Chipolopolo coach Honour Janza is impressed with the performance of local players in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Ivory Coast in a friendly match played at National Heroes Stadium in Lusaka.
Nkana striker Ronald “Sate Sate “Kampamba scored for Zambia before Ousmane Qattara equalised for Ivory Coast in the second half in a game
played to celebrate Zambia’s Golden Jubilee.
In a post-match interview, Janza said he was satisfied with the performance of the home based national team players.
The coach indicated that he will include more local players in the squad to face Mozambique in the next Africa Cup qualifier to be played
on 15 November in Maputo.
“The boys played to our plan, I think our local boys are doing fine and we have hope in them,” Janza said.
“I am satisfied with the way the boys are doing. If you have seen in the past two games we have been including more than eight local players,” he said.
Janza told journalists in Lusaka that the future of Zambian football was bright as evidenced by the performance of local players.
Its now up to you to make a bold decision by dropping tired legs.Our midfield and striking force has been a let down.
But Chris Katongo is scoring same as Chivuta. Janza its tough.
Other day I accidentally found a Botswana league game, there were 2 Zambians, one on each side, they were very good. Go and get them.
Indeed the coach has be bold.Ba Janza, Mbola is one of the tired legs.That Chongo boy is also not stable. Sinkala should up his game.Our midfield is no well coordinated.Kindly look at these areas and you will be smiling.
What i did not understand in that game was why he only made two substitutes. I thought he was going to assess all the local players to see how they fit in the ”new Zambia team’.