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Zimbabwe coach dreams of winning AFCON

Zimbabwe's coach Callisto Pasuwa (C) attends the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations group B football match between Algeria and Zimbabwe in Franceville on January 15, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Just hours to his team’s encounter with Algeria on Sunday night in Franceville, Zimbabwe head coach Callisto Pasuwa was asked whom he thinks would win this year’s Africa Cup of Nations.

“Zimbabwe,” he replied, without biting his tongue and the whole press conference room burst into prolonged laughter, filled with sarcasm, of course.

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