Khama Billiat has backed misfiring Zimbabwe captain, Knowledge Musona saying that absence of form was common in the world of sports. Musona is yet to show his quality at the ongoing 2019 AFCON finals in Egypt.
Khama Billiat’s remarks come in the wake of criticism and anger directed towards Musona by soccer fans after he displayed another poor performance during the Warriors’ 1-1 draw against Uganda. Musona missed two golden opportunities thereby robbing Zimbabwe an opportunity to take an early lead and possibly a win.
The 29-year-old Belgium-based star was also blamed for being at fault for the lone goal the Warriors conceded against Egypt last Friday.
Billiat who was one of the outstanding Warriors in the defeat at the hands of Egypt before putting on a Man of the Match performance against Uganda said Musona should not be judged by his performance in the first two matches alone. He said:
He’s our top striker, our top scorer.
He has scored unbelievable goals and I remember the first game we played in the qualifiers for this tournament when we played Liberia he scored three goals and he has scored many important goals for us.
We can’t even think he’s not a good player for missing. It happens in football. I’ve missed so many chances myself that were more important and we need to support him. We need him more because we know he’s the best player that we have and we’re going to support him as much as we can.
More: The Independent