The Zambia medical bench has asked Power Dynamos to be cautious with their star midfielder Mukuka Mulenga’s fitness.
Zambia team physician Dr Joseph Kabungo said Mukuka arrived in camp in Lusaka on Tuesday with a calf muscle injury.
Mukuka has been excused from training by Herve Renard and benched to rest his injury that Dr Kabungo said needed at least three days to rest.
“I have to liaise with the guys at Power because they have to be considerate in the manner they handle players affairs,” Dr Kabungo said at end of Wednesdays training at Barclays Sports Complex in Lusaka.
“It is not fair that the player is half fit then you still want to use him.
“Because that in itself you are not doing the player any service neither are you doing the team any service.
“Because at the end of the day instead of a player resting for a week you end up with a player who is out for a month because of a muscle strain that was minor, it goes all the way into being a major one.
“That in itself has got its own medical implications.”
The news could see Mukuka miss either Power’s league commitments or Zambia’s friendly against Zimbabwe on Sunday at Nkoloma Stadium in Lusaka.
“The coaches must understand Mukuka is their key player but when he is injured he is injured you cannot force matters,” Dr Kabungo added.
This is scary…these guys at our clubs just believe in spraying and ice blocks….FAZ needs to invest more in physiotherapy training if the sport is to improve at the grass roots. Invite football physiotherapists from developed football nationals like England to train our club physiotherapists in modern recovery methods and best evidence-based practice. Sadly all the money from AFCON 2012 has disappeared in thin air and the incompetent empty suits in Football House are back to begging from us.
HHmmmnnn FAZ employing physios for clubs? Mwati nangu chifukushi you can’t think like ngoshe.
How come Renard used a half fit Sunzu against Lesotho? isn’t that tantamount to employing double standards?
.. good question.. those guys see mistakes of others NOT theirs .
Let us not risk our players please,you mean you power dynamos officials can not use other players apart from mukuka?and please let the boy go to mamelodi sundowns,why are you blocking him when you only give him peanuts,let the boy go and develop himself.
Mr KABUNGO SIR,
What are you talking about.Practice wat you preach.
You used an injured STOPILA SUNZU in tyhe game againt Lesotho.What kind of a doctor are you.Defend yourself for using sunzu with bandages all over his right knee.
You are a disgrace.