Lineups;
ZAMBIA:
16-Kennedy Mweene (GK) (Cpt)
6-Davies Nkausu
13-Stopilla Sunzu
18-Emmanuel Mbola
5-Hichani Himonde
19-Nathan Sinkala
8-Isaac Chansa
17-Rainford Kalaba
3-Lungu Chisamba
20-Emmanuel Mayuka
9-Collins Mbesuma
Subs: 1-Daniel Munyau (GK), 22-Joshua Titima (GK), 2-Francis Kasonde, 7-Jacob Mulenga, 10-Felix Katongo, 12-James Chamanga, 14-Noah Chivuta, 21-Jonas Sakuwaha, 23-Mulenga Mukuka, 15-William Njobvu, 11-Christopher Katongo, 4-Joseph Musonda
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Date: Tuesday 29 January
Kick-off: 19:00 ZMT
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I hope the Nigeria game ends in a DRAW so that even if Zambia wins here they can be dumped out of the competition
SO that my LT pages are not filled with mindless drivel mentally malnourished persons who talk more nonsense that sense when some of us are busy burying our brains doing PhD going to Europe and are still not respected from what we have done.
Sorry but I know I am right again
Thanks
You have no clue about soccer. What the hell are you talking about?
“Kwena Mushota uli buncha lya mbushi” Most of the comments you make on this site dont make sense.
Go on Mushota…say whatever you like,everyone is entitled to their own opinion.It’s your life right??
Pure arrogance in your comment. Like the rest of us here in zambia are wiping our matakos. Please try to keep your condescending mentality to yourself. We win some we lose some. Thats how we learn. Thats what drives us eventually to be great players. There is no perfection without failure Mushota! If you were so great why didnt you make it into the team. Glow a blain!
Mushota just go back to youar mothers toiret!
You are cursed…
crap, low class seeking attention..!!
I hope someone can say ba chipilopolo makula.
This right here is what you and I call a MFWITI, a witch, sorceress or what we cal in these modern times a satanist,one who thrives of other people’s misery and pain. instead of helping build they plant traps so all fails. Shame on you Mushota, I thought there’d be something better in you so FcUk you!
Hahahaha, musota is soooo right. chipolopolo sucks, so u thought this ‘one hit wonder’ luck would continue!
hahaha, chipolopolo has been brought back down to earth where they belong
Nonsense, you think you are the only one in the diaspora doing a PHD. Bit.ch
The best way to stop a fool, is to ignore them
She is the only one doing a PhD on Lusaka Times pages. Her thesis: How to be a moron on online bloggs
MUSHOTA PLEASE!! why do you always trouble yourself, dume yandi? why cant you just shut your M HOLE if you don’t have anything constructive to say? do you honestly expect to be respected with that reprehensible behavior? from the look of things it seems you wont even get that PHD you always brag about because you`re intellectually stupid, you`re Dull!! i mean look at me, am only 19 and perusing a PHD in architecture/ structure engineering, but not once have i bragged about that, NOT ONCE, MUSHOTA! and i know there are a lot of Zambians out there with far more meaningful achievements than you, but they don’t go around bragging about that.
This is a platform for serious bloggers, not braggarts. get a life and stop being a wast of space on earth. B I T C H!
I think we are winning, this is brave stuff from the coach. Chris katono benched, just like Ivory Coast without Drogba, Zambia should start firing on all cylinders now. I can’t wait to enjoy the match.
Le VIVA Herve Renard
We are happy and proudly Zambian.
We are fully behind our boys’ success to the next round.
Useless whore PHD in prostitution!!!
@mushota.. Pliz stop showing the world just how stupid u are.
No need to talk about ur phd lol.. But i must admit ur *****ic comments r entertaining, so pliz keep up with ur brainless mushotaness
Ba Mushota u r very dull… U need to go back to elimentary school..a win for zambia guarantees em a place in the last 8, regardless of the result between nigeria and ethopiaia
mushota you are very stupid, do you know how it takes to have a PHD? tawakaikwatepo Go Zambia Go!!!!!
THERE IS NO SENSE IN YOUR COMET, GOING TO EUROPE IS NOTHING, YOU HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOUR MOTHER LAND AND HELP IN DEVELOPING IT IF YOU WANT TO BE RECOGNISED AND RESPECTED OTHERWISE YOU WILL NEVER BE RESPECTED WITH YOUR PHD.
THE CHIPOLOPOLO BOYS MIGHTY NOT HAVE PHDs BUT WE WILL GIVE THEM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR MOTHER ZAMBIA. SO YOU BETTER BE WITH YOUR KA PHD IN EROUPE…..
ok fine bearch.
Here is the message for success to the Zambia National Soccer Team, the new borns and the doubting Thomases:’’IF YOU BELIEVE, THEN YOU CAN ACHIEVE’’
The boys didn’t play like they believed. And that’s why they haven’t achieved. Simple. We still love you ba Chipolopolo.
I hope Zambia win this one ……but the omens are not too favourable.
iwe ka mushota u are just a bitch u fool u pretend to av a phd when u are just being f****Ked all the best to our boys
Nkausu in pain after a bad tackle
don’t blame mushota..thats how bembas are when they kind of progress abit in life..useless..
Burkina Faso 2 Zambia 0!
Mbesuma passes into the hands of the goalkeeper!
Is that not what he is good at
Whyb say things like that you are jinxing us.
Well, well, well, could you believe this? I guess we need a come back. We can always do it. Big up Copper Bullets.
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…..Emmanuel Mayuka
Why is Mbesuma in the team Zambia are playing 10 men, the fool can’t run atase. Burkina are crap, just like Zambia
Yall, play this tournament and stop thinking about “campeon vigente”, coz that ship has sailed. D’oh!!!
A crap team like Burkina and we are struggling
If Godfrey “ucar” Chitalu was part of this game we would have been leading 5-0
Where is the intelligence?
Lifeless match so far, no skills from both sides, a primary school match would be better.
ba condemn imwe, just watch quietly.
zambia is winning with or without your surport after all we have been through with this prior to the 2012 edition.
you just condem everything!!
Mbola is the man of the match.
The chipolopolo will carry the day and progress to the
quarter finals.
another Dilamba damn!! go Zed shoot at goal.
We should aim to score. Goo Zambia Go!
Nigeria have scored against Ethiopia and that makes it difficult for Zambia
This game is now depressing. We need a goal.
ladies and gentlemen fyakosa mwe..anyway life goes on..but styumorefye chipolopolo for life-atleast we can say we were champions..
Whatever happens, we are going home.
Tis the end for “reigning champions”
Ethiopia keeper sent off, Nigeria score another penalty to make it 2-0 in their favour. It looks like Zambia are on their way out of the tournament.
I told you we are crap tuli mbwa
mwanya ba fipe na ka HR kenu mwe mb wa mwe ba fi kala
Zambia have paid the price for relying on the outcome of other matches.
sorry ba condem we are out….
This is Mushota’s fault and her PHD in witchcraft.
zambia has no strikers, at least we made history for not qualifying to knockout stage though being defending champions.
Zambia did not play like defending champions and their dependance on Mweene ( like a one-man team) has cost them success.
Ukwa should never again be allowed to shake players’ hands before a tournament! But honestly, the players didn’t show intelligence on the pitch. They were simply going through the motions!
anyway iyi ee normal..back to the drawing board and new coach please…
Actually the whole FAZ must be overhauled without delay, they have turned the FAZ into a holiday camp.
awe shua ine ichi le mpapusha is how our boys just cannot score..that game with ethiopia shud have sealed our destiny…awe ba herve has got to go..kalusha i like but herve..no strategy
Very poor performance from Zambia, did deserve to go through. Well done BF and Nigeria. See you in lsk tomorrow!
all the fipubaz riffruffs petty drunkards who didnt want chris katongo where are we now. How can you bench the main man of the game and expect to win. We just had too many fake cheap analysts on an professional tv stations such as muvi tv. Herve ranard should ve not listened to pipo with clue about football.
the fake champs are finally silenced! hahahahahahahaa the truth always told you the truth didnt he??
There is no such thing as fake champs. We were champs and you cannot get that away from us. It is written in CAF and FIFA records you fool. The history shows that we hammered Ivory coast, we hammered Ghana, we hammered Senegal, we hammered the hosting nation and we drew with Libya. We drew all the 3 games in AFCON 2013. We are unbeatable. The worst for us is a draw. You *****. The records shows that we lifted the cup.
Actually Zambia was the superior team I just dont know how they didnt score because the other team looked slow and tired. The future looks bright guys. AND FOR SURE THAT WAS A MISSED CALL ON THE CORNER KICK…
The other team only needed a draw they were saving themselves for the real tournament. Zambia were the ones who needed a win
@Goncalves This results has nothing to do with the president of Zambia but the coach and player standards! Please, let us be logical.
Please why don’t you read what I wrote once more? There are only two sentences there. The second one disqualifies the first! At secondary school it was called comprehension!
Winning is a culture one cultivates and Zambia just didn’t cultivate it!
Don’t despair though.Recognize that being kicked out of the African cup this early will refine you, knock off some of your rough edges. Stand strong and fight the good fight during the the world cup games.
You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It won’t happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this was, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on.ZAMBIA FOR LIFE THOUGH I AIN’T COMING BACK HOME ANY SOONER!
Zambia needseV striker sharpening.
Congratulations Mushota. You got what you wanted.
We have a good team. We only need to develop better striking power. Throughout this tournament, whenever the ball was upfront, we didn’t seem to have any cohesive plan on what to do with the ball.
Let’s go back to the drawing board. Better days are coming.
Zambia deserve to be dumped out of the AFCON… how can the Champs fail to win a single match.. three game only scored two goal.. Renar the Stupid *****ic coach took ethiopia for granted…everyone team collected three points from Ethiopia.. and we failed to beat 10 men ethiopia.. Lets learn some lessons and move on… I personally dont want to see this coach again…
I blame PF and Sata.For one they shouldn’t have promised $90 000 –that number 90 is just bad luck for us..
Ethiopia the gift that gives on giving but Zambia refused the gift of playing against 10 men. There we are ladies and gentlemen what emerges out of this Afcon is the lack of a lethal striker who is hungry for goals. Whether we like it or not Zambia is going through a drought of strikers. Reminds me after Godfrey Ucar Chitalu packed his bags after the Moscow Olympics in 1980. We have to wait for strikers to be born and unfortunately its gonna be a long painful wait.
France were defending champions in the year 2002 after winning the 1998 edition of the world cup.They had three top scorers in the team from different leagues (David Trazique – Italy;Gibril Cissse – France and Thierry Henry – England) but they were kicked out in the first round,and listen to this WITHOUT SCORING A SINGLE GOAL.Does that mean they had poor strikers?NO.Am sure Mbesuma ,Mayuka etc are good strikers on their day results depend on how you pitch up that day.Mind you we never lost a game.Tough luck Zambia.
They did not play as defending champions and the coach lacked tactics. The Italian coach built this team and the French coach destroyed it 🙁
What can one say that hasn’t already been said…I for one I’m not surprised neither am I shocked….wake up people!!
Signing off…………
Zambia will never be champions again for the second time to make it twice!!!
So what is FAZ doing to improve football in Zambia? Kalusha and his goons think FAZ is only there for the national team. Football Associations in civilised countries are responsible for the development of all aspects of the game like the building of national academies for the development of young players, coaches’ academies and devising programmes to develop and strengthen national and regional leagues from the provinces upto the district level. Kalu & Co don’t have what it takes to perform these tasks. All they are waiting for now is another international match! Pathetic!
apo wafyalilwa, elo walandapo ifyamano… lol
well said though!!
I really do get under your skins you people! Lol! I will never stop! I promise to continue giving you grief!
Ik ben erg kapot!
They are out because Sata went to scare them in SA.
Am not a Sata fan,but ,this type of talk just shows that you have rocks in your head…
You & Goncalves fall from the same tree!
WHEN THE CHIPS ARE DOWN, YOU NEED A CAPTAIN AND BRAINY PLAYERS LIKE ALEX FOR INSPIRATION.
WHY MBESUMA AFTER SUCH AN ABYSMAL PERFORMANCE WHEN THE FELLOW FAILED TO PUSH THE BALL INTO THE NET FROM INSIDE THE PENALTY BOX IN THE FIRST GAME? AND HE REPEATED THAT BLUNDER TODAY!
HOW DARE YOU GO INTO SUCH A BIG BATTLE WITHOUT A LEADER-A CAPTAIN-A BBC PLAYER OF THE YEAR?
The game is highly technical now, it requires people with brains, you can’t go to a competition like that ill prepared and you go to play chipante-pante! Anyway it is indicative of the current situation in Zambia.
Truth be told,even though we’re out Zed was definately the better team with more possession and more attempts though no end product.
what a dilemma? D Zambian played to thier best ability,is just that today’s gain is not in thier favour.No bias refree.My condolence to the one champion;-(;-(;-(;-(;-(
Time for reflection.
useless team,poor performancee
They should use the money that’s been saved to buy oxygen for UTH!
The greatest mistake we made was completely forgetting the CAPTAIN. He should have been brought in; instead of Sakuhawa……………
well well..we had our share of glory a year ago at least it was a sweet period and we know how it feels to be champions of africa..but sometimes you can’t have it all..those boys made us proud its time for us to show love to them..hard luck coach and the boys..we have the world cup qualifiers coming..it not the end of the world..we just need to pull ourselves together..pick up the pieces and move on..catch you soon all..its being some great funny..bye
Amen. That’s the spirit ! That’s the name of the game. The boys have done us proud. Better luck next time. All is well. They should hold their heads high. To hell with the detractors!
From the kind of play it seems the guys were protesting about something, let’s wait for the full story when they come back home, l am sure they could have done better. Also we may not have invested enough, it’s about resourses too!
Nebo, you are right. But remember 90 days is over and we dont expect much anymore but only procrastination.
Well done boys, it is time to move on.
juju??
from our own players on the bench??
twalafilila munsenga… syndrome??
if am not there, then no one should be……???
sorry ladies and gents.. .. FOOTBALL!! kukosa no kukosa kofimiti.
Yes the captain has what you cant teach. Thats being at the right spot at the right time. Never forget that, ” an army of sheep led by a lion will defeat an army of lions led by a sheep any time”.
this goes out to the following f*ools:
oyaya
msana wanzili
Mwendanjangula
Constitution
sana
NG
PRINCES PENZI s
Secretrival
and all you other loud mouths who have been talking trash the last few days. your blank copper bullets can now sit and watch the big boys play. next time show more respect yea?
big up to mushota, jay jay and the few other wise ones who always said the truth. lol
You are cursed.
@the truth, can’t you see why the insults? By tomorrow, Togo will make it 7 West African teams out of 8 in the quarters! Total domination of AFCON by WA teams!
@ The Truth, you are cursed. Which big boys? The ugly west Africans like bance? They are big boys to you *****. I am sure you were about to die of BP after Zambia won AFCON 2012. You will never have a trophy in whatever country you come from. West Africans who are poverty stricken pipo, their region full of wars. They rely on football for their livelyhood. They have to work extremely hard to have bread and batter on their tables. Show respect to Zambia. Why cant you post comments on your website where you come from. Maybe you have no money to open a website in your country. Our Zambian National Team is splendid. We outplayed the Birkinades despite not having a goal. I would rather live with monkeys than your heros, the West Africans. They think of war and jealous in their minds
@ The truth, I have only one name for you, you know the one which made you cry last time!
it’s unfortunate that u guys went out of afcon this unceremoniously but u should have seen it coming. I wonder why u failed to accept the reality that ur team is a shadow of its form at the last tournament. Struggled to a draw, with 10-man Ethiopia, escaped with another draw with a controversial penalty with a not so particularly spectacular performance against Nigeria, that signaled the fact that u had a weak probability to win BF. Try as a nation next time to exhaust ur energy on improving ur own self and less on bashing the w.africans most especially Nig. a country that never discuss ZAMBIA as a topic in any ramification. Now Nig. wld play against IVC and we are not starting to deceive ourselves like u ppl.. We know they have a better team, so it wont be a shock if they won… my take!
Spot on!
Mind you we don’t decieve ourselves. We analyse issues squarely. We don’t fear. You West Africans are boastfull. And I don’t know what you are boastfull about. You were hurt with a passion when Zambia won the AFCON 2012. You know that trophy was meant for anyone who is in Africa. Not West Africans alone. You behave as if you are the only one who is destined to be lifting up the cup. Look at the ugly Mamadou and his hatred against Zambia just bcoz we clobbered them and won the AFCON 2012. He wishes everything bad about Zambia. This is just football. Pipo enjoy life without football. Let me tell you, we are provoked from West Africans and thats why we defend ourselves. We don’t go into a game intimidated. We like the stance of David over Goliath. If you have 2 legs, we have 2 legs as…
DONT WORY ZAMBIA, WORLD CUP IS OURS. WE HAVE NOT LOST A GAME IN THE LAST TWO AFRICAN CUP TOURNAMENTS. WE R STILL THE BEST AND WILL DO BETTER KU WORLD CUP TORNEY…
God doesn’t eat Cakes all time. Zambia is always lucky when it comes to Penalties and its good their out because there were no penalties to be kicked to determine the winner. Zambians were lucky when they won on penalties against Ivory Coast. Lady buck smiled on the Zambians against Uganda. The Zambians were outplayed in Namboole by Ugandans and eventually went to fluke their way through against penalties. This time God has refuse the eat cakes for the Zambians to go through with their usual luck.
In the first place, Zambia was not supposed to be in AFCON. After being outplayed by Ugandans in Namboole, the Zambians sailed through penalties. If it had been penalties to determine the winner, the Zambians would have been lucky to go through. The African Champions scored a goal and a penalty but that could not save them. As a Ugandan, I am happy that Zambia is out. Viva Burkina Faso. Viva Nigeria. Bravo Ethiopia for holding the so-called Champions to a draw. It is Ethiopia which did the job of silencing the loud-mouthed Zambians.
Too much arrogant ignorance and blind optimism from our fans and FAZ empty suits…this team was never ever ready…all BKF had to do was to play like the Norway and draw. Its very sad that these fans do not see it even when it in their faces
this ugandan first of all who is uganda in african football!!..what are u rejoicing for-when were u ever at the african cup of nations…yes our performance was poor in this tournament…but we have everything to be proud of-we have always had good teams ala iwe ..atleast we r regulars at the tournament unlike u non-factors-we shall humble ourselves and get back to work!its a lesson..atleast we’l learn sumthing from this…keep rejoicing and watch us in afcon 2015..kaili uganda wont even be there..atleast we can support our own team..unlike sum of u who have to resort to being fans of other african countries in an african tournament!!
Jay jay who the hell are you? Who are you to teach us what to? We listen to advise but not the crap you post here. I don’t know when you country first qualified to AFCON. Our boys have never lost any competitive game in AFCONS both 2012 and 2013. If you are used to worshing the west africns you go ahead you inferior creature. What is the difference between you and west africans. You have a brain, 2 legs, 2 arms, a nose, mouth, fingers, toes, muscles etc. So why can’t you use theme to compete with them instead of putting you tail behind like a defeated dog. Even if we loose, loose we lost with dignity. No loss at both AFCONS. Mind you we shall keep on taking. Don’t you that west africans want to bulldoz you sleepy chaps like you. As zambians we refuse any intimidation. Coward
Bang your daddy. Your team aint here right?
Zedians, what !!!
Blame game is on, well…..makula ba chipolopolo
LESSONS FROM THE AFCON SA2013:
1. Never leave your fire power on the bench in games that matter most. Starting with a correct line up gives better options for substitutions. Substitutions should not be a way of correctly a wrongly constituted team.
2. Is Herve Renard really a coach or just a physical trainer? A coach must always have a plan B to enable him change an initial strategy if it’s found to be ineffective, but … 3. Like the Norwegian coach said in a post match interview against their friendly with Bafana Bafana; “African teams play very well but pass the ball too much to the back”? I tend to agree with this man, our players like playing the ball outside the opponent’s box and in 8 out 10 chances end up passing the ball back rather than enter the opponent’s box
People who feel Zambia drew blanks at the AFCON should remember that such things happen in football.Heres a bit of history.France were defending champions in the year 2002 after winning the 1998 edition of the world cup.They had three top scorers in the team from different leagues (David Trezequet – Italy;Gibril Cissse – France and Thierry Henry – England) but they were kicked out in the first round,and listen to this WITHOUT SCORING A SINGLE GOAL.That did not mean they were a poor side.Soccer results depend to some extent on how you pitch up on that day.Mind you we never lost a single game.It hurts not to progress to the next round though but any way tough luck mother Zambia.
And you Ugandans when was the last time you were at the Africa Cup? I ‘m sure you have no recollection.
Have humility in defeat there is no need for that…Zambia was awful from day 1!!
ee ee mwandi ba funse -what is uganda?who is uganda?..ba kolwe basekana ifi pato hahaha but in this case uganda doesnt even qualify to laugh at us..tee ma size yesu ba chepa sana..WE ARE NOT PEERS!things were ruff..we will do better next time!filachitika
zambia can t win all the time; but whats most surprising was the lack of fighting spirit. iam glad we got an african championship in the bag though! – and am still a strong supporter. how ever, how come none of the faz officials raised issue about the poor pitch(the other pitches looked much better.that definitely did not suit zambian kind of passing game-all the games were dull i have to say, must have been frustrating for the players ! typical zambia to docile to complain!
Ba LT most of us believe that apart from your normal values of educating, entertaining and informing your readers, you stand for the promotion of Zambia’s international image and standing, through proper expression of our values of patriotism, selflessness, hard work, and mutual respect for one another. But one Mushota erodes this whole essence of you existence and will definitely lead to an exodus of credible bloggers from LT. Mushota’s negative sentiments, attitude and lack of respect for Zambia and Zambians is poisoning this atmosphere of mature and constructive engagement amongst bloggers & should not be tolerated if your website is founded on the values and principles stated above!
why can’t they block that man?he is a pain in the wrong place. LT Block Mushota.He is so annoying.
Before u proceed with this petition.. remember she has the right to exercise her freedom of speech like everybody else. U can’t simply ask LT to shut her up just becos her opinion is contrary to urs. Is she a 2nd class citizen of Zambia? Do u have more right than she does? U only have to learn how to disregard her sarcasms, there’s nothing reasonably more u can do about it. I can assure u LT would give u the same reply unless they want to be undemocratic and politically incorrect.
What? So that we all have one opinion on LT? That wouldn’t be cool.
@Papy, no one can take away Mushota’s freedom of expression in so far as it relates to her agreeing or differing with anyone on any matter, but it takes a different dimension when responds to an article in a manner such as :” look what’s happening in Zambia… That’s why I’ll never go back there… Underdevelopment …. Backwardness…. Filthy, you’re wasting your time doing what you’re doing while I study my PHD( which coul be in domestic work by the way), Bla Bla Bla “. It’s very simple, if Mushota is too educated or advanced not to have anything to do with or about Zambia Na Zambians she/he can simply switch off from everything Zambian, and we’ll carry on with our lives in harmony with each other!
We lost because of fi PF, no one absolutely no one is motivated in Zambia.
If Herve stays ninshi chipuba fye.
A little humility from Zambians in victory will do. You guys were never at the top of African football until that fluke victory last year. You lose to Sudan and your president demands an explanation? What arrogance! I’m happy you have been kicked out if only you will learn to be more humble and not believe you are best thing to have happened to African football since the world began. Back to where you belong!
Now where we belong is World Cup qualification, we tell you what? We won’t make the same mistake – your hatred for Zambia will keep grinding you inside! We love our soccer and it likes us too! It unites us & keeps us away from drawing knives at each other. Zambia is Pa Zed – the land of love, peace and tranquility!
World Cup Qualification? You are having a laugh. There wont be penalty shoot out to bail you out this time. I even doubt whether you will qualify for the next Afcon. Your team is overrated. I dont hate Zambia. I’m just disgusted by your arrogance.
@Lela, we lost due to the carelessness & directionlessness of our technical bench, but that Nigerian is definitely not better than ours. It is the not-so-super eagles that are overrated and thrive on past glory
I am happy they lost. I stopped supporting them when they decided to be PF TEAM rather than NATIONAL TEAM. Now they must stop the dont kubeba nonesense and play for every Zambian.
We are out of AFCON yes, but I won’t fail to make these cardinal points.
1. Of course our team failed to heed my advice that a game of this magnitude is won in the first half. 2.Very disappointing that this Francophone Vs Anglophone problem never goes away from African soccer. I had a bad feeling from the very beginning when I saw tha the ref was Camerounian. And I was vindicated when no red or yellow card was issued at that dangerous infringement on Nkausu, and from then on almost every free-kick went the Burkina Faso way. I thought as a matter of principle if one team is Southern African and the other West African, the match officials shouldn’t be nationals of any of those parts of the continent? Folks, I know we’ve lost, but we shouldn’t downplay the referee’s ability to dampen…
1.The pitch was semi desert and that hindered the mobility of chipolopolo fluid flow type of playing.
2. SA, mainly blacks were against Zambia.
3. The west Africa ganged up against Zambia.
4. The boys played well with 65% ball possession but luck was not on their outside.
5. The govt should stop promising boys huge allowances that put pressure on them. By records, any time the govt promised footballers huge allowance or bonus the performance had been below par.
6. MUSHOTA KASHI MWAUME….
Apart from the pitch which your FAZ empty suits did not complain about: as they are compromised..the rest of your excuses are all lame. Zambia was simply not good enough period!!
1.Zambia does play well in waterlogged pitches.
2.Zambia is a world class material and not African where the playing filed is not leveled and marred with biaseness by ref, host country, ecowas gangsters and media.
3. I thought SA had better pitches that were used for World Cup. But that pitch in Mbombela fimofimo was something else.
For me as a Ghanaian, this was always coming. Everyone will want play do well against the champion. The champions however were very inspired by a tragic history and not necessarily years of team building (unlike the Egyptians previously). I think Zambia can do more only if they are as hungry. I don’t know weather the nation is as hungry. It hurts to see mostly home grown champions go out this way. It is painful for African football to see Christopher Katongo not able to help. All the best to Zambia next time.
The sad truth is that it takes a longer time to get it right as Ghana, Nigeria, SA, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Cameroun are learning and personally I think Zambia will be no different. I Hope I am wrong but ….
Greetings from Accra, Ghana.
@Owusu, I think we should heed your advice and thanks for it. One fact that can never be erased from the history of AFCON is that Zambia won it in 2012. That was a milestone in our soccer and all we should do now is to build on it. New World Class stadia are being constructed in the country – giving our boys access to suitable conditions for the development of their soccer careers. A lot of attention needs to be paid the development teams such as U17, U20 & U23. We haven’t been doing very well in our continental and global campaigns at these levels. So, thanks once more Owusu.
@OWUSU! I said EXACTLY the same thing on the other thread!!
We were inspired by our tragic past, and we played with that PASSION, that WILL to win!!!
Its kind of like when watching them classic 90’s movies were the Starring gets beaten in the initial stages of the fight, only to be inspired by a flashback of his brother who was killed by the same villain,…and suddenly he turns things around!!! and gets the girl in the end!!
We haven’t been a force to reckon with in the past 10 years and suddenly an AFCON trophy appeared…..! Our players were just inspired!! SIMPLE!
i meant to say unprofessional muvi tv with its cheap labour soccer analysts went all the way to ensure chris katongo did play. joined by other tutemba radio stations, it was all chris k this, that. even most of the drunkards in the streets started saying the thing. Why was this jealous against katongo made to reach fever hight? he won bbc footballer of the yr that made him target of the arrogant ignorant primitive zambians led by muvi tv untrained cheap labpur jounalists.
On a pisitive note ama facts aya bane.
1. Zambia did not lose at AFCON
2. Zambia did not lose a single game at Mbombela stadium
3. Zambia was not just the best team to qualify
4. Therefore, Zambia’s exit is honorable
What do you say??
WHAT A SAD END OF BEING HEROES to ZEROS. This team has just become so complacent Rubbish display of inadequacy to score. MBESUMA?? HE DID THE SAME THING TWICE NIGERIAN GAME & THEN yesterday Day. Clear Goal being given to a goalkeeper??? What a STUPID Striker we have. This exit is so painful especially that we had the best ball control in the whole tournament. THEY BETTER APOLOGISE TO THE ZAMBIAN FUNS. BECAUSE it’s not about them only. It is the whole Nation. KISS GOODBYE TO GOOD SIGNING DEALS AS NO CLUBS WILL WANT TO TAKE RUBBISH PLAYERS.
Hope you are ok and I pray that Zambia’s AFCON exit result of yesterday did not depress you. Herewith some indisputable facts:-
1. None of the teams in the group will prove that Zambia was a weak team
2. From the results of the games, there is no evidence that Zambia lost at AFCON
3. Zambia did not lose a single game at Mbombela stadium
4. Zambia was not just the best team
5. Zambia did not lose but just failed to qualify to the next round
6. Therefore, Zambia’s exit is honorable
Have a good day
nonsense Chilifye tacifimfyo mukonso , Zambia is a shame
hey Zambians or whatever you wanna call urselves . When you guys won last year you then insulted all the Southern African countries who congratulated you and shared the joy with you, the very people who also had supported you against the northen nations who always play dirty tricks against countries from the south. After winning the cup all you culd do was to call us names and all sorts of insults . yes we are not zambians and yes the Cup was for Zambia but hey , your next door will always be your close buddie and when the lads are down you need him/her but becoz in your moment of glory you forgot that and call us names , we celebrate your elimination . we side with our enemy who is also yours.
Zambia you suck and goo thing you are going back home. Football is richr without you .
Pride goeth before a fall. Pride killed Zambia.
thanks for that
Veek, we just led the way – you’re NEXT. That Nigerian side has no depth
AFTER ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE GAVE TO THE ZAMBIANS (CHIPOLOPOLO)…THIS IS WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT ZIM :
‘I have never understood these Zimbabweans. When did they cease to be our bitter rivals. They should know that Zambia is representing Zambia not Sadc.
Every team got its chance in Afcon and Zim was busy fixing matches. The Zimbabweans always want to steal Zambian glory. They often lay claim to Kariba Dam and the majestic Vic falls which they share with us so now let’s tell them clearly. This cup is for Zambians alone. They should build their team The Worriers or Dreaming team whatever they call it. I was surprised to see Zimbabweans who for long have ridiculed our dear Chipolopolo post such statements as ‘we’ve done it!’ whaaaaaat?! Organise your team. Botswana who…
@Great Khali; those remarks would have been very unfortunate if they were really made, but the mistake that most people make is to take an individual’s point of view as the position of the country. Thats wrong. AFCON 2013 aside, no one can take away from Zambia for winning AFCON 2012. It’s like your CV- we don’t attain degrees and diplomas everyday, but keep referring to our most important academic achievements, which in most cases are over a decade old!!!
It’s just a game folks, but what a game!
Everyone brings something to AFCON tournaments and I think that’s what makes it interesting: west African soccer is very physical, with players believing that body building is equivalent to skill whereas southern African soccer is full of skill and flare, but players are generally not very fit, so they all blend well…