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Afcon 2019: Divisive Billiat must remember he’s with Zimbabwe not Kaizer Chiefs

There was a big-time mentality about the Warriors forward against Egypt, and it may have cost his team

Khama Billiat’s performance against Egypt in Zimbabwe’s Africa Cup of Nations opener divided observers.

For some, he was the shining light in the Warriors’ 1-0 defeat, a cut above the rest, and offered hope—despite their loss—that the southern Africans will escape from this tight and testing Group A.

There was much to celebrate about Billiat’s performance, and on the day, he wasn’t outshone by the darling of the home supporters, Mohamed Salah, who often had trouble finding a way past Warriors left-back Divine Lunga.