Power Dynamos defender Billy Mwanza has been omitted from Herve Renard’s 25-man Ivory Coast 2009 CHAN qualifiers team that will include 9 debutantes.
Mwanza, who joined Power this month after being clubless since May after South African club Lamontville Golden Arrows released him, was not on Herve Renards provisional 25-man list announced today by Faz.
His omission is a shock considering the praised and hope Renard heaped on a then dropped Mwanza in a post-match press briefing at Konkola Stadium in Chililabombwe on September 10 for showing maturity and team spirit in the dressing room with the players before and after Zambia beat Togo 1-0 in a 2010 World/Africa Cup, Group 11 qualifier.
Renard’s team named on Wednesday will travel to Angola during the weekend of November 28-30 ahead of the two teams 2nd round, 1st leg qualifying match while the return leg will be played at Konkola on December 13.
Meanwhile, Renard’s team includes senior recalls for Lusaka Dynamos midfielder William Njobvu after suffering a serious dip in form including the exciting Power left-winger Kennedy Mudenda.
Both were members of the CHAN squad in the preliminary and 1st round matches against Swaziland and Botswana.
Also in the side is striker Given Singuluma who recently returned home after promoted South African club Bay United released him in the off-season.
Renard has handed first call-ups to the Kabwe Warriors duo of Methuselah Chipupu and Maonga Kabuku.
Zanaco left-back Luka Tembo also gets a first nod and he will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of his elder brother and ex-international Andrew Tembo.
Mubita Mwilima and Mathews Macha both of Nchanga Rangers, Josephat Nkhoma from Dynamos are the other new call-ups.
The rest of the other new boys hail from division 1 clubs and they are Kennedy Lungu of Lusaka City Council and Emmanuel Mbola from Mining Rangers.
Zambia will play Andalusia for the second time in 12 months over Christmas and will also face a Canary Island select team during that same period on their forthcoming training camp in Spain between December 23-27.
During their first training camp in Spain last Christmas, Zambia played one friendly match against the Andalusia regional team on December 27 who beat Phiri’s team 4-1 in Jerez.
Zambia later beat a Jerez select side 11-1 in another training match.
The 2008 Barclays Cup semifinal draws are set for November 10 ahead of penultimate stage matches to be played scheduled for November 22.
The four teams going into the semifinal draws are Zesco United, Power Dynamos, Lusaka Dynamos and Green Buffaloes.
CHAN Squad:
Goalkeepers:Rabson Mucheleng’nga (Power Dynamos), Mike Poto (Green Buffaloes), Jacob Banda (Zesco United)
Defenders: Bronson Chama (Kabwe warriors), Francis Kasonde (Power Dynamos), Hichani Himoonde (Lusaka Dynamos), Emmanuel Mbola (Mining Rangers), Elijah Tana (Nchanga Rangers), Luka Tembo (Zanaco), Whiteson Simwanza (Young Arrows), Joseph Zimba (Red Arrows)
Midfielders: Kebby Hachipuka (Green Eagles),Metuselah Chipupu, Maonga Kabuku (Both Kabwe Warriors), Kennedy Lungu (Lusaka City Council), Mubita Mwilima (Nchanga Rangers), Kennedy Mudenda (Power Dynamos), William Njobvu, Josephat Nkhoma (Both Lusaka Dynamos)
Forwards: Roger Kola, Given Singuluma (Both Zanaco),Lottie Phiri (Zesco United), Mathews Macha (Nchanga Rangers),
Felix Sunzu Jnr (Konkola Blades), Christopher Musonda (Power Dynamos)
hey, no.1
its just sports anyhow….i guess not so exciting HEY!!
Billy mwanza was clubless let him just improve than us Zambians insulting the coach over an fit players. Billy just play yo best u will be cod later
go zambia go .PF sata is at freedompark rightnow here in kitwe, pabwatoooo with the wusakile boys.
Too bad billy cox mwanza, just vote for PF then we shall make you captain
At tymz its gud to be left out as it makes u develop v metality of fighting for ur position and if he is a best defender he will surely win v heart of the coach wit no tym.
Bakamba ba Billy tukateyafye bwino kuntanshi kuimprovers fye bakamwita nikabola fyaka
I like this coach.He’s giving new players a shot and exposing some new talent on an international stage. This will be good for Zambian football in the long term. the man inspres confidence in the players. It will sharpen some of the blunt senior players and inspire the new-comer. Good strategy.We need a coach with balls(no pun intended)
Even the footballers know that Sata is a kaponya, an empty dishonest tin.
sata is nt a kaponya tak it o live it…..cm nxt wik ni mubwato!!!!!!!!
bonse mailo ni pabwato
Believe me Billy has been my very best defender because of his hard working. However, my advise to billy is that work hard and impress The national team coach. Hope none will refere to you as former national team defender, coz i know you are coming back to the team.
Janza viva HH.
THAT IS ANOTHER EXPERIMENT.LETS SEE THE RESULTS THEN JUDGE LETER.WELCOME TO THE TEAM WILLIMA.
fi zambia fyalipwa……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
bola panse!
Whats the story on the elections?
League table please
#16 RB has won
#18 Hold your fire.. not yet. But Sata no presidential material. Bufontini ni MBWEEE.
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FINALLY OUR TIME TO BE VINDICATED HAS COME!!!!
OUT WITH BANA NJOVU AND ALL THE STAFF AT THE ZAMBIAN EMBASSY IN RUSSIA ALL YOU PARTY CARDERS WILL BE NO MORE NI PA BWATO FYE!!!
TWANAKA NAIMWE PA POMPWE!!!!
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I hope Billy is not upset with what the coach has done. Let him be focused so that the coach might think of calling him at the last minute.
Billy needs to play games like Tana to prove he still has it. I am sure he shall be recalled soonest. With Tana and HH in defence, I cannot complain about Billy.
The coach has the mandate to deliver the positive results to the people of Zambia who are the major stakeholders.Therefore,let him choose the players he thinks will do the job for him otherwise,the door will be opened for him.To Billy let it be a wake-up call for him to improve.Good lucky Zambiana.
Zoona this is pure rubbish.How can the coach use so many new players and leave out experienced players like Billy Mwanza at a game of this magnitude.If he wants to develop or seach for talent he should organise friendlies for those chaps instead of wasting tax payers money.Please Renard revisit your dicision and recall Billy
The Zambia coach needs to learn Zambia football,read alot about it even research it strengths,weaknesses, past glory, tornement that it holds or use to hold.Then it will be easy for this muzungu oh youngman to learn, learn, appreciate, enjoy,improve and even be appreciate by the general public of mother-Zambia
Zambians easily forget. CHAN is for home based players and Renard has the right to test the players on our local league. Billy is not home based but has just returned from a proffesional stint in RSA
The coach though young is quite knowleageable