Nkana coach Aggrey Chiyangi has asked George Lwandamina to excuse bench-warmer Kapota Kayawe from Zambia duty until he holds down a starting place at his club.
Kayawe had a torrid outing on Saturday in Nkana’s 5-3 away loss to Zesco United at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola before he was substituted in the 38th minute and replaced Amos Simwanza.
“This is why we are crying to say Kapota needs a lot of league games they should not be rushing him to the senior team,” Chiyangi, and ex-Zambia international himself, said.
“He needs a lot of games.
“If you saw he was a bit uncomfortable so he has to play more of these games then it will help him. It will help him a lot.”
Meanwhile Lwandamina, who was at the opposite dugout as Zesco coach and witnessed Kayawe’s performance, dodged to comment over just hours after naming the player in his home-based squad that went into camp in Lusaka today to begin preparations for the September 6 away 2017 Africa Cup qualifying match against Kenya.
“They train with him I have nothing to talk about that. I don’t know how much he had put in training and I don’t know where he missed the game plan. So it is up to them (Nkana) to comment on that one. I will be very unfair for both coach and the player himself…but their bench is better placed to comment on that,” Lwandamina said.
The Zambia junior international has been a regular call-up this year for the senior national team despite playing just three competitive games for Nkana this season.
He made his Nkana debut on June 27 in a 1-0 away loss to Nchanga Rangers.
I think Chiyangi has a point coz that boy was one of the players who was on list of droped from NKANA.
Let him fight for a place first at club level nangu limpi Lwandamina ni yama wakwe.