KUWAIT 4 ZAMBIA 0
DARIO Bonetti on December 31 recorded his third loss as Zambia national soccer team coach when the Chipolopolo were trounced by underweights Kuwait in an international friendly at Dreamland Ground in Cairo, Egypt.
Bonetti’s first loss was the 0-1 loss to Libya in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, his second a 2-1 loss to Ethiopia in the quarter-finals of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Senior Challenge in Dar es Salaam.
The Italian has won four and drawn two since his engagement in July.
The last time Zambia lost by such a heavy defeat was at the 2008 Ghana Africa Cup of Nations when Cameroon ran riot with a 5-1 victory.
Bonetti, who joined the team in Cairo on the night of December 29, could just watch as Yousef Alsulaiman, Barder Almutwa and Fahad Alenezi were on target for Kuwait.
Kuwait started the game a more coordinated side and kept the Zambian defence busy.
Almutwa was the first to test Zambian goalkeeper Jacob Banda when he fired a powerful short just five minutes into the match but the Zesco United custodian accounted for himself well and parried the volley out for a corner, which was wasted.
Kuwait finally broke the deadlock when Alsulaiman fired a cracker outside the box and beat Banda for the opener on 10 minutes.
The goal unsettled the Chipolopolo and Kuwait did not take long to double the lead when Alenezi capitalised on a defensive miscommunication in the Zambian team and passed the ball to Alsulaiman, who sent it into the far right corner to beat Banda, making it 2-0 on 12 minutes.
More miseries were still coming for the Chipolopolo, who looked disorganised at the back, and Al Fadel Amier almost scored the third goal when he received a pass from Alenezi, who was left unmarked by Emmanuel Mbola but the striker headed wide.
The Kuwaitis, however, got the third goal in the 20th minute when again unmarked Almutwa beat advancing Banda and put the ball into an empty net to increase the tally to 3 – 0 for his team.
Alenezi, who was a thorn in the Zambian defence, sealed the day’s work with his 35th minute goal.
Zambia only managed to create one clear-cut chance in the first half when Signs Chibambo passed the ball to Isaac Chansa but the Orlando Pirates midfielder shot wide.
In the second half, the Kuwait technicians knew the damage had already been done and substituted their most influential players Alenezi, goalkeeper Nawaf Alkhaldi and Alsulaiman.
Zambian coach Dario Bonetti then responded by removing Kennedy Mudenda for Zesco youthful player Kangwa Chileshe and Thomas Nyirenda for Simon Silwimba and the game changed.
It was Zambia who started controlling the proceedings but rattling the inside of the net still proved a difficult task as Kuwait were solid at the back.
The Zambian defence, which was marshalled by skipper Billy Mwanza and goalkeeper Banda, improved and kept the scoreline at four.
Rainford Kalaba threatened Kuwait goalkeeper Saleh Sanad with a long powerful volley but it missed the post by inches.
Kampamba Chintu picked a knock during training and missed the game.
The team is expected home on January 2.
Well, if you have a coach and assistant coaches that only meets the team at the competitions venue, what do you expect? Since employed in July as a head coach, Dario has and his so called assistant coaches has spent a total of 3 months in Zambia working with the team the rest being in italy though purporting to be scouting on foreign based players. He still get paid his full salary despite of being a part time coach. This is embarassing, silly and stupid on the part of the nation and faz. I trully believe some Zambian coaches could have been there all 6 six months for peanut pay.
This was a good lesson!
How do you appoint a coach that has never coached at national team level. I even wonder whether Zambia will make it 2012 Africa Cup.
Why can’t Kalusha and RB swallow their pride and just bring back Patrick Phiri. The guy has a better record that this Car Bonneti and that P.E teacher Renard whose a s s the Angolans kicked because he was a fake
Utukato twafula…kwati baleteya na ba spain, Brazil or Argentina. What kind of a coach is Dario Bonnetti anyway?- he seems like a useless character. Maybe Lucky Msiska should be given chance since he is always in zambia even to cover the senior team practice while Dario and his nephews are chewing our tax payers money in italy nama hule. what kind of coach takes his 3 assistants on vacation? what about if lucky was not there to cover him? kuyateyafye without practice? This is the second or third time he has done that – meeting the team ku competition. Lets get serious people.
Ok, now I agree that this coach needs to go, now!!!
Who brought in this jackass?
DARIO Bonetti, Zambia national soccer team Chipolopolo trounced by underweights Kuwait. Bane Kuwait 4 goals to 0 tulebako serious zedians and this man from Egypt is going back to Italy for 3 weeks holiday. Anyway pa zed uwabuta inkanda is always right…….
Reliable sources in Zambia told me that Kalu can not fire Dario regardless of the situation since he was hired by RB.
4-0! What the fcuk?!! I wont b suprized if “small” but serious teams such as bostswana lift up the afrika cup before zambia
Twafyelwe abasebana zoona!!!! Beaten by Libya, Ethiopia, and now Kuwait. What does that say about us???
Pa Zed, nothing is inspiring at all. B4 he was hired couch, Bonnet did not have any couchng experience at national level, and was sucked 4rm his 3 previous engangements. And yet this is the material which our honorable minister and /Kalu were praising as being a very good couch! I guess they are seeing for themselves that CVs dont lie, and I hope it doesnt take them 4ever b4 they show Bonnet and his kins an exit door. Also this is why we need degree holders in administration coz no graduate would hire and worse still praise a couch of Bonnet’s caliber. Chances of qualifyg to the nations cup is very sexy (very slim) with these Italian failures in charge. A big Shame!
Its not the manager, maybe the players are rubbish
Thanks
HERVE RENARD SHOULD COME BACK
Faz cant fire him. He was hired by someone higher than them. Thats y fifa asks for non inteference.
Ba Zambia sure! Kuwait?? Anyway, when a house is not in order this is what happens. FAZ shud put its house in order
Zambians .How can a coach win since he is never even there for practice.The coach must be fired
Mushota!! SPOT ON AS ALWAYS…u never beat about the BUSH
What are the benefits of these bazungu mafiaz that GALU continues to bring to zambia? There shud be transparency in employing coaches & not allowing this selfish GALU to continue to employ single handedly these good 4 nothing mafiaz whom he calls expatriates. GALU employs anybody as long as it benefits him.He has alwyz insisted on these bazunguz coz it benefits him.This GALU is a crook.FAZ Counsellors make sure to give GALU matching orderz come march.He is use-less 2gether with his expatriates
What are the benefits of these bazungu mafiaz that GALU continues to bring to zambia? There shud be transparency in employing coaches & not allowing this selfish GALU to continue to employ single handedly these good 4 nothing mafiaz whom he calls expatriates. GALU employs anybody as long as it benefits him.He has alwyz insisted on these bazunguz coz it benefits him.This GALU is a crook.FAZ Counsellors make sure to give GALU matching orderz come march.He is use-less 2gether with his expatriates…
Kalu lives in South Africa, Bonetti lives in Italy. These two are visiting officials, like we have visitng professors in Universities. Kalu is a visiting FAZ presido and Bonetti is a visiting Coach. WHAT RESULT DO U EXPECT???
But its better to be losing with a local coach who gets very little pay than with these bazungu idio_ts who do not care about zambia but get very huge salaries in full. 4 sure its sad that GALU continues to bring these mother_ fukaz who have never won zambia any medal apart from reaping alot of kwachaz. Why cant zambia do with local coachez? GALU is just too selfish & is nothing but a big fo_ol
This guy and Galu should go, i was supporting Kalu but this guy is a joke, how can chipolopolo lose to these guys? The coach and Kalu need to go before Zambian SOCCER turn into CIRCUS, and for sure we’re getting there. I love Kalu but him and his admin are not taking ZAMBIA THERE.
Last time last year,i blogged querrying kalu’s stay in RSA though he was FAZ president. Naive bloggers hacked my space and condemned me for their naivity.
Well, dont blame car bonnetti, because Kalu works in absentia,Bonnetti and the powers that be are always in the air.
For once Zedians must stop this timidity of accepting things because of peace,who says there is no peace in Bostwana with Kwame? We are going down the drain,unless we see black as black!
Well, now you can see the effects of Kalu’s administration in ansentia. This is the same effect Bwezani’s ‘Marcopololing’ administration is having on the economic and social fabric of the nation, except the results are not immediate though much severe. I wonder just what it would take to convince Mr Kalusha Bwalya that he is incompetent and its time for him to pack his bags and depart FAZ. Bu Gbagbo muno chalo fwafulisha saana sure.
# Number 11 are you a grade 2 or grade 7? check you’re chisungu, i know it’s not our mother language but ama sipeling ya COACH maybe try to use spelling check it might help you.
Am happy Msiska wasn’t there for this humiliating defeat. For K300million a month we deserve much much better. Having Bonnetti as coach is a shear waste of time. HE MUST BE FIRED!
BONNETI SHOULD BE FIRED, Period!!!
No 11 Your English is the worst i have read on here
Whats relationship btween Kalu & Bonet?.None. Sources tell me the Bonet is bigger than anyone at FAZ house.Who brought him,? The same people trying to get into FAZ backdoor.
For instance, do u know that last time Bonet came from his sight seeing FAZ didnt send any car to pick him from airport? Who picked him instead? Back door!!! Open yo eyes mebantu
Bonneti was imposed on faz by govt. As usual they wil now try to hide behind kalu. People should be honest to take responsibility. And wat is this roumour that Nenani Banda is being tipped for faz leadership ?.
This coach must go!!!!!! Coz he’s a businessman and not a coach.
Kalu wanted Gavin Hunt of supersport united but as usual the long arm brought Bonneti. Interesting Msiska was brought by Kalu & Bonneti doesnt like him.
Mwebena Zambia please give the coach time to build his squad.By the way was that the full Chipolopolo squad?lets give support to the team please
I hate to say it but I have been proven right twice. Some of us opposed the sacking of Phiri and the voting in of Kalusha. Zambian football is going nowhere fast. The coach, assistant coach and FAZ president all live outside the country. Zambians are jokers.
#25 and #28.
You guys are very fun. someone takes me back to grade 2 because of a spelling mistake, and the other one, the king of the homos (mushota) thinks this is the worst english he has ever read. really? anyhow you guys are entitled to your own opinions. Also I dont need to prove to you that not only do i speak finer english, but i’m also more educated that both of u combined!
# 34. You left out the president of the country he is a tourist always on the move. What a country !
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