Beston Chambeshi has set his 2018 COSAFA Cup targets after he was handed the reins to oversee Zambia’s campaign at the South Africa tournament.
South Africa will host the 2018 COSAFA Cup from May 27 to June 9.
Chambeshi will stand-in for his boss Wedson Nyirenda due to the latter supervising Zambia’s 2019 U20 AFCON qualifier.
“Every coach wants to win the tournament but we have to make sure we make a strong team that is going there to compete,” Chambeshi said.
“My target is to build a team that is disciplined and can deliver.
“We want to see players who can come and stay at national level because we have seen a lot of changes. We need players who are serious.”
Zambia will face Namibia in the quarterfinals on June 2 in Polokwane.
Both sides kickoff their 2018 COSAFA Cup race in the last eight stage after enjoying a preliminary group stage bye.
Go Zambia go.
Ba Chambeshi likula….he is tactically and technically inept. His strategies are limited – they are not diverse. That was clearly shown during the under 20 world cup. He was just this lucky coach, with a group of talented young fellas who happened to have been assembled together at the right time. On your positives, though long gone; bola yena, mwalishibe ukuteya jealous down!
I made the same observations, but most people were so drowned in excitement at the time and couldn’t spot that…
slowsilver
Did he just say, his target is to build a strong team that can deliver? Wow! Ba Zambia, two weeks before a tournament that’s when we are trying to build a team?
IS HE NOT THE SAME COACH UNDER WHOSE TUTELAGE THE U-20 EMERGED THE AFRICAN CHAMPIONS?
IS HE NOT THE SAME COACH UNDER WHOSE TUTELAGE THE U-20 BIT THE LIKES OF PORTUGAL, GERMANY AT THE U-20 WORLD CUP FINALS IN SOUTH KOREA? HE MIGHT NOT BE 98% PERFECT, BUT HE MADE ZAMBIA PROUD.
Why waste money always building teams at tournaments instead of going there to with heart of winning?
The recent under20 cosafa tournament loss to South Africa at home was also a building time, even when you know players are growing old. Change your attitudes towards competitions, we are not here forever.