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Quicksilver stays calm despite Zambia’s FIFA U20 WC qualification

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Zambia Vs Mali
Zambia Vs Mali
Under-20 coach Beston ‘Quicksilver’ Chambeshi says qualifying to this May’s FIFA World Cup in South Korea shouldn’t distract Zambia from focusing on the Under-20 Africa Cup.

Chambeshi’s side on Wednesday evening thumped Mali 6-1 at Heroes Stadium in Lusaka to reach the semifinals and book a place at the South Korea World Youth Cup.

He said Zambia is seeking to advance further at Junior Africa Cup.

“I am happy for the team to qualify to the world cup but I am looking at the next game,” Chambeshi said.

“It is important to go further in this tournaments. Right now my technical staff is looking at this tournament, the tournament is still on,” he said.

Zambia, who sits on six points from the first two matches, have already won Group A having beaten Guinea 1-0 in the opener on Sunday.

The Young Chipolopolo concludes Group A action on Saturday with a game against Egypt in Lusaka.

“I will not rest some players but what I can say is that I have confidence in each and every player so I will take the next game with a serious approach,” Chambeshi said.

Second placed Egypt have two points while Guinea and Mali have a point each from two matches played.

17 COMMENTS

  1. Please get Professionals to look after turfs, there is a science behind that its not just about watering till the soil is swampy!!

    • We urgently need to invest in mowers, grass fertilizers, rollers, hard wearing turf seeds…even head hunting for one Englishman groundsman to come and look at those pitches and paying him and his family a months holiday in Luangwa Game Park.
      I was shocked to saw one Malian player fail to knee slide when he scored.

    • Jay Jay, the turf is not being watered currently.
      Its persistently raining an average of 3 times every 24 hours.

  2. THAT’S THE SPIRIT “QUICKSILVER”. RESTING BECAUSE OF QUALIFYING TO SOUTH KOREA’S YOUTH WORLD CUP IS BEING STUP!D. A NEW ZAMBIAN SIDE TEAM WITH A DIFFERENT WORK CULTURE APPROACH MUST BE DEVELOPED FROM THIS U20 OR UNDER WHATEVER TEAMS. WE WANT INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS WITH A COLLECTIVELY SPIRIT OF EXCEEDING. THE IDEA OF RELAXING AFTER WINNING ONE (EVEN FINALS) IS NOT WITH WESTERN WORK CULTURE. ZAMBIA MUST ADOPT IT, TOO.

  3. He should focus on winning the Afcon u/20. It’s not the first time Zambia has qualified to the u/20 world cup. That’s not the greatest achievement. His greatest achievement is to win this cup especially that it’s on home soil.

  4. The boys did well and watch out for Musole’s son.That boy is a real talent.All the best to the boys and we pray that they bring a smile on our faces and joy to the nation by lifting the Trophy .It is well

  5. I like the spirit the boys displayed! Remember that same spirit helped us to win the 2012 African Cup of Nations! Team work and team spirit is important and must not miss after you meet the physical fitness criteria you all must meet! Many games we lost previously to North Africans were lost psychologically in spite having had better players! God bless you Zambia and U20!

  6. This qucikdiamond must be FIRED , WE CANT HAVE A TEAM that you call under 20 and yet the boys are above 25. Fashion sakala is my step brother iam 24 and he is older than me, please don’t age cheat. Coming to technics the coach is clueless if u watched the mali game tha is pure JUJU thats why the day we beat mali a strange human looking like creature appeared in kitwe and ECL travelled with a huge delegation to Israel all these are signs of JUJU, EVEN MALI scored first why couldnt they hold onto the win awe stop juju bane.

    • The govt said we should grow it for medicinal purposes nomba iwe you have started abusing the substance! And whatever you smoke must be higher than ganja!

  7. @ANYOKOoo iwe uli mu sene nangu you are a Malian e imwe mwale onaula bankashi shesu pamulandu wafintu fyenu ifyo mukusha ukucila mucipimo ngamwapita pamwanakashi ninshi capwa aonaika….. now your juju did not work in Zambia because we know you.

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