Zesco United crushed City of Lusaka 4-1 at home in Ndola on Sunday to go second and subsequently relegated the visitors from the FAZ Super Division.
Lazarus Kambole stole the show at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium with a brace in a match Jesse Were enhanced his credentials for the 2017 Golden Boot.
The two sides went into the break scoreless before Were put Zesco ahead a minute after the restart to take his tally to 15 and move within two goals of top scorer Chris Mugalu of Lusaka Dynamos.
Kambole made it 2-0 in the 64th minute but Edward Tembo pulled one back for City in the 69th minute.
But Kambole put some distance between them and City in the 72nd while Chibesa Chanda sealed the victory in stoppage time.
Zesco rise from 3rd position, exchanging places with Green Buffaloes, to sneak within one point of leaders and defending champions Zanaco with a game in hand.
Zanaco, Zesco and Green Buffaloes have 60, 59 and 57 points respectively.
City on the other hand are rock bottom and are first team to be demoted with six games left to play.
City cannot better the 33 points fourth from bottom Mufulira Wanderers have following the defeat.
City ya manzi
City ya moto
What happened my team? We need better leadership and money muscle behind the great team of Lusaka.
I am really disappointed in City FC management surely how can you sell your land around your stadium to RSA businessmen instead of leasing it or co-partnering!!
Jay Jay,
There is no RSA businessman who has bought the land around the stadium. The businessman you are referring is a Zambian of Italian origin, Diego Cassilli, who was born and brought up here in Zambia. He is the one who has refurbished the stadium and and pumped millions into City of Lusaka Football Club.
“Of course we are surviving, if team like Buffalo (sic) can be top of table, playing football like that; high balls, City is surviving. I come from Europe…” said the City coach…
Yeah Double J, he IS the ‘management’ this Diego Cassilli guy; (East Park Mall, Ananda’s) – one of my kids went to the same school as his. You should also watch some of these games at the stadium on match days, you’ll get to meet him and the wife, good people…)