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Grandstand: Making Social Football Look Highly Competitive

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An untidy performance by Zambia was enough on Tuesday night to see them make their best start to an Africa Cup tournament appearance in 16 years after 3-0 win over Sudan in Kumasi.

The win was Zambia’s first opening day victory since the 1992 finals when they beat Egypt 1-0 in their initial Group D match.

However, victory over Sudan put some gloss on the match they should have strolled through rather than stuttered throughout to all the way to the final whistle.

Zambia should thank God for Kennedy Mweene who was Patrick Phiri’s most outstanding player on the park.

What would Zambia do without him in goal?

Zambia’s other big plus was the finishing that came when it really mattered with James Chamanga’s goal after sublime one-two with Jacob Mulenga in the second minute the pick of the game.

But Chamanga’s performance after his sweet goal was the epitome of Zambia’s poor but deserved win.

Zambia took their chances and were lucky against an inexperienced Sudan who made their first return to the Africa Cup final after a 32 year absence and will surely never try another bad trick of pooling players from two biggest local club.

In the midst of Zambia’s frustrating poor 3-0 display, Mulenga and Felix Katongo’s debut Africa Cup goals were a delight to the eye.

Also, Mulenga’s 84th minute miss from a header courtesy of Emmanuel Mayuka’s trickery was another one of the few major highlights from Zambia’s display.

Hopefully there will be more of things to come from the Strasbourg striker and the young Kabwe Warriors attacker in the next games to come.

However the 1974 and 1994 Africa Cup runners up have some work cut out for them against four-time champions Cameroon when they meet in their second Group C match this Saturday at the same venue.

The good news is Brondby striker Christopher Katongo will play in Zambia’s most important match this Saturday after serving his one-match suspension.

His return will see the uninspiring Dube Phiri relegated to the bench after an awful display in the three-man attack against Sudan.

But Coach Patrick Phiri has a major problem as to whether to keep his faith in Ian Bakala who had an irritatingly poor defensive midfielder performance.

Bakala failed to spark in his holding role in midfield and was third-rate with some soft challenges that makes social football on a weekend look highly competitive.

Phiri might be forced to improvise with Free State Stars midfielder Kampamba Chintu who served him well in last years Cosafa Castle Cup final loss to South Africa in Bloemfontein on October 24 in that same position.

Power Dynamos versatile defender Francis Kasonde is another option but throwing him in the deep end against Cameroon is a frightening prospect.

Rainford Kalaba huffed and puffed and again with some over-ambitious long-range shots and played with the same lack of passion from the 2006 finals in Egypt.

The next two games will be crucial for the 2007 Zambia Footballer of The Year to redeem himself.

Patrick Phiri will be pleased to have Helsingborg midfielder Isaac Chansa back from suspension with his presence hopefully bringing some stability to the middle of the park.

Sadly there is very little Phiri can do about his tried and tested defence that includes one very ambitious blonde Joseph Musonda.

Musonda, Nkethani and Clive Hachilensa’s report cards read very poor, need to work very, very, very hard.

The trio should be wary of the wounded Lion looking for its stolen cub on Saturday.

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184 COMMENTS

  2. Fingers crossed. Am really nevous about the defense. I have a feeling Eto is licking his lips and can’t wait to eat us. Anyway I have seen good teams play badly when matched with a bad team and play great when faced with a strong team. I hope it is the case with Zambia. After all they recently beat Tunisia on their home soil. Fingers crossed indeed. This is the match my knees will be cracking under nervousness, but again success means nothing if defeat is not a possibility. GO CHIPO.

  3. I agree that the defence did not do that well but this is the same defence that handled bafana bafana in that famous 3-1 victory. Maybe Chintu can be brought into the game to assist Chansa, Kasonde and Njovu in the midfield.

    Proposed lineup

    Goalkeeper – Mweene

    Defence : Hachilense, Mwanza, Hachimoonde, Chinyama

    Midfield Chintu, Issac, Kasonde and Felis Katongo

    Attack – Chris Katongo and Jacob Mulenga

  4. I guess they will get better and I think the team has been together in camp longer than most of these big teams and hope that payoff shows up on Saturday. As people have said this is football and not an election. Our chances are as good as anybody #3 I like the lineup

  5. Sudan was a weaker inexperienced side. The real test shall be with Cameroun and finally Egypt. Well tried boys. The true games are coming!
    Lets wait and see.

  6. No No best starting lineup would be:
    Goalkeeper: Mweene
    Defence: C.Hachilensa, B.Mwanza, Nkethani,Chintu Kampamba
    Midfield: R.Kalaba (R)I.Chansa (c),,C.Katongo(c),F.Katongo(l)
    Strikers: J.Mulenga, Chamanga

    These guys will make our latest analyst (main story) give us less to discuss. Next time be more positive man. Kalaba was good, even Ian was not bad at all.

  7. The midfield was not sharp enough. The defence was worse and even ikula tell the central defenders that you don’t let the ball bounce and start struggling to reclaim the ball from the striker. If they play like that it will be disaster. I hope ba coach baPhiri saw that. But good job.

  8. The midfield was not sharp enough. The defence was worse and even ikula can tell the central defenders that you don’t let the ball bounce and start struggling to reclaim the ball from the striker. If they play like that it will be disaster. I hope ba coach baPhiri saw that. But good job.

  10. Viva Chipolopolo! Believe and you will do it. Ba Phiri please work on that defence. Things to correct before Cameroon: Remember the late Zoom Ndhlovu used to say never allow the ball to bounce in your 18. The defence was spectating a lot of times. Also Chipolopolo lost the ball too easily. Basic ball control was missing and there was too much chipantepante. The execution of shots at goal was not up to scratch. Shooting from afar should be left only to those who can do it like Chamanga

  11. Otherwise its better to pass to teammates who are better positioned to score. With Cameroon we will need to close them down early in midfield. We must try to frustrate their midfielders’ buildups by tackling the man with the ball early. We must not allow them to deliver balls to their two forwards. And when we break their attack we must counter-attack quickly; Chris Katongo and Mulenga have the pace for this. Mulenga this is your chance to show those scouts what you are made of. Chamanga you are

  14. Spot on analysis! Thats what I like, “telling it as it is” not just getting excited blindly. I mean we all love Zambia and we are happy with the win over Sudan, but their overall perfomance was not championship quality. We have to look at SA 2010, if this team stays together until then, we can expect great things. Currently, they are not there yet.

  16. there are quite a few websites you can look at…

    you can download some p2p programs like sopcast (.com) or tvuplayer (.com)…

    or you can watch from some websites.. i find the one which works best for AFCON is channelsurfing (.net) … as long as you have a good internet connection, the quality is really good.

    enjoy.

  18. one of the poorest nattion without a national stadium humiliates the desert hawks reported by one arabic news papers

  22. bothers will try to tug their socks so as travail for second or third spot regardless of the confusions/division the incamp

  23. bothers will try to tug their socks so as travail for second or third spot regardless of the confusions/division the camp

  29. 99.75% Desert hawk fans are optimist they will make it to the next round. The fight is still on. Vivae Sudan vivae Egypt

  30. NEXT saturday RESULS Zambia 0 cameroon 3, Egypt 1 Sudan 1,
    NEXT wednesday RESULTS zambia 0 EGYPT 4, cameroon 1 sudan 2

  32. we did concede a loss unlike the boys from sub sahara who find it difficult or impossible whenever they are in a situation like ours

  35. Abudulaziz walid in your dreams brother! Sudan have no football brains and so dont waste your time expecting them to even score a goal. Gooooooo Chipolopolo Gooo!!!

  36. Finally, a fool in the name of Abdulaziz has resurfaced. Dont you learn little devil? Leave us alone and get out of this website. You are not even a peaceful person and dont use the name of THE MOST HIGH (GOD) in vain. I think you are full of malice, argumentative and provocative. Why do you hate Zambia with a passion? Just go to hell man. I think thats where you belong. May lightening strike you dead.

  37. Coming to the real issue, Its upon the coach to apply a good tactical approach to the game. These are the only players we have in camp and I believe that they just need to put their act together particularly in the midfield and defence. We should not fool ourselves. The task at hand in the next two games is enormous. We are talking about teams who are highly technical and tactical disciplined. However, nothing is impossible and Zambia can do it. But we should not be losing balls unnecessarily.

  38. And when we are under pressure from the opponents, which is mostly likely to happen, we must not fall back, and allow them to play in our own area. We should also be able to close them quickly and not to defend deep in our 18 area as this will be costly. The midfield should be at its best to stop the attacks.
    I watched the Angola vs SA match, hey it was very intersting. Bafana played extremely well. This is not the Bafana I know. I think Carlos Perreira is doing a good job with these youngsters

  39. A day b4 the zambia-sudan game, i made a very interesting statement….something to the effect that Zambia was going to win by 3-0. As they say, the rest is now History.

    Maybe this is the time for me to say what has been on my mind for some time now.
    (1). Zambia WILL NOT lose a single match in this AFCON outing. Ponder and Deduce what this means!!!!
    (2). Zambia WILL score 2 goals against Cameroun this Saturday.
    (3) Zambia WILL score 1 goal against Egypt next wednesday.
    Till we meet again.

  40. Interesting Analysis from L.T indeed. As Billy #37 has put it our next 2 games be against teams that are highly technical and disciplined.For me i feel the battle will be won & lost in the middle.This is where we need to work hard.I have the most confidence in our offence and our defense?.We need to have C.Kapamba in the team as a holding midfielder.This guy needs to protect the defense.Chintu,Isaac,Kalaba(though size)and Felix should play in the middle.At the back the ‘blonde’ J.Musonda Cont

  41. Iwe chi walid abdulaziz, wabwela no bushilu bobe, Pliz go back to chainama where you were rushed on tuesday nite wen yo team lost. Yo dreams will make you go nuts!!!!!!!!

  43. needs to give way to W.Chinyama who to me i feel he’s a good man marker.Nketani aslo needs a wake up call though i like his size which is what we will need against the physical Lions.I dont know whos the bigger guy between Kennedy & Haachimonde? The Cameroon players are just human like our players the day of playing names is over.We should not fear ‘Tv’ players as the gentleman for Kitwe said.The young Billong Song was part of a star studded Cameroon U-20 team that was humiliated by our local

  44. boys from the Zambian league(E.Mayuka C.Mulenga,S.Sunzu etc).We need to play with pace Cameroon can’t handle quick players. Thats where P.P needs to tell the Katongo boys to hit the ground runing from the first minute.R.Song will be tired nabakota ama guys the are no longer Indomitable but domitable with the right mind and strategy.

  45. Billy #38 better perfomance from South Africa but their finishing is still bad.I don’t know whats with coaches though, the play the same player people have said is the weakest link in the team.Surprise Moriri has been struggling for S.A even in their preparatory games it was the same story. But the guy still gets a start.With P.P it’s the same story, the “Blonde” has been struggling in defense for Zambia.Tunisia and Morroco exponsed the defense and the coach aknowledged their was a problem.

  47. Y r u worried bout bout the domintable lions? will beat them don worry. am mo worried bout the arabs 4 one thing – they apply their mind 2 the game & thats were they beat us. we jus apply skill/physical & no thot @ o!
    If i were PP: Goal;Mweene. Defence: Billy,Musonda,Chintu,Chinyama. Midfield:Bakala,Chansa,C.Katongo,F.Katongo. Strikers:Jacob,Chamanga. My God we don hav a good team, the defence and srike force r weak.

  48. iwe abdulaziz, i guss u need to see a doctor, maybe the war and ur nomaid life movin in our peaceful countries has made u mad.sudan is full of dark chaps how are old and poor, it is embrassing tht such team made it to AFcon, I HOPE IT TAKES ANOTHER 32 YRS B4 U SHOW UR UGLY FACES AT ANOTHER AFCON.PILZ IT IS NOT LIKE WE DON’T LIKE U, WE SERIOUS HATE U.

  49. HEY MAN, #47 THT SQUAD IS GOOD, WE CAN BEAT THE TOOTHLESS LIONS, ZED NORMAL PLAYS WELL AGAINST BIG TEAMS, NOT TEAMS LIKE JANJAWEED DESERT HAWKS,

  50. Boys! Can Dennis Liwewe stand up in his 70 and run a radio commentary to chear the boys and boost moral back home since ZNBC is now Flood Disastor Management Board. Instead of marketing these product they sit idol and wait for money from the state! Shame on you ZNBC you have no marketing strategy. You knew about CAN2008 Govt has given you K3 Billion still you fail to raise the rest amount,what kind of management is this????

  52. ZAMBIA 1 and cameroun 0
    this will only occur if the coach makes a brave decision to replaced ian bakala with chintu kampamba who would compliment the defence.

    sharp.

  53. The problem with us Zambians is we are too confident even when we have a team that shows absolute dismal performance.

    My prediction and end of story :

    Cameroun will score a minimum of 4 goals, i cannot see the chipolopolo firing bullets but blanks this time around.

  54. Squad paid $2,000 each for win

    From CHAPADONGO LUNGU in Kumasi

    DEPUTY Sport, Youth and Child Development Minister Richard Taima has commended the national team for upstaging Sudan in their opening Group C match at Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Tuesday.

    The minister, who also revealed that players were paid their US$2,000 (about K7.9 million) winning bonus to motivate them, said the victory was testimony that Zambia had a lot in their football reserves to last even against the strongest

  55. #53 Mwine
    “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it” -Unknown

    You were one of those who thought Zambia was going to lose to Sudan. Why should we believ you this time around?

    Get it from me. Zambia will never lose a game in this Africa Cup of Nations. We are scoring 2 against Cameroun and 1 against Egypt. I am not predicting. I have chosen to KNOW.

  56. #53 Mwine-Lusaka you are right. I predict a 5 nil bashing of Zambia by Cameroun. Do not be excited thinking by beating amaturish Sudan you can beat Cameroun. Wait and see you will see for yourselves. You got a short memory. It will be another: “Wish we had Sinkala, Tana, Sichone” etc. It will be another “going back to the drawing board”. With that porous midfield and defence you think you can beat cameroun baiche imwe? Sudan makula you shouldn’t even be excited about that win. Shame.

  57. Zambia has the worst defence and midfield among the so called good teams in Africa. The only thing that saves Zambia is the front line. Yes Zambia can beat Sudan, SA, Congo, Chad, Malawi, Uganda etc, but not the likes of Togo, Cameroun, Ghana and the rest of West and North African soccer strongholds.

  58. Zambia has the worst defence and midfield among the so called good teams in Africa. The only thing that saves Zambia is the front line. Yes Zambia can beat Sudan, SA, Congo, Chad, Malawi, Uganda etc, but not the likes of Togo, Cameroun, Ghana and the rest of West and North African soccer strongholds. Keep dreaming.

  59. #53 and #56, u guys are wrong, we beat sudan, shame on u faithless chaps, those chaps are old, whn we we played south , i guss u had no faith, we won. so if we beat cameroon, u will say they are old, so lets wait and see. but zed will win, zambia 2 – cameroon 1

  60. Guys ignore comment #58. Somebody has impersonated. I #58 please find another identity. I know there are many billys but surely you can find some other name to identify yourself with. I would like to state categorically that #58 is not the real Billy SA who posts decent comments on this blog.

  61. #58 please find another identity do not use other people’s identities. There are somany names or at least try to remain anonymous. #58 is noy from the usual Billy SA gentle men.

  63. I beg to disagree with the Lusaka Times analysis of the game between Zambia and Sundan as it is one sided there lacks objective and smacks of emotional superiority in relation to reason.

    How would one criticise Kalaba in this game. I mean the boy kept cool, calm and collected because apart from the attacking football he is known for, the boy was also helping in defence and therefore you do not expect him to attack carelessly.

    Zambia deservedly won. de’felicitations Zambie

  64. I wish only people with constructive criticism should be blogging here.I wouldn’t wanna waste my time reading useless postings.We all know there are a few loop holes in the team.But thing is Zambia has a good youthful team.All we can do is support them. Big up chipolopolo!!

  66. #59.BA LULA
    You are on the right track. Zambia IS going to score 2 goals against Cameroun, 1 Goal againts Egypt and WILL NEVER lose a single game in this AFCON 2008 in Ghana.
    Ponder and deduce what this means!!!

  67. Zambia will be whopped by Cameroon,
    SUDAN will draw EGYPT,
    EGYPT will whack Zambia,
    Sudan will beat Cameroon 2 goals to 1,

  68. Billy SA, we know you. You are a Gentleman! Even when you have a different view, you would NOT put it in the manner that this IMPOSTER has done.
    It’s very funny. Someone told me that you can tell the type of person someone is by how they write. What i did not know is that it doesnt matter what name they use. They can even use an Angelic name but you would know that it is Satan himself, just by the way they write.
    Cheers!

  69. I agree with Kemps#63. Check my comment on #51.These pessimists only appear on the blog when Zambia is about to play. When we achieve positive results they evaporate in thin air. Camerooon is beatable no doubt about it.

  70. #67 Abdulaziz walid
    The anti-depresants you were prescribed have revived. This is your chance to change for the better. Next time you might go into a comma. However, no strong feelings. Be part of the winning team. Zambia is lifting the Africa Cup.
    Long Live Zambia.

  73. #69 I agree with you! Its annoying to see these pessimists. I can guarantee that if Zambia beat Cameroon, they will begin negativity about the next match. Football in the end is about results. No one remembers the great teams which played well and didn’t win. Would it be better if Zambia was super solid in defence and controlled possession in midfield but couldn’t score?

  75. There is no team at AFCON that is 100% perfect, most teams have one problem or the other, starting from Nigeria, too individualistic,with a leaking midfield, Ghana has a blunt frontline and the defence is not so hard, Cameroon, has a leaking defence and midfield, South Africa’s frontline is not as sharp as Zambia’s the midfiled is fine though is needs some tightening, Sudan much as it deployed 5 i the midfield, and had their hard rock defender, still, zambia posted 3 past it, they could have

  76. Abdulaziz, i’m sure the space between the synapses of your brain are the size of your arab camel hump and you chew like the camel itself.
    Move your terrorist a$$ to Afghanistan. You filthy animal!

  77. have conceded more goal, but they have Allah to thank for zambia’s wastefulness and greediness at times, Egypt hmmm!
    So stop crying of this and that for zambia, the coach has noted and am sure he reads our blog, he said he keeps in touch with home by browsing the net. The technical team has noted the lapses and they are working round the clock to rectify those weaknesses, especially th rythm of the team. For cameoon to beat zambi, it will have to work around the clock, it is them who are under

  78. Billy SA.When i saw the posting by #58(cheap Impostor) i immediately knew i was not you.Lets ignore people who always emit bad air on this blog.We know them whether we win or lose the we still remain negative.As Mario #73 says even when we beat or draw against Cameroon the will tell us the opposite.For me i have no time for such.Some guys on this blog have criticized but their criticism was mature.It was meant to build not like some chaps who are always changing names.

  80. pressure and it is camerroun that wants the win more than zambia, zambia just needs 2 draws to qualify, 2 quick ones from chris will do zambia good and let cameroon start running around like beheaded chickens.Infact cameroon has always struggled against zambia. Cameoron will have to sweat blood. Zambia has to up its game and deploy some dirty tactics to frustrate Idroussy and Eto. Jacob has to improve in his shooting, if Chris had plyed against Sudan he would have scored more goals. Good luck !

  81. Don’t waste your time responding to assholes. Let’s talk football.
    We’re now 2 days away. Atleast gattuso is back as the tsunami roars like an angry lion.

  83. I agree, no need for insults. Why are you guys wasting time replying to the guy from Sudan? Let him say whatever. There is nothing wrong with critism as long as it is objective. The guy from Sudan is not making sense, so why are you guys losing your tempers, just ignore him. Zambia will beat Cameroun, they are one of the most least prepared teams, beside if you look at history, they have never had an upper hand, I remember in 1985, I was a small boy then first time at INDIPONDO, we beat them 4-1

  84. iwe abdulaziz u started it, by calling us names,hey mate who is that old guy in sudan, how old is he? i feel sori cuz sudan won’t get a goal. congrats! atleast u have a former SPLA rebel how hammered a goal post.

  85. if u guys look at the past results with cameroon we have a upper hand, so it won’t be a tight game, zambia we do what the did in cape town, on the 9th september, 3 goals in 20 mins, this tym it will be jacob mulenga with a hat trick. sad that the toothless lion will be booted out on satday. lets mighty zed lets go! forever mwanamayo!!

  86. Sudan has started on a good note as the whipping boys of the group, but believe me you guys, sudan will beat Egypt. Let Kabudula Wa kazizi s.say what he wants, do not insult him, just remind him of 3-0. Its 15-3 to Zambia

  87. AM GLAD YOU SAW THAT TOO. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT ATTEMPT. ITS ONLY THAT ALLAH WAS NOT ON OUR SIDE. THE YOUNG MAN IS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD

  89. Badr Eldin’s scorching effort from 30 yards nearly got Sudan an equaliser after 12 minutes but it came off the woodwork with goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene well beaten.

  90. As time wore on Sudan found their bearing and began to take control of the midfield as they strung passes among themselves with great understanding. They would even have drawn level on 29 minutes but Gibril Alaedin balloned his shot into the stands when it would have been much easier to score

  91. hahahahahaha, 20 yrs old? i mean that old guy who was substitued, but atleast my brother get a goal, cuz so far u are the worst team, even namibia are better cuz they have a goal., if Allah was not on ur side, wat about Jacob’s header? Allah was with u not to let in 7 goals. cameroon u are next.ask Itay, south africa, egypt(96), cameroon (84), and sudan 2 days ago.

  93. Guys(ignore that chimuntu), what is at stack here, we have not made an impact at the last four AFCONs and now we have chance to change that. Those players in squad have chance to take destiny in their own hands. We need a HUGE performance and COOL heads from eveyrone to insure outclass these lions, we want to play these big teams and show our abilities in the face of obscurity. This is what we strive for, this time we should want blood, we should want to take scalps!!!

  95. Abdulaziz Walid, iam glad you admit that Allah is not for Sudan or Egypt alone. On that three nill bashing of Sudan, Allah was on Zambia’s side. He will also be on our side on the matches against Cameroon and Egypt. Pray hard so that HE should be on side for the remaining 2 games.

  96. Abdulaziz Walid, iam glad you admit that Allah is not for Sudan or Egypt alone. On that three nill bashing of Sudan, Allah was on Zambia’s side. He will also be on our side on the matches against Cameroon and Egypt. Pray hard so that HE should be on YOUR side for the remaining 2 games.

  97. one of the features of the national teams of yesteryear was the sheer size of our defenders.they could match any attacker for height and strength.there was the oddball here and there (John Kalusa) but in general we had bakapeta kunuma.this team in Ghana??We had big forwards as well (Michael Chabala et al)Jacob is big but not yet strong..Song will eat him alive!!

  98. PP needs to field his most skillful 11,nimble,fleetfooted,masterdribblers and by God sprinters!! we can beat Cameroun if we counter attack swiftly and accurately.PP don’t we have a bigger goalkeeper? (James Phiri size !!)The goalie is in for it come Saturday.PP more passion from you during the game please..stop trying to look pretty in the dugout!

  99. #94. It will take another 32 years before Sudan qualifies to another AFCON. They are know for going in obscurity for 32 years, come back and then go back again!

    I don’t know how long they will continue doing this. If all the teams were to be put in 1 group and made to play on a round-robin basis, Sudan would come out last without winning a single game, without drawing a single game and without scoring a single goal.period.

  100. #98 The Original Pundit
    Cameroun is in hot chilly soup this saturday. We are winning. We will score 2 goals. Ba R.Song bakote.

  102. Abdulaziz (Kabbudula ya Kazizi). I hope you are not going to coninue using your filthy language here.

    Talking about Sudan, thats a team I can foresee leaving the tournament without winning a single game. Sudan will lose emphatically to Egypt. Then after that, Cameroon will want to vent their anger on you. Coz by they then, they (Cameroon) would have lost to the boys with live ammunition – Chipolopolo.

  103. Kanabesa ba Born Rich(100) Evander Holyfield/George Foreman bakote(in boxing terms)…but no amount of money will get me in the ring with either of them becoz there can only be one result.Good to see your posts once again!!

  105. May I tell this block Abdulla something something that this is the Zambian blog not for the other countries like the janjaweeds. We are here to talk about our teams performance and what they need to do to achieve results having watched there first game. Pls discuss real issues and do not put the name of GOD into disrepute.
    Zambia will achieve the disired results provided they go into every game with the right attitude and frame of mind. VIVA ZED

  106. Mario (73), I’m also amazed by these persimists. Sometimes you wouldn’t know whether to lough or get anoyd. They were saying Zambia will not win a single game. We white-wash Sudan tehy still don’t to believe that Zambia deserved the win. I wonder who they support when Zambia is playing. When Zambia lost a friendly in Spain, they heavilly criticized the team. The we won 11-1 they didn’t have anything good to say.

    They can’t accept any result.

    To be Continued.

  108. #103 The Original Pundit
    Good to “see” you on this thread. Especially that we usually blog in the Kitchen (Lifestyle Section)

  109. Win or lose, they still have no kind words for the boys. Should we beat Cameroon, they are going to remain unconvinced that Zambia can win Games.

    Lets go Chipolopolo.

    Zambia 3-1 Cameroon.

  111. By the way, fellow Zeds, each team has a weakness somewhere. If Cameroon is such a soccer giant, how could they allow four Goals (with a 3-0 first half bashing). It means they also have problems in defence. Teams that are as magnified as Cameroon is, should be losing by small margins when they lose or at least concede only a few goals.

    The Chipolopolo Boys clearly have live amunition. So don’t lose hope. Lets go Zed!!!

  113. THIS SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SANGFROIG BEING EXHIBITED BY THE BROTHERS FROM ZAMBIA IS KIND OF DISTURBING. ITS WAY TOO MUCH

  114. Abdulaziz you keep saying miracles happen in soccer and you think Zambia was somehow lucky to win. Well Sudan only won three times in 15 encounters with Zambia. Had Sudan won, then we would have said Sudan was lucky. But what happened here is the usual story of Zed Thumping Sudan.

  115. Thats the way we are Abudula things. We serve a MIRACLE WORKING GOD. A Wonder Worker is our GOD!!! and we are proud to be His children.

  116. Born Rich(108,unlike in our kitchen, the rest of the LT house is littered with quite a few feeble minded cretins who it is a miracle that they are even able to string along 5 words to make a sentence!!However on the upside, there is an abundance of intellect as well and THAT keeps me coming back!!!I hope your posts will now be a regular feature as there is lots to learn on these pages.

  118. No Abantu Baya,to say cameroon(small letter c)have problems is an understatement,they are so irritatingly pathetic!
    In fact they are so pathetic that after the third goal i switched to better tv to watch reruns of that Cholera alert commercial,the one where bikiloni chews on a mango next to a pit latrine.far more exciting!!
    oh,and sudan?no comment..tsk tsk..makani abija!

  119. Yes Abdulaziz we have confidence because our boys have the ability to thump.

    We support our boys no matter what. Viva Chipolopolo.

    Next destination: South Africa – 2010 World Cup. Iyeeeeee! Chpolopolo! Iyeeeee…

  120. ALOT OF TEAMS WERE CAUGHT still in a quiescent state and SUDAN is no exception afterall it was only the first game.

  121. #116. The Original Pundit
    I am here to stay. I hope we can talk Inonge into visiting these other threads. She has been in the Kitchen forever!!

  122. i can’t wait for satday, TO ALL ZED FANS, I DEDICATED MOZEGATER, THE SONG CALLED MORALE!!! CHIPOLOPOLO!!!. MWANAMAYO ZAMBIA.

  123. Born Rich(121),she is on a sabbatical at the minute,but on her return we should try and convince her AGAIN to swim with us among the sharks !!I admire your optimism for Saturday and rest assured Eurosport,six pack of Kronenberg 1664 & I have a date!!! I hope the boys will give me reason to venture into a 2nd six pack!!

  124. Now that we have beaten Sudan with a depleted side, the next winnable game is Cameroun……i still think Egypt will wallop us, though at that time they will have already qualified and th stakes wont be high for them..but let us not wait until last game, we must qualify for 1/4 finals on saturday.

  125. “Chipolopolo Shoots Indomitable Lions Out of Nations Cup”

    I went into a clairvoyant dream and I saw this headline in the world press starting Saturday evening…

    Watch this space for more headlines…

  126. ZAMBIA 3-Amakula 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

  130. #82 Abdullazziz you are like the kettle calling the pot black!Your entire contribution on this is littered with racial overtones and hate diatribe.You insult relentlessly as if you are a smart-a-leck and then frown at the thought of being told you are an asshole .You are.

  133. Chika budula ya aziz, you are lucky because I am far from you. If I was pa Zed, I would have caged you. You are a bastard hence your attitude to life.

  134. Allah Aqba to those who respect others and humanity as one.GO Chipolopolo! Go Zambia! No room for hate even those we defeat in true sportsmanship.

  135. You only respect those who in the first place respsect themselves. I am afraid this is not the case with Kabudula ya aziz. A decendant of Sadam Hussein and Osama.

  136. I agree totally charlesi.Thank you for straitening me out.I wonder why Kabudulazziz is so pre occupied with the Chipolopolo when he is filled with such vernom!

  138. You guys why are you bothered with losers like kabudulla. You will just have stress unnecessarily, we won and thats it he likes it or not we superior than them in the game and in attitude to life and everything.
    But in today’s game Ghana were useless even the goal they scored was not supposed to be. Good game Namibia. The remnants of our Ben Banfuchile’s legacy. VIVA CHIPOLOPOLO!!!!!

  139. Brothers can you imagine that MY NEIGHBOUR even went to an extent of dreaming that the CHIPOLOPOLO will bring the CUP HOME

  142. Go ahead and laugh hard with your other mouth as you sit in shock(to you)! But then again your laughter is stifled cos you are sitting in nervous shock!

  143. A GENUINE QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED BY WELL MEANING CHIPOLOPOLO DIE HARD SOCCER FANS. THE CUP!!!!! THE PRESTIGIOUS AFCON 2008 CUP IN ZAMBIA. THEN WHAT’S NEXT? A STADIUM PROBABLY? TWO STADIA?

  145. SUDAN HAS A BETTER AND MORE COMPETITIVE league than zambia besides they have BETTER STADIA AND FACILITIES THAN than zAmbia. Prove me wrong brother

  147. Abdulass, Don’t you have anything better to do with your time? We have many Sudanese refugees in Australia. They’re nice people and hard working. But then again, they’re not Arab. Stop hijacking the Sudan national team. Go support Saudi Arabia or some other dessert.

  148. Talkin about Abdulaziz’s terrorists, Guinea thumped Morocco suicide bombers…..
    Now chi abdulaziz how do u feel? hahahahaha

  149. Abdul asses,my friend from soweto market is complaining.Says some long-legged refugees conned him out of his immitation adidas soccer jerseys he sells.
    Alefwaya 50pin yakwee!
    Finshi mwafwele filya?that’s africa cup 2008 my friends not 1898.where have you been.

  150. We shall win the cameroun game provided that attendition is given to the defense,i dont think think we need another goal keeper ,keny is the best for zambia and has owez performed better that anybody in most of the chipolopolo games.the only thing we must note is that they are not playing against eto but 11 player on the pitch and they dont have shift all their attention to eto.this can be dangerous because jeremy,desiree job and other player can be left lose to create goal scoring opportunit

  151. Abdulaziz aka osama bin mandevu, watch your mouth coz u seem to have gone in over drive. Come sat we shall sort out what remains of u muppet.

  152. iwe abdulaziz, don’t lie u don’t have a good stadia, it is useless, and only two teams in ur leauge how can u have the best league, and one city, the others like jambo are wack cuz u don’t have facilities, most of your people are the poorest in the world that is why your ass is in zambia. my janjaweed friend pilz get your brains back. if u were that good why then no sudaness have played in europe?

  153. Abdula kazizi u got any issue boy. chill, slow down you r a confusionist. Ba Zambia let us ignore this brat for the time being. Viva bullets. Guys that the boys didnt train yesterday because they were not given the 2500 dollars promised for each win. Instead they got 2000 dollars. This is saddening.

  154. Adronis #142 I beg to disagree with you my brother.Egypt like any other team in this tournament team are beatable.Don’t be moved by what you saw against Cameroon.Zambia can beat them.Everybody was expecting Namibia to be given another 5 or 6 nil bashing by Ghana but look what happened.Ghana were even lucky to get that goal last night.Egypt might struggle against Sudan you will see.We might see the Crocodiles hold the Pharaohs.Smaller teams get stronger as the play more games.

  155. Sorry i meant to say Adronis #124.not #142.Good game by Guinea though their Captain Feinduono lost it with that retaliation.I dont’t what the other guys think of the penalty Guinea got?

  156. #153, i agree with u my brother we are now sad, we have hope and faith in the boys. now GRZ, FAZ and our boys want to mess us up, but why can’t they be gaven $ 2500 like they were promised, iam now gettin sad.

  157. Abena SIBS RSA-Guinea are a talented team but they lack displine. We saw the red card and the many yellow cards, I am sure a lot of the players may miss the next game. The other thing is that they take ages to celebrate when the score. That is why Morrocco scored against them. The penalty they got was genuine, the defender pulled the striker. Ghana wont win the cup, they are not a good team.

  159. Shidada mudala i agree with you Ghana won’t win this cup.The haven’t been convincing.Maybe them having not played some qualifying games and missing S.Appiah is having an effect on the team.I can feel it mudala namu kwata sana ichi Mwealaaaa….

  160. Abdulaziz AKA Kabbudula Ya Kazizi, the stench of your posts shows the emtyness of your brains. You post stinky stuff leading to blieve that you too are. You keep boasting of Stadia implying that you a rich country and better country. Whether you are or not its not rellevant to what we are discussing. And if your country is so good, why are there so many refugees (Not Immigrants but refugees) from your country all over the World? They are runing away from your country. You are probably one them.

  161. Continued.
    Therefore, Abdul, behave yourself. Your nasty behaviour won’t help you. It will only expose the nakedness of your feeble mind.

    Your team lost to Zambia even when they (Zambia) were not playing at their best. And what a bashing it was. You’ll receive another tommorow against Egypt. I even doubt if your weak team will even score a single goal in the tournament. behave or else we’ll begin the process to banish you to Tora Bora where people like you should be.

  162. hopefully this issue with the bonuses has not been to much of an issue, i sense and hope from the news report that it hasn’t. our guys need to go into this match with the right frame of mind for there are bigger things at stake here. This match has the potential to make us, but it cannot break us, all willing we should take this opportunity.

  163. Guys, if you want to know, our brother Abdulaziz is a Tunisia supporter, go back through the blog and you’ll see he only turned up when his team got beat 2-1 at home. He was humble last night as his team got a lucky draw against Senegal.

  166. Normally when a fool talks no one bothers to respond. This makes me think Abdulaziz walid is perhaps making this blog lively. Everyone seems to mind whatever he says when says whatever he says.

  167. I think Abdulaziz is Zambian. I do not expect a foreigner to coin phrases like ‘Chuchu 11’. Coming back to Ghana, do not write them off yet. They might limp up to the final despite their dismal performance

  169. Latest from Ghana – 11.30; Friday 25th Jan Posted Jan 25, 2008

    In spite of recent stories in the press, the Zambian delegation in Ghana was at pains to point out that there is no unrest in the camp after the distribution of bonuses for the win over Sudan. The confusion arose while the players were in Spain when rumours had circulated that an amount of $2,500 had been set aside for win bonuses in the draft budget for the trip.

  170. Yesterday, the players had merely expressed their surprise to the delegation that the amount distributed was only $2,000 but were delighted when representatives of the government listened to their concerns and subsequently added $500 to the bonus to meet their expectations. The amount of $2,500 will prevail for the remaining two games in the preliminary round.

  171. Continued from #160 & #170

    This news only served to boost the high morale in camp and the players trained enthusiastically yesterday and this morning with another session scheduled for 14.30 Ghanaian time this afternoon. Every member of the squad is reported fit and focused on the task ahead.

  172. Abdulaziz is a very intelligent person. well done. he force everyone to atleast say something. HE IS ZAMBIAN. So dont just insult him and contribute positevely

  173. He is antagonistic and very bitter-he’s been hurt before, he might know Zambia, but he is not tied down to Zambia. Otherwise he would not be so carelessly insulting and disrespectful, maybe he is, in which case he has no conscious. You want to talk about sangfroid, how does he sleep at night. The poor man is so bitter.

  174. Hey Born Rich (169 – 171), thanks a lot. Thats great news from Ghana. I can now look forward to the game tommorow. Somehow I get the feeling Zambia will win by a good margin. The Chipolopolo boys will score at least 3 goals while conceding very few if not none.

    Lets Zambia! Don’t forget to carry your Live Ammunition. We are behind you.

  176. Born Rich(175),wouldn’t it be more of an incentive to pay graduated bonuses for each game..ie $2500 if you win the 1st game,$3500 the second,$4500 the third and a further $2000 for 1/4 final qualification.then $5000 for winning the 1/4final,$10,000 for the semi and $20,000 for the final plus an additional $20,000 when the cup is presented to the president!

  177. if my suggestion in #176 was ever followed you would have the likes of Elijah Litana coming out of retirement even if it is to sit on the bench passing oranges and water to PP !!Money is an interesting motivator and all those scorelines our fellow contributors having been dreaming about, would be reality!!

  179. HEY COUNTRYMAN, MY HEART BEAT IS INCREASING EVERY HOUR, I CAN’T WAIT FOR 2MORO. BUT THIS IS MY PROPOSED TEAM.
    1.MWEENE
    2 WILLIM CHINYAMA
    3. HH, CLIVE
    4.KENDDY (SUSPECT)
    5. BA BILLY MWANZA.
    6. CHANSA( PILZ NO USELESS CARDS)
    7.CHIRS KATONGO
    8. BAKALA
    9. JAMES CHAMANGA
    10. F. KATONGO
    11. JACOB MULENGA
    FORMATION 4-3-3
    SUBS, C.MULENGA 20 MINS TO GO, KALABA FOR BAKALA AT 70TH MIN, CUZ BAKALA NORMAL GETS TIRED FAST. WHN WE ARE LEADIN THE LAST 30MINS CHINTU KAMPAMPA SHLD PLAY

  180. Ba Lula why 4-3-3 ?? what should the plan be for the first 15 mins?? Diamond shaped midfield ?? do we defend high up the pitch ?? who is your penalty taker ?? Are you suggesting a defensive(holding) or attacking midfielder ?? given their physical superiority and the likelihood of injuries..more defenders or attackers on the bench ?? football is technical isn’t it ??

  181. IF U SAW THE CAMEROON GAME, THEY TOO DEPENDENT ON GEREMI, AND IDRUSSSO( NOT SURE WITH THE SPELLIN) THE DONT ACT FRM THE CENTER, SO WE NEED TO CLOSE THEM FRM THE FLANKS, SO THT IS WHY I WANT CHIRS AND HIS BRO TO PLAY 7 AND 11 , SO THE CAN DROP AND HELP HH, AND CHINYAMA. CUZ THOSE BROTHERS ARE FAST. CHANSA SHOULD BE THE HOLDING MID MAN,.AND BAKALA THE DISTRUBTOR, MY PENALTY TAKER SHOULD BE BAKALA, IF U GUYS REMEMBER HE HASN’T MISSED FOR ZED, IN COSAFA. WE NEED MORE DEFENDERS ON THE BENCH.

  183. Ba Lula(181),the justification of your selection earns nothing but respect from me !! Does PP have his Blackberry so that we send him an email ??

  184. guys, i have good feeling about tonites match.zambia will prevail. i still feel that the winning bonuses should have been higher or better still graduated.but i guess the boys will as usual have to dig deep into their patriotic souls and give it a go.midfield and our defence are a worry.we will be voctorious, i just know it!! believe fellow bloggers,believe! we have very potent strikers!

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