The Zambia national team today gathered in Lusaka today ahead of the squads departure for South Africa tomorrow where they will face Mozambique in the semifinals of this years Cosafa Castle cup to be played in Pretoria on Saturday.
All but two players of the local players or foreign based call-ups already in Zambia were in camp by 18:00, Wednesday evening.
Missing was Malaysian based striker Philemon Chipeta and Felix Nsunzu.
“Chipeta is still missing and we haven’t heard anything from him but he should join us later tonight,” Stand-in Zambia coach Fighton Simukonda said after this afternoons training session with the team.
He said there was no word on when Nsunzu would arrive after his passport was withheld by his agent in Tunisia where he was attending trials.
The Konkola Blades striker however, has retrieved his passport and is due to join the team by Friday in Johannesburg.
Meanwhile, Zambia will tonight be guests of Chrismar Hotel who will host the team in a farewell dinner ahead of their departure Thursday morning.
Zambia leave for South Africa at 07:55 where they will be joined by five other foreign based players who play in that country after they complete they club cup commitments before Friday.
Please work and and defend COSAFA CUP. it will be fun to meet South Africa in the final so that we can prove to them the 3-1 ealry this month was not fluke.Fighton no excuse we have a lot of talented players you can make a formidable team. COSAFA IN 1997 produced a star in the name of Nelson Banda. I have a confidence that we can have another star born out of COSAFA. We have laways played in the semis and finals of this cup since its inception.GO ZAMBIA!
Nelson Banda was a fluke himself.
I totally agree with Anonymous #2. The guy disappeared like a whirlwind.
Who is Nelson Banda and for which club did he play?
#4, Nelson Banda played for the lengendary Mighty Mufulira Wanderers as a Midfielder. He was in the team that beat malawi 4-0 in 1997 COSAFA qualifier match at Independence Stadium. He scored in that match.
He was an average player but caused alot of excitement because of his dreadlocks. He was also fond of fast and short passes in the midfield. He was nicknamed “haile” because of that. If my memory serves me right, he never played what we usually call professional football. I hope that answers your question.
#6. I meant to say “he was nicknamed ‘haile’ because of his dreadlocks”.
PSL, Bafana deal – but Perreira ‘not happy’
September 26 2007 at 07:22PM
Bafana Bafana will continue with their participation in the Cosafa Cup semifinal against Botswana at Super Stadium on Saturday after an uneasy compromise deal over fixtures doused the dispute between the PSL and Safa that was threatening to split South African soccer down the middle.
But in making the announcement, Bafana general manager Sipho Nkumane revealed that coach Carlos Albert Parreira, who threatened to pull out of the fixture altogether if the matter was not resolved, was “not at all happy” about having to make do without five of his selected players instead of what was initially 11.
“But in the circumstances,” added Nkumane, “we had to give and take a little in order to avoid a crisis that was mushrooming out-of-hand.”
The compromise, which was negotiated between Safa CEO Raymond Hack and PSL Chief Operations Officer Professor Ronnie Schloss, has resulted in the postponement of Friday’s Telkom Knockout game between Ajax Cape Town and Free State Stars to next Thursday – thereby freeing three of the Cape Town club’s players to join the Bafana squad.
Bloemfontein Celtic have also agreed to release Tumelo Nhlapo and Lebohang Mothibantwa, with the players rejoining their club after Saturday’s Cosafa clash to possibly play a second game in two days for their club on Sunday.
But Safa’s main bone of contention has not been removed – with the Telkom Knockout crowd-puller between Kaizer Chiefs and Moroka Swallows still to be played figuratively a veritable stone’s throw from the Super Stadium at Loftus little more than an hour after Bafana’s Cosafa Cup international.
And, what is more, Chiefs players Itumeleng Khune, Jimmy Tau, Mokete Tsotetsi and Siphiwe Tshabalala and Swallows’ Bevan Fransman that Parreira named in his squad for the Botswana game will still not be released by their clubs for international duty. – Sapa
#7. Now i see what the 3-1 bashing of Bafana Bafana has done to their camp – Broken them apart.
Welcome to African Football coach Perreira. You just need to adapt to it and change your strategies, otherwise you will be frustrated soon.
Thank you Born Rich
The Felix Sunzu case. I mean honestly is he so desperate to play prof. football, just how in the world could he get an ***** from Ivory Coast as his agent. It is being foolish, the young man must wait for he has all the time
go zambia go get your trophy
#8 Born Rich
Where is mighty?
Mwela bazambia
Justice K.i agree with you the boys shouldnt just rush for anything that comes their way.I remember the Dennis Lota saga which had to go Fifa.The guy signed a contract with 2 different Clubs one was Grasshoppers or Sion from Switzerland the other team i can’t remember thats how the guy ended at Orlado Pirates cos two teams where fighting for him.He had to stay like 4 months without kicking a ball whiles the case was being sorted out.
I thought the guys at Konkola Blades had learnt a lesson over D.Lota cos the Secretary of the club then signed these contracts with Lota.Talk about bogus Agents and what guys were saying the other day on the blog that some of our boys lack people who can advise them.They don’t know how to adapt in an enviroment thats totally different from home.When i watched I.Chansa /A.Sinkala midfield out play the Steven Pineaar/D.Buckley midfield i said to myself Isaac deserves to play for the same clubs the other guys are playing for.Anyway it’s just a matter of time
Sibs mwana I think prof. football is all about Mafiaso. James Hadely Chase style. Zambian players heading for trials need some office that can feed them with infomation
Sibs mwana I think prof. football is all about Mafiaso. James Hadely Chase style. Zambian players heading for trials need some office that can feed them with infomation. Shani kanshi bane
# 13 JOZE Ba mightty are struglling in divesion 1 North where Chambeshi and Nkana are chasing for promotion.
Ba JOZE (13), The not so Mighty Mufulira Wanderers are around. They are in Division 1 North probably somewhere in the middle of the league table.
A week ago, they lost to some div 2 team in the preliminaries of the Mosi Cup. Good day.
WELCOME TO PRETORIA, CHIPOLOPOLO LADS. WE WILL BE THERE TO SUPPORT YOU AND GOOD LUCK.
#19 Born Rich,
Thanks, I meant “mighty cats” abateya Basket ball?
RN pretoria? can you tell me about how I can get to the stadium? I might go to free state on saturday, but if not I’d like to come to tshwane to watch. Where can i get tickets?
#22, tickets for the match are available at any computicket outlet and Shoprite supermarkets. Super stadium is in attridgeville just behind the Attridgeville police station(Pretoria West). I hope you will come to support the guys. SEE U THERE.
Nkandu K just to add to RN’S info.Tickets at Computicket going for R20-Open Wing,R30-Grandstand and R50-Central grandstand.Tickets being sold are South Africa vs Botswana but same ticket applies to the Zed game.
thanks guys. see you there!
I will be at Super stadium tomorrow and I would like to meet some of SA a based blogers at the stadium so that we cheer the boys and chat more about Zedian soccer.
ba fikala muleke ubufi pa internet mwaba ama bolo
kwena nali miteka mwe mbwa mwe
Kwena nangu nalifwa KK chikalo chobe wa tonba noko
Walanda bwino, KK chikala chakwe
Walanda bwino, KK chikala chakwe
This shows your level of thinking and you are not ashamed to parade your ignorance in public! It shows and says something about your home and your upbringing. We do not appreciate your language on the public forum like this one. Go and trade your tantrums elsewhere.