Left winger Kelvin Mubanga has warned that Zambia must be at their best to excel at the 2015 CAF Under-23 Cup to be hosted by Senegal.
Zambia will be one of three debutants at the second edition of the CAF Under-23 Cup in November that includes Tunisia and Mali as well.
Other finalists at the championship that will decide Africa’s three representatives at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa and hosts Senegal.
Mubanga predicts that the championship would be tough.
“This is the first time we will be going for this tournament so it will be tough.All the games at the tournament will not be easy as will be facing teams like Egypt,Nigeria and Algeria,” the Power Dynamos midfielder said.
“We need to be at our best to win games in Senegal and we need to work hard as a team,” Mubanga said.
He said Fighton Simukonda’s side will strive to qualify for the Olympics.
Zambia, quarterfinalists at Seoul 1988, are chasing their third Olympic outing.
“It is good that we have qualified for this tournament but serious work has just started. We need to be at the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil,” Mubanga said.
He added:”The nation must support us so that we can qualify for the Olympic Games in Brazil.”
The tournament runs from November 28 to December 12.
