Kabwe Warriors kickoff their defence of the  BP Top 8 crown with a
quarterfinal clash against Young Arrows in a Cup doubleheader at the
Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola in a lunchtime kickoff this Saturday.
The game will mark embattled Warriors Egyptian-born coach Mohamed
Fathy’s second attempt at winning silverware this season with the
Railwaymen since his appointment to the post in January this year.
This follows Warriors’ 2-1 loss to Green Buffaloes in the final of the
season-opening Samuel Zoom Ndhlovu Charity Shield on March 9 played at
Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.
Saturdays BP Top 8 clash comes in the midst of a 3-match ultimatum
slapped on Fathy  by Warriors executive following a string of a poor
run of league results.
Fathy has so far won one match after beating Lusaka Dynamos 1-0 away
last weekends in a week 22 league game.
Emotions are also high at Railway Grounds with the pressure on Fathy
to keep Warriors on the road to the November BP Top 8 finals to honor
late coach Arnold Mtonga who died on December 2 just weeks after
leading them to BP Top 8 triumph  on November 10 after a 3-1 win over
Nakambala Leopards.
Sadly, Fathys task has been made harder with the absence of striker
Emmanuel Mayuka, Warriors hero on that November day at Nkoloma stadium
in Lusaka who scored a hat trick to lead to their first BP Top 8 Cup
win in two years.
Mayuka is currently half-way through a one-week trial spell with
Maccabi Haifa in Israel.
And Warriors are currently  6th on the Faz League table with 8 wins
from 20 matches on 31 points, 4 points behind leaders and defending
champions Zesco united.
Meanwhile, in the other quarterfinal game at the same venue, Zesco
United take on Power Dynamos in the second kickoff of the Trade Fair
doubleheader at 15:00.
The second doubleheader with be at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka where
struggling sides Lusaka Dynamos and Konkola Blades meet in a 13:00
kickoff.
This will be followed by the Green Buffaloes versus Zanaco showdown at 15:00.
Winners of this weekends last-8 fixtures will face-off in the
semifinals on October 11 that will see Nchanga Stadium where the final
will be hosted on November 8 hosting one penultimate stage match.
The other semifinal game will be played down in Lusaka at Nkoloma.
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onyl hope hope my favourite team in the world wins,,guess which team kalampa pachilata red devils
Nkana “Kalampa” FC the only team which brought pride in Zambia.Ask North, West and East African countries they will tell u. I was flying to Egypt one person asked where i was coming from and i told him Zambia. He said there is only one team i can remember Nkana Red Devils this team gave us problems more especially at their own home ground it was tuff. It was more less like a national team on its own.
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The scoreline.
Zesco United 1-0 Power Dynamos
Zanaco 1-0 Green Buffaloes
Kabwe Warriors 1-2 Young Arrows
Lusaka Dynamos 1-0 Konkola Blades
Semi finalists are: Zesco United, Zanaco,Young Arrows
and Lusaka Dynamos
Imwe ba Lusaka Times Are you functioning today? Why are you rejecting my postings?
Guys why did we allow this mistreatment of our boys in Namibia?
WINDHOEK – The visiting Zambian Under 17 national team caused a stir on the local football scene by sleeping in their bus upon their arrival in Namibia.