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Grace Chingoma Senior Sports Reporter
THE Mighty Warriors are dying a slow, but painful death. The Zimbabwe senior national football team has become a pale shadow of the side which reached dizzy heights in 2016 when they took part at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Ironically, their fall was highlighted in the same competition where they made history by becoming the first Zimbabwean national football team to feature at the Summer Games.

The Mighty Warriors were thumped 5-0 by Zambia at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka in a first leg Olympic qualifier.

That venue has always been a favourite hunting ground for the Mighty Warriors, while She-polopolo would fancy their chances to cause an upset at Rufaro.

On Wednesday, an ill-prepared, pathetic Mighty Warriors side were given a rough ride by their hosts, conceding five goals in the second half.

The team got into camp on Saturday morning and on Monday morning they were on the bus travelling to Lusaka.

Zambia beat us last year to qualify for the Africa Women Cup of Nations finals in Ghana.

Now, the Zambians are on course to progress to the third round of the Olympic qualifiers.

Promises, like the residential stands they were told they would get after they qualified for the Olympic Games, have not been fulfilled.