.
Fabisch could sprint forward to mark, then rush back to plug the very void he had left all because no one else was there.
This showed how disjointed some of the departments were, as he was not alone in that struggle.
At some instance, Prince Dube chased the goalkeeper, however the ball went wide to an Algerian defender, and Dube had to race back alone cover the gap.
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