Midfielder Rainford Kalaba will play for Zambia in their friendly international against 2010 World Cup finalists North Korea tomorrow at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.
Kalaba of Portuguese side União de Leiria joined the team in camp in Lusaka yesterday.
The playmaker will be the second European-based player available for Zambia’s debut international meeting against North Korea.
Defender Emmanuel Mbola of Pyunik Yerevan in Armenia is the other player while two South African-based players have also joined the Zambia camp to also give the friendly match some credibility.
Goalkeeer Kalililo Kakonje, defender Kampamba Chintu of Amazulu in South Africa including strikers Given Singuluma from TP Mazembe in DR Congo and James Chamanga from Dalian Haichang in China are already in camp.
Meanwhile, North Korea have an almost full squad but will be without their four European and Asian-based players.
Prominent on the missing list of North Korea’s foreign-based quartet will be captain and key striker Young-Jun of Russian club Rostov and their Japanese-born midfielder Ahn Young-Hak from Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea.
Weekend Football Fixtures:
Faz Premier Division
Week 29
22/11/2009
Zamtel – Chambishi
Konkola Blades – Choma Eagles
Nakambala Leopards – Zesco United
Green Buffaloes – Lusaka Dynamos
Forest Rangers – Young Arrows
Red Arrows – Kabwe warriors
Roan United – Power Dynamos
25/11/2209
Zanaco – City of Lusaka
aba ba Korea choncholi they dont have better teams to play hey?just wasting time pamakula ba Zambia.
This is a good opportunity for Zambia to gauge its prowess against a team going to the 2010 world cup in South Africa
This iz going to be no different from the London fiasc where had to draft students to make up a team. U can tell we are far from being ready for the Koreanz starting from the botched attempt to uze the Independence Stadium, haphazrd call-up of playerz and so on. The Koreanz have come prepared and humiliate us.
Zambia we are again grouped with cameroun in group D which beat us 5-1 in last Africa cup of nagtion in Ghana, besides we have Tunisia and Gabon in the same group, definately its tough group for zambia considering how they have been performing in the last three african cup and world cup qualifying games respectively.
We are again put in the same group with cameroun i hope our defenders will not be watching samuel eto as they did in Ghana which led to the 5-1 bashing.
Welcome Kalaba. young and confident.