Why is Dario Bonetti still absent from his new home base of Zambia?
The Italian did not travel with the team back to Zambia on Tuesday afternoon from Libya where they lost 1-0 on Sunday in their Africa Cup Group C qualifier.
It was the second time that Bonetti has failed to travel back to Zambia after a foreign assignment.
Last month, he travel with the team to Yemen for a friendly on September 11 before returning to his Italian base and has not been back since.
Faz vice president Bonnie Mwamelo told local press on Monday that Bonetti was still sorting out personal issues back in Italy together with his three Italian assistants.
Mwamelo said Bonetti will be back “in time” to prepare Zambia for their Cosafa Cup outing in Angola that kicks off on November 14 and runs until the 25th.
Zambia however is mostly likely to be one of the seeded sides and so they might be exempt from the preliminary stage matches for a week and join the fray around the 20th for the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Bonetti will also not attend the FIFA/CAF Symposium for African national team coaches in Cairo that starts on Wednesday until Friday that will be graced by Spain’s World Cup winning coach Vincente del Bosque and Egypt trainer Hassan Shehata.
Instead Lucky Msiska ,who has so far struck a lonely figure as Bonetti’s “number two”, has traveled to Cairo to attend the symposium together with Faz technical director Honor Janza.
Bonetti looks like a serious imbiber. He is probably nursing a hangover. Please bear with him
Ciao Bello! Perhaps he is learning English plus visiting his family. I wounder how he communicate with players. I speak Italian too………………I’m Zed boy
First, his team lost, and you expect him to come when there is no FAZ – who would?.
He is a brother-in-law to the President od FAZ! Enjoying the benefits of ba mulamu!
If the presidents of the country and Faz r always on the move and outside the country what of a little goat like a soccer coach. ! What can the pressidents say !
Gud to c ,lucky get the exposure at least the knowledge gained will remian in Zambia.
46 yrs and counting relying on umusungu what joke pa z !!
“great” kalu is FAZ president but resides in south africa, RB is the republican president but resides in the air and just lands in Zambia once in a while. soon Bonetti will claim to be coaching his team trough the internet. hahahaha pa Zed. am told they are constructing houses for Zambian ministers in south africa, everything minister will be based in south africa. wapya munzi.
he cant join these useless boyz.he cant come with these *****s,losers.its a shame to zambia national team.you cant run football wen u are bounded with corruptions.in zambia we have good quality plays but FAZ has a madness bring their cousins.
MB no. 4 can you say that again. if you mean what yousay thats interesting for me; maybe that why they never went for SA supersport coach who has a good record at club level.
how can you be out since september and you expect a win.
if anything msiska should get more allowances then for spending more time with the team than dario.
BONNETTI IS ABSENTEE LANDLORD JUST LIKE KALUSHA. HE HAS NEVA STAYED IN ZAMBIA AND BELIEVES IN THREE DAYS COACHING WHAT A JOKE
ZAMBIANS HAVE ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SELECTION CRITERIA OF COACHES BUT THIS HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS IN FAZ. IN MY OPINION, LOCAL COACHES HAVE DONE BETTER THAN THEIR EXPATRIATE COUNTERPARTS. PLEASE CHECK RECO0RDS, SAVE FOR MAY BE TWO EXPATS IN BUSELIC AND POULSEN. OTHERS HAVE LIVED ON LADY LUCK. WE SPEND A LOT OF TAX PAYERS’ MONEY HIRING THESE GUYS FROM OUTSIDE WHO FAIL TO DELIVER THE RECQUIRED GOALS. THIS BONNETTI HAS JUST BEEN HIRED AND WANTS TO COACH BY INTERNET, IT IS PAINFUL TO THOSE OF OUR PEOPLE WHO PAY TAX. FUNDS COULD GO TOWARDS OTHER PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE NEEDY. THIS FAZ PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE UNTOUCHABLE. NO WONDER HON. EMMANUEL MUNAILE LEFT TO SAVE HIS FACE FROM INDIGNITY OF FAZ ACTIVITIES. THOSE IN CLUBS WAKE UP AND POLISH UP FAZ. IT IS NOT 4 ONE PERSON OR FEW GUYS.
ZAMBIANS HAVE ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SELECTION CRITERIA OF COACHES BUT THIS HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS IN FAZ. IN MY OPINION, LOCAL COACHES HAVE DONE BETTER THAN THEIR EXPATRIATE COUNTERPARTS. PLEASE CHECK REC0RDS, SAVE FOR MAY BE TWO EXPATS IN BUSELIC AND POULSEN. OTHERS HAVE LIVED ON LADY LUCK. WE SPEND A LOT OF TAX PAYERS’ MONEY HIRING THESE GUYS FROM OUTSIDE WHO FAIL TO DELIVER THE RECQUIRED GOALS. THIS BONNETTI HAS JUST BEEN HIRED AND WANTS TO COACH BY INTERNET, IT IS PAINFUL TO THOSE OF OUR PEOPLE WHO PAY TAX. FUNDS COULD GO TOWARDS OTHER PROJECTS TO BENEFIT THE NEEDY. THIS FAZ PRESIDENT SEEMS TO BE UNTOUCHABLE. NO WONDER HON. EMMANUEL MUNAILE LEFT TO SAVE HIS FACE FROM INDIGNITY OF FAZ ACTIVITIES. THOSE IN CLUBS WAKE UP AND POLISH UP FAZ. IT IS NOT 4 ONE PERSON OR FEW GUYS.
The Problems is Kalusha is big headed. His skills on the field are not the same as adminstration or running football house. he filled it with yes men and stiffled all those with opposing ideas. kalu will damage our soccer reputation. He is absentee landlord now see this Bonnetti. Even all his assistants have disappeared.We shall be a laughing stock in Africa. What kalusha missed before want to make up NOW
Did Dario sign a contract when he came..may be their is a provision that tells him to be spending much time away from Zambian. if not, then he as seen that his employers(faz) are not serious with how he spends time..the few months he as been coach he as spent more time away.
A national team coach should be around to watch the local league so that he can identify talent and monitor the performance of those already in his team. His absence is really worrying. He meets the team 3 days before a match and expects to win? Come on be real. The team has to follow him to his home village in Italy before a game? He has already learnt the bad manners from the Repulican president and the FAZ president. Infact they are the ones who sneaked him in and gave him the job. They both don’t stay in Zambia, they only come in to draw allowances and disappear. Shame on Zambia.
Bonita and Galu should leave zambian football.They should try Hollywood mwe.maybe a ‘God Father V’,would do.
FAZ IS AN EXTENTION OF STATE HOUSE THROUGH NENANI BABDA, A PERSONAL FRIEND OF KALUSHA BWALYA. THIS IS WHY KALUSHA HAS GROWN BIG HEADED AND FEELS HE IS UNTOUCHABLE. LET THE GAME BE RUN INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT ATTACHMENTS. WE KNOW THESE THINGS.NOT ALL PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH STATE HOUSE TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES. KALUSHA HAS LOCALLY FAILED THE GAME OF FOOTBALL AND MUST GO. THOSE WHO CAN NOT SEE THESE THINGS SUPPORT HIM BLINDLY,
Kulusha was not playing in Libya!
When he played, he did well, just like other players we had before. Bane amapuleya tatukwete! Did you see ama passes? Please bring Jeff Burtler to coach Zambia!
Ala bane ba great kalu ni ba grade 12 chapwa nothing beyond that and no one ever suggested if you played good football you can make a good soccer administrator..from chipolopolo to chikolopelo…Kalu mbuzi yamwana…
Ba great kalu ni ba grade 12 chapwa , no one ever said if u played good football u will make a good soccer administrator…mwasala chi coach neshina kwati boootiii yamotoka,ichimbayambaya…
Dario Bonetti has also resigned following the footsteps of his immediate boss (Vice President)!