Thursday, March 28, 2024

Kola’s Goals Get Kaumba’s Nod

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Zambia Under-23 coach Peter Kaumba was left speechless today after a breathtaking display by new call-up Roger Kola in the teams 6-2 win over City of Lusaka in a training game played at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka.

The Zanaco and former Zambia Under-20 striker scored a fine hat trick in the second half of their training game at Woodlands where they will face Swaziland in the Caf Africa Nations Championship preliminary round, final return leg tie on Saturday.

Kola’s performance was a clear contrast to the first half display from the man he replaced after the break Reuben Tembo.

Tembo showed little effort and his place in Saturday’s starting line-up against Swaziland is seriously under threat following Kola’s convincing display.

Meanwhile, Zambia took a 2-0 lead half way through the match through Kabwe Warriors striker Emmanuel Mayuka.

Mayuka controlled the ball with his right before shooting with his left a sublime shot past Fred Mankomba on the edge of the area after receiving a long punt from goalkeeper Mike Poto.

Power Dynamos winger Kennedy Mudenda made it 2-0 in the 32nd minute when he virtually walked into the net with the ball after a cheeky back-heel assist inside the 6-yard area from Mayuka.

Kaumba rested his starting 11 from the first half leaving only Mudenda and captain Clive Sichondwe from Warriors to play another extra 40 minutes before begin substituted.

Kola then scored two quick-fire classy goals in the opening 10 minutes of the second half starting with a header before rounding Mankomba for Zambia’s 4th goal of the game.

Mudenda then added his second of the day with an awesome shot from inside the area to make it 5-0.

City sandwiched two goals in-between Zambia’s 6th with ex-Under-23 striker Mazuba Mkandawire skipping his marker to score the Woodlands sides first of two consolation goals on the day.

Defender Evans Mukosai later converted City’s second and final goal from the spot.

Kola scored his third to wrap-up his impressive display that Kaumba will surely be looking forward to seeing being replicated this weekend in Zambia’s must win match against Swaziland.

The Zanaco striker used his body to deflect the ball from a Simon Bwalya initial shot while surrounded by forest of City players.
And Swaziland are due to arrive in Lusaka Thursday evening at 20:50 from Johannesburg.

10 COMMENTS

  1. for sure we have the replacement for our forgetten hero mbesuma, kola is able to do zambia proud.just by the perfomance he showed at the under20 world cup in canada you could see the future of zambia in there.go zambia go, viva rodgers Kola we are counting on you, work in partnership with Mayuka and the rest will be history

  2. Am happy for zambian football, epecially that Luck “muchofe”is being considered for one of the assistants coaches jobs of the Chipolopolo. I would have loved charles “cool”Musonda to have been considered for the other assistant job.

  3. in addition Kalaba has passed medicals at Braga and Sunzu going for trials at Rennes also make good readings. I hope and wish the players the best of luck.

  4. kalu has come with blessings, just wait for two to three months you will see. the fifa president in his personal capacity committed to help the great kalu in going back to where zambian football is supposed to be. viva u23, kola this is your time, show them.

  5. The problem ma defenders there are making little progress. We shall end up with 20 class midfielders and strikers in Europe but without any defenders. Goalkeepers should start to aim high as well

  6. Good news is that South Africa has offered Zambia to host four of 2010 participating teams.

    The teams will stay in Zambia and fly into South Africa for their games.

    This is good as we stand to gain financially.

  7. #6 Kemps
    I know that you`re a soccer expert and would like you to shed some light on the comment that S.Blatter once made that all teams will be camped in South Africa for 2010 WC.
    I am just keeping my fingers crossed that Zambia is allowed to host four teams.The impact would be so positive in many aspects.

  8. #7 Which serious team would camp its time in a place where they have to fly even one hour on the day of the game. Every big team at the SA2010 would camp SA. Even one Zambia play do they fly direct to SA the same day they are playing. This offer is for the time these teams will be acclumutising and nothing more, and all this will depend on the condition of Maramba or rather kalukungu Stadium kwa living. Since when did kemps become a soccer expert iyo kwena

  9. No serious team will camp in Zambia, maybe African teams. We don’t have hotels, our traning grounds are bad, statdiums are bad.

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