Bafana Bafana beat hosts Zambia 2-0 to claim the Four-Nations Tournament title.
Goals from Percy Tau and Lebo Mothiba ended Zambia coach Wedson Nyirenda’s three-match unbeaten run against Bafana.
Tau put South Africa ahead in the 15th minute when he punished Toaster Nsabata for some poor goalkeeping after the Zanaco number one dropped the ball and the Mamelodi Sundowns striker planted an iced cool finish.
However, any plans for dramatic comeback went up in smoke in stoppage time of the second half when Lebo Mothiba sneaked in on the right side of the box to put the result beyond doubt just two minutes after he replaced Tau.
Zambia finished second behind Angola who Zimbabwe for Bronze on 4-2 post match penalty win following a 2-2 full time result.
Zambia coach Wedson Nyirenda is out of his depth he is Zambian club level coach…get proper coach in!!
Well done KK 11. A silver is not bad. Great job Wedson Nyirenda.
Zambian Football has no strategy, they think prayer will make us win games??? Come on God is a loving God for all. Have a plan then you will win tournaments and also qualify for future World-cups. Can’t we see something a wrong?? Such a big football powerhouse but always fail to Win Tournaments.
God is a loving God. Our players should stop behaving as if God did not create and does not care about the opponents. In yesterday’s game our players were all kneeling down and pointing to the sky while the South African opponents watched and waited for them to finish their prayers to kick off the match, and in the end the South Africans had the last laugh. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying prayer is bad what I’m saying is, we should plan properly in order to win anything in life. It is like someone who is going to write an exam and instead of reading (studying) he concentrates on praying for passing. Is that person going to pass! The answer is NO. God helps those who help themselves.
True, Chipolopolo is beyond Nyirenda’s capabilities. We better act now coz at this rate; we may not even make for the AFCON Finals…
The footage video on social media of Coaches Wedson Nyirenda and Beston Chambeshi shows they didn’t seem to agree and Ronald ‘Sate Sate’ Kampamba is later confined to the bench.
Get an experienced coach!!
@Anita, Well written. Sometimes I take it like we fool God, See Today’s Message on LT, we should learn to REAP where we SOW. They don’t train hard, no strategy and think God will give us victory? WE have a serious problem in Zambian Football. They should change they Game plan otherwise it’s all about nonsense kneeling.
Tebufi. Ba coach likula
Football…PRAY, economy…PRAY….Everything….PRAY. Its true there is a loving God but he only helps those who have wisely and effectively used the resources that God gave them.
If prayer was the answer to our problems, the US would be the poorest country. The richest countries would be Zambia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia The Phillipines.
Zambia finished second behind Angola who Zimbabwe for Bronze on 4-2 post match penalty win following a 2-2 full time result. Neat!
Hahahahaha….bro, it is Saturday, probably half of LT editorial cadre (if they even have one) is already drunk. Go figure!
Comment:for how long is FAZ going at such kind of coaching. People let us be serious with our game
Local coaches have the tedacy of making gradges with venteran players for unknown reasons but best known by themselves get an expartriate coach and local as an assistant otherwise you will continue breaking people’s hearts because football is the favourite sport world over Kamanga TAKE it or LEAVE it.
After beating Zimbabwe, on penalties even, the Zambian coach makes a pronouncement that now we have a great team. How? You can only make such a pronouncement after seeing some consistency, 4 to 5 games. Just after one game against Zimbabwe which you have struggled twice to come from behind and you are already all over the moon to say we now have a great team. I ask again, HOW?
I was also shocked seeing a very excited Zambian coach after our game with Zimbabwe which we barely salvaged, you could tell that the man is happy with mediocre results, anyway South Africa showed us how it is done on our home soil. Mozambique, Nigeria and South Africa have all shown us that Zambia can not even defend herself on her home soil, they all butchered us at home
Please ba FAZ. Get a Coach.
As much as we may pride in a Zambia bred coach football is becoming very technical and scientific no longer a social game.
Avoid the English disease where clubs are more stronger than the national team; lets look beyond the borders for a coach; look at what HR achieved and keep achieving on the continent of africa
Comment: Poland is no 6 ranked team in the world.. Super Eagles went to Poland and thought them a football lesson there. Argentina is among top 2 ranked team in the world. Nigeria hammered them 4-2 them in Russia. Nigeria will play Serbian on Tuesday, Zambians should watch out for Almighty Super Eagles.
Good job Super Eagles…those Polish can be very racist who they have something to remember!!
Comment: Zambia coach is just too talkative. Zambia needs a very good coach.
Kamanga! LET WADA GO NOW, HE HAS DONE HIS PART. WE NEED A COACH THAT ALL THE PLAYERS ARE GOING TO RESPECT. I SAY SO BECAUSE SOME PLAYERS IN THE TEAM FEEL THEY HAVE MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN THE COACH, AND THAT IS A FACT IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. WADA HAS DIFFERENCES WITH SOME SENIOR PLAYERS BECAUSE HE FEELS THEY DON’T RESPECT HIM AND HE HAS TO FLEX HIS MUSCLE TO SHOW THEM WHO IS THE BOSS (LEAVING THEM OUT OF THE TEAM). TO ME THAT IS JUST HAVING AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX ON THE PART OF WADA. THE COUNTRY MUST NOT SUFFER BECAUSE OF WADA’S EGO.
The team played well; it was just not our day. Goalkeeper Nsabata played well too. The first goal was not due to poor goalkeeping. Nsabata collided with his team-mate on his way down from plucking the ball in the air. Brazil lost to Germany 6-0 during the 2014 World Cup. They have put that behind them and now look to the future. Where was God s Zambia was losing? Superstition in Zambia is boundless.
TO ANDREW KAMANGA: Keep your cool and don’t expect to be popular in that job as you try to establish a sensible administration without bribery and corruption. You need a statistician to organize quantitative data such as attendance figures for league and national team matches, gate collections, injury frequencies, safety and security breaches at stadiums,number of players active in the game , etc. These data need to be analysed to see reveal broad trends. Absolutely vital for modern decision-making. The many drop-outs who dominate the game don’t know this; you do.
Lets concentrate on the impeachment motion in ZAMBIA COACH AS WELL, U CANT HAVE A COACH WHO BY A SLIGHT WIND PUSH FALLS DOWN KONGANGANGA ALSO HE TALKS TOO MUCH BUT NO ACTION, BAFANA BAFANA ARE CHAMPIONS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA WE CANT COMPETE WITH THEM WE ARE NOW REDUCED TO SAME LEVEL WITH MALAWI , LESOTHO AND SWAZILAND BECAUSE OF WEDSON NYIRENDA AND KAMANGA THE FAZ MAN ALL EASTERN DWITS
Anyoko: Keep Nyirenda in the job as he learns both from bad and good experiences. We Zambians are more harsh on humble football players than thieving politicians. The national football team teaches us lessons that we do not find in wider society. There is comradeship that you do not see in politics. They celebrate each other’s success and defend together. The losing team is often consoled by the victors. Where do you see that in Zambian politics?
The problem we have in this country is that football is not taken as a business. No wonder every Jackass can be a coach. Not long ago, we lost U20 tournament in the first round and someone say we are building a future under 20 team and take it just like that. We go to Morocco and we come back with excuses we are shaping for Qatar 2022. Now this one we are shaping in the name of 2019. If I may ask, these activities are they for free? Don’t we spend any tax payers money? There is greater honour in accepting failure. Those who aim to be better don’t fear to do organisational re-engineering and this is what FAZ and Ministry of Sports ought to do now. Ba Wada has do we are able to tell what he can offer. Give us an expatriate coach and please not from South Africa.
We should not include Good in these earthly competitions and try to portray an image that it is only us that have God’s favor. The opponents are equally a God’s creation. Please can someone tell our less informed boys not to put up shows for everyone to see that they are praying. One can still pray in the dressing room without people watching him and cheering. No wonder we are losing games because we now playing (fooling) God. It’s too much, God is all loving. God loves all his creations. Let us not invite a curse on ourselves.
Meant to say Good
Meant to say God.
We have to look for an expatriate coach, we’re tired of Wedson. What he has done is enough.
Besides that he hates experienced and professional players.
If the situation goes on like this, results for qualifying matches of AFCON 2019 will be worse.
Why should we get an expatriate coach? Wedson Nyirenda was a player in the Power Dynamos team that won the Africa Cup Winners’ Cup as it then was in 1992. He is now coaching. He is a very experienced in football. When will our ex-players now coaching get experience from both good and bad situations? Yes, we spend money on football. Even our blundering politicians also cost us money. Perhaps we need expatriates in politics also to help raise standards!
Just to add on good points from others. Wada you call him is corrupt that’s why he keep on changing players.
Problem in Zambia we take too long to act.this does anything he wants it appears he is not supervised too much trust.no system to complete
a checked system no ward even funds are misused st faz.way forward urgently remove wada leave chambeshi then get a new coach from German,Denmark, or Spain
Ifwe tubomba nga pali inkanda iya but a.
To wada he calls yes Bwana’s as well disciplined regardless of poor performance those who don’t kneel down out bama one
New coach or out of afcon
Mozambique will best Zambia 4 nil with wada has coach
Meanwhile Renard’s Morocco are on the rise. Bring back the Kalu Executive before Zambia fails to qualify for AFCON.
When is Wada going to be replaced . Forget about Africa cup or world cup qualification under Wada. Give him a club to coach.
Ba Kamanga, Wedson has failed! He lacks game planning, strategy (system and cohesion) and game reading! In respective interviews at the end of the final on Saturday, the South African coach talked about how he planned for Zambia’s down-fall, surprising Wedson talked about his lads playing well! Is there any shred of seriousness in Nyirenda? How do you praise lads who couldn’t score? Please fire Nyirenda now, if FAZ still want him around they should send him for 3 months coaching course to Brazil on game planning, strategy and skill! Otherwise its time to get an experienced experterient coach! As could be seen during the 4-nation tournament, Zambia is not short of talent, what is needed is nurturing it spiced with high level discipline!
we should not include God in these earthly competitions and try to portray an image that it is only us that have God’s favor. The opponents are equally a God’s creation. Please can someone tell our less informed boys not to put up shows for people to see that they are praying. One can still pray in the dressing room without people watching and cheering. No wonder we are losing games because we are now playing (fooling) with God. it’s too much, God is all loving and kind to all his creation. Let us not invite a curse on ourselves.
we should not include God in these earthly competitions and try to portray an image that it is only us that have God’s favor. The opponents are equally a God’s creation. Please can someone tell our less informed boys not to put up shows for people to see that they are praying. One can still pray in the dressing room without people watching and cheering. No wonder we are losing games because we are now playing (fooling) with God. it’s too much, God is all loving and kind to all his creation. Let us not invite a curse on ourselves.
iMWEE BA LT. WHY MODERATE MY COMMENT FOR THE WHOLE DAY. PLEASE I HAVEN’T INSULTED PF YOUR PARTY.
Too many homelosses
Everything has gone to the dogs