The Zambia national team held its first training session in Lusaka on Saturday ahead of their participation in the Cecafa senior Challenge Cup next week.
21 out of 23 call-up’s had by Saturday arrived in camp for the opening day of training held at Nkoloma stadium in Lusaka.
Georgian-based midfielder Chisamba Lungu is the first foreign-based player in camp while. Defender Davies Nkausu of South African league champions SuperSport United is due to join the team on Sunday.
Coach Dario Bonetti has meanwhile drafted two players into the team to replace midfielder Jonas Sakuwaha of Lorient in France and Chinese-based James Chamanga who have been dropped from the team.
Strikers Luka Lungu and Jackson Mwanza of Power Dynamos and Zesco United respectively have joined the team as replacements to Chamanga and Sakuwaha.
Also in camp were four Zanaco players who included striker Winstin Kalengo and vanecious Mapande who will be joining Egyptian club Arab contractors next month.
The duo’s team mates Allen Mukuka, Henry Banda and goalkeeper Roger Kacha are also part of Bonetti’s Cecafa Cup training camp.
Zambia are in Group A at this year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup together with Burundi and Somalia including host Tanzania whom they face in their opening pool match on November 27.
This year’s Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup will run from November 27 to December 12 in Dar-es-Salaam.
my memory lane of CECAFA is still new. Zambia last year was wipped in the quarter finals on pernaties by NOT a national team but something like a provincial team (Zanzibar). I refuse to be too hopeful since chamanga and the others are out.
Tanzania team look at for Ngasa Mrisho – short and small but their danger man he can trouble any defender and scores alot. Good number of players in their team come from Simba Fc which our very own patrick phiri coaches. So i think they learnt the zambia way of doing things if at all that exists.
LOOKING AT THE TEAM THERE IS NOTHING EXTRAORDINARY TO EXPECT BUT ELIMINATION.WE ARE JUST GOING TO FUFILL THE INVITATION.
Oh why oh why do we spend money on the national team. Another three billion kwacha or more going to waste.
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What are you afraid of? with the introduction of Chisamba Lungu, there is still hope. after all we are the best ranked in our group. lets go Chipololopolo