The continued poor state of Zambian football at international level will again be measured this weekend when Zesco United and Red Arrows engage their respective East African opponents in Caf club competition.
The national team is in stuttering form after its first round elimination at the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup and just last Tuesday lost 1-0 away to South Africa in a friendly international.
Zesco and Arrows have yet to reach the group stage of any of the two Caf club competitions over the last four seasons though the latter came close in 2005.
Zesco this year make their second successive Caf Africa Champions League when they face Mathare United of Kenya who make their first visit to Zambia when they face-off on Saturday at the Trade Fair Grounds in Ndola.
The hosts will rollout new faces this weekend that include Coach Fighton Simukonda including midfielders Kebby Hachipuka from Green Eagles and underrated ex-Mufulira Wanderers and National Assembly player Kelvin Mwelwa whom they acquired from Nchanga Rangers.
Zesco were last year ejected in the second round of the Caf Africa Champions League by Al Hilal of Sudan who beat them 3-1 on aggregate after drawing 1-1 in the final return leg in Ndola on their way to reaching Caf Africa Champions League group stage.
Zesco and Mathare’s second leg match will be played in a fortnights tie in Nairobi with the winner going on to face Africa Sport from Cote d’Ivoire away in the first round in March.
Africa Sport is on a preliminary stage bye in this year’s competition.
Arrows on the other hand return to African club competition for the first time since 2005 when they took part in the Caf Champions League and were eliminated from the pre-group stage phase by 2004 African champions Enyimba.
Arrows host Mundu FC of Zanzibar also on Saturday at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.
Winner over the two legs will take on Ocean Boys of Nigeria who enjoy a preliminary stage bye and whom they will host in Match
Zesco again!
Owee, kanshi ni futubo!l-)
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if you have nothing useful to say please refrain from posting. It seems like it’s a game for some of you over grown adults with childlike minds to be the first to comment. am tired of seeing the same comments in every thread by the same people. you are the same people that make people in the diaspora a laughing stock. what do you gain from posting the same comment in every topic
# 5 Kalijo ( jealous)
These small teams actually perform better than the madalas !
what a tough fixture facing African Sport and Ocean boys in the second round
Ati least no mayuka manje,nomba it is zescolo team ya ziko
Not in the mood of soccer
Save Kalu’s face
Is there any football left pa zed? i mean konkola mines have pulled out from sponsoring the local league & servicing of the national team coach’s salary. wat more with Munaile & Kalu’s ‘eyes on the dollar’ approach? Ma rubbish!
Gud luck guys. Show those easterners that pa zed pali kamu pila/bbola.
I need 6 Numbers from anyone !!
The Numbers should be between 0 and 49!!
I need the Numbers for the German Lottery running at 35 Million Euros !
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THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER PLEASE POST THE NUMBERS!!!
14, 48, 06, 71, 53,90. Jamaco uwine. otherwise wika bwela ku zed.
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Thanks anyway and I will remember you nga nawina!!
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Ba kweto, even this year don’t expect our two teams going beyond round 2.Zesco akaso. Coach Nyirenda wanted a salary of K10m per month which he deserved to have been awarded considering that the man put Zesco where it is. But some executive members dismissed as too much for a coach like him,that is roughly US$1,900. So the guy quit and Zanaco picked on him. Zenaco Executive malabishi, interferences all the time.With Simukonda being incharge at Trade Fair grounds. Mame,the guy will be always at Backyard in Chilenje Lusaka. For Red Arrows, they should have used young arrows and peharps a bit of fly past to distract the boys from Zanzibar to secure a whitewash win. If not the same old story.
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Hold your fire when people post it something worth to read and spare us from calling adults being childish. We dont embrass those in diaspora infact if ur one of them count yourself lucky becuase we have remained home salvaging the little that has remained of mother Zambia. Some of u guys got frustrated by many factors and instead of staying around to fight such you ended up in other countries strengethening their econonmies. Come home and help rebuild mother Zambia. We need your expertise like yesteryear.
LT please, as ussual, keep us posted on the results at half time and full time. Good work. Please also try to sensor some of the useless comments
IF HAVING A COMPLAINT WILL NOT TAKE ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING IN YOUR COUNTRY WHERE CAN YOU GO? ABROAD.WE ARE TREATED LIKE HUMANS KUNO. **==