Tuesday, March 19, 2024

No AFCON for disjointed Chipolopolo

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The Zambia National Soccer team
The Zambia National Soccer team

Chipolopolo were beaten 1-0 away in Mozambique today to see Zambia fail to qualify for two successive AFCON’s for the first time since 1972.

The last time Zambia failed to qualify for successive AFCON’s was for the 1970 and 1972 tournaments.

A 62nd minute goal from Reginaldo Fait ended disjointed Zambia’s race and probably decided coach Sven Vandenbroeck’s fate.

But the arrival four minutes later of Rainford Kalaba and Cletus Chama for Augustine Mulenga and Emmanuel Banda added some adrenaline rush to the team but that was it.

In fact, Chipolopolo’s best chance for a goal came very early in the first half when defender Simon Silwimba attempted one of his speculative trademark goals with an acute angle shot that was miraculously tipped over by Leonel Pendula.

The defeat left Zambia bottom of Group K on 4 points from five games with a match left to play.

It also saw Mozambiuqe complete a historic double over Chipolopolo after beating them by the same margin in Ndola in the first leg on June 10, 2017.

Meanwhile, Mozambique are not out of the woods despite staying third and rising within one point of leaders Guinea Bissau and second placed Namibia who are both level on 8 points.

Mozambique must now win in Bissau next March to qualify.

Namibia on the other hand will qualify even if they lose to Zambia in their prospective dead rubber considering Mozambique’s forthcoming uphill battle.

The top two from each group qualify to AFCON.

82 COMMENTS

  1. Its also the first time since 1964 for Zambia to have a corrupt government and Ministers. So what do you expect – disaster. More surprises bane and clean records.

    Disaster!!!!

    • Disjointed nation of Zambia, not Chipolopolo.
      For example , where you LTs. in Mangango campaigning. What’s more important the MP job or Zambian Football team?
      Who is minister of Sports in Disjointed PF-government?
      Did Ba Edgar know that Chipolopolo boys needed to WIN in Mozambique or he more interested in PF to WIN in Mangango?

    • You called our kalu names now look at what this imbe.cile at faz doing. Fire faz , fire albino let’s be serious for once

    • We told you Kamanga would be a disaster. You never wanted to listen to us. He knows zilch about football but you were fooled by his vitriol against Kalusha Winning afcon is not a small achievement. Some countries have never won it since it started. We couldn’t win it for 40 years and someone comes to demean the achievement and you believe him. Now we have failed to qualify for the second tournament running some thing we have never done before

    • Lets sell chikolopelo team to the Chinese.
      They don’t know that football is a pain-killer for the suffering zambians.Imagine losing to small teams like Moz, namibia, guinea bissau, not qualifying to Afcon. On top of that you sleep on an empty stomach.
      This team has to be disbanded & coach replaced.

    • We told you Kamanga would be a disaster. You never wanted to listen to us. He knows zilch about football but you were fooled by his vitriol against Kalusha Winning afcon is not a small achievement. Some countries have never won it since it started. We couldn’t win it for 40 years and someone comes to demean the achievement and you believe him. Now we have failed to qualify for the second tournament running some thing we have never done before. stop blo

    • Tulamyeba. Kamanga does not have any knowledge of the game. He is just a noise maker. We are now nonentities in soccer. Where are our soccer experts? Kamanga must go!

    • We told you Kamanga would be a disaster. You never wanted to listen to us. He knows zilch about football but you were fooled by his vitriol against Kalusha Winning afcon is not a small achievement. Some countries have never won it since it started. We couldn’t win it for 40 years and someone comes to demean the achievement and you believe him. Now we have failed to qualify for the second tournament running some thing we have never done before. Elyo BaLT Mwaya Sana. If Kamanga is your friend keep him as your correspondent. What are you protectiving him from?

    • shooterz – Great Galu is a thief….he still has not appealed to FIFA we are still waiting …really laughable…his lawyers or friends told him to see the 2 years through as evidence was damning!!

    • Kamukale kainke nkinga Sven. Very fun coach. Who brought this man to Zambia???. Chambeshi or Nyirenda are better for this position!!!.

    • I see despair and utter disappointment over the result. Don’t despair. Egypt and Nigeria missed out on the previous AFCON competitions.
      Remember the team was playing under the curse of a certain prophet. He had cursed the team because his spiritual father was denied entry into the country. I hope that makes him feel justified and s bigger prophet for the result.
      The Ministry of Home Affairs must ensure that his mining licenses are suspended and he is declared a prohibited immigrant
      Zambia shall arise.

    • I miss the KK 11 … those were days when we used to beat teams like Italy at the Olympics, put the fear of God in Germany while sending shears to teams like Mexico and Bulgaria.

      Teams like Tunisia and Egypt better be ready twice as much when grouped with Zambia back then and now fisushi fye lyonse.

      Fire the coach and the entire FAZ team; wipe the slate clean and let’s start afresh!!

      Heaven help us all …

    • This BUNCH of losers didwell not towualifu coz we’d have been the whipping boys of the tournament. Time for sinkala to hang up boots together with Mweene. And why are we still failing to find a good No.3?

    • I would rather go for a thief who brings me results than a holy thief who brings me shame after shame. Kalu will see thru his ban and come back stronger. believe me football is corrupt and all those serving at fifa now will also be found wanting. to hell with your HOLY failure in kamanga.

    • Please fire Museven and Kampamba as they sold away all the games. Why didn’t they play Kalaba? They new that in each game kalaba when put in he controled the mid-field but they always substituted him in when there was only 15 or 10 minutes remaining. These guys – Museven and Kampamba are useless and they must go.
      I can manage the team better than them….please fire these useless creatures.

  2. As some of us lick our wounds of this latest defeat, I just can’t help it but to miss the Chipolopolo of old….Our past (before the crush and few years after) Zambian teams would have blown away this group, beating our opponents both home and away!! What are we doing wrong????

  3. No feel good factor pa Zambia today!
    The team that won us AFCON was assembled with the help of Rupiah. Now everything is Caderism, division, & stealing by the Drunken bandit, & his minions.
    BAD NEWS INDEED.

    • How can you win anything when your supporters instead of behaving like other countries cheering their Team, go on a campaign safari, shouting P. F slogans, & show pictures of Meno Meno Jona???
      SURELY JONAS PICTURE WILL ONLY INTIMIDATE, & SCARE THE PLAYERS.

  4. Ba Zambia but why? Is it the coach to blame or the players? Help me good soccer analysts please. Can the coach go or he stays?

    • It’s poor management coaching and poor players. When Kalu hired Herve Noone knew him but as a footballer Kalu could see the man:s potential. After winning with us Herve is now the most sought after coach in Africa because he went on to win with other national teams

    • Actually both – the players were so useless like they had already qualified or did not care about qualifying. I do not see any value added by the Coaches – anyway, the mandate of the Coach was to qualify the team to the AFCON — he has failed. The team also needs a psychologist on board. Nothing to do with politics that the foools are trolling.

  5. We told you Kamanga would be a disaster. You never wanted to listen to us. He knows zilch about football but you were fooled by his vitriol against Kalusha Winning afcon is not a small achievement. Some countries have never won it since it started. We couldn’t win it for 40 years and someone comes to demean the achievement and you believe him. Now we have failed to qualify for the second tournament running some thing we have never done before. Ba LT stop blocking

  6. Even the kit, the boys look like they are wearing a no name brand swimming costume, all because of corruption, the ministers are all campaigning, I understand they even chartered a plane for the supporters, what a miscalculation

  7. Kikiki Kamanga has just made things worde for PF.Ba lungu nomba fyabipapa.Pipo now can’t be conforted by anything in this country.We told u to leave kalu alone but u wanted this businessman who insulted kalu and scandalized him.Kalu had passion for Zambian soccer.Under 20 perfomance was a product of kalu and not kamanga.kalu left that team which kamanga has destroyed.Just let this man called kamanga resign pantu pipo are annoyed.He is making PF govt more unpopular.We have nothing to talk about.Kamanga is evil bane.

  8. Ah, this is not good mwe! Butucita dissapoint ama boys. Why have they stopped “dying a little for mother Zambia,” as the legendary Dennis Liwewe (MHSRIP) put it? They need to reset and upload their system again to start high performance. While others have moved on, I think they’re still resting on their 2012 Championship laurels.

  9. Stop taking part in competitions abroad for at least two years until you get your house in order. At least we will be saved from embarrassment and after the two years we shall rise from the ashes like the Phoenix.

  10. Immediately i saw them putting on the green kit and supporters waving the pf symbol, my heart was no longer at peace. Can anything good come out of these two forces?

  11. This is what you get when all you do is talk about Man United and Arsenal football clubs instead of talking about your local football clubs and players.we need to learn to support our boys if they are to be motivated.i saw a picture on Facebook our famous chipolopolo supporters wearing Man United jerseys and Arsenal.

    • Nowadays you hear Zambians saying ‘We have lost ” when Manchester united has lost. They are e too mentally enslaved they cry for their colonial masters losses
      What about our own City of Lusaka Nchanga ranges

  12. We (faz)) must urgently regulate foreign players in our league as this affects the performance of the national team. I mean FAZ must speed up the formulation of policy on the utilization of the foreign players. For the past period foreign players have been top scorers ladies and gentlemen this is not good for our sweet game of football. As am writing to LT most if not all zambian are affected in one way or another. Image the watching afcon next year without our boys it’s a bitter pill to swallow

    • Forget. Just stop being xenophobic. What are you protecting?
      Spain has plenty of foreign players but they still won the world cup and Europea cup. The French have lots of foreign players but they keep winning the world cup

    • Abilima stop throwing unproven theories at sound arguments. What has small leagues got to do with soccer xenophobia? Europe has plenty of small leagues that don’t have any xenophobic regulations and they do well. Denmark Switzerland are forces in soccer yet they are as small as Zambia

    • The same question I have…. these creatures -coaches Museven and Kampamba new that Kalaba always controls the Mid-field, but why do they always introduce him when it is too late? What has Kalaba done to Kampamba ??? I have no kind words for Kampamba and Mseven but to tell them to pack and go. They coaches must go….they are useless !!!

  13. Kamanga and his Executive have failed to take the Chipolopolo to 2 Afcons in a roll..ie, 2017 and 2019…As much as we may blame the Coaches who have been at the helm during this period,,,Faz’s performance must be scrutinized..The truth is that the Executive has not performed as expected..This therefore means that change of the Exco is inevitable…Kamanga and His Team have failed, so should Resign..

    • The U-20 was Kalusha’s project just like Trump inherited Obama’s performing economy.
      Ask Beston Chambeshi. Had the inheriters been good managers we should by now be reaping from the u20’s success but instead we are going backwards

    • @21.2 The U-20 was Kalusha’s project just like Trump inherited Obama’s performing economy.
      Ask Beston Chambeshi. Had the inheriters been good managers we should by now be reaping from the u20’s success but instead we are going backwards

  14. The question we must ask ourselves is whether the change by removing Kalusha from Faz has made our game any better…Kalusha may have had his shortcomings,,,but is Kamanga better, going what has been achieved so far…

  15. Kalu was far better. Under him we went there and brought the CUP.
    Kamanga the FAZ president, the other Kamanga who claims to be sports analyst and Simata were against Kalu and coach Renard. Infact they said Zambia was not going to lift the cup with Kalu at FAZ and Renard as coach.
    Now check. In four years Zambia wont appear there.

  16. With Kananga at FAZ tizamuziba yesu. Next up is Mopani COSAFA U20 to held in Zambia. More disappointments. Under Kalu this was our cup, under Kananga the noise maker it’s early elimination.

  17. It’s not about Kalu or whether Nigeria and Egypt have also missed out on the AFCON before. It’s us losing to those kind of teams in the group. It was unheard of before. For me, it’s all a reflection of the kind of political will if any, that we currently have and the social economic base. The state of these affects every other area of human endeavour. Sport is not the only thing we have gone down in.

  18. Chintu Kampamba must go. He’s has been behind in making a team.
    The coach has no plans and always making consultations with Chintu.
    Chintu was chased from Kabwe Warriors after he contributed to team’s relegation in 2015.
    The best FAZ can do is to disband the team and the so called technical bench that can even use techniques to read the game.
    Surely, the team performance was below par but the chi-coach was hanging to it and started making substitutes in 75 min.
    Kalu is coming after 2 yrs.
    Chipolopolo will participate after 2 yrs.

  19. Mactabish- you are right Kalu is coming back after 2 years a changed and better person. Imagine a Faz led by Kalu without Kamanga and Simatasimata distracting him, we can surely qualify to the world cup.

  20. Though painful, there are lessons to be learnt. Shake or overhauling could be the solution. Retired legs are not reliable any more.

  21. That coach is only fit to coach roan united or kalulushi modern stars. LET HIM GO.
    1.MWEENE
    2.SILWAMBA
    3.CHUNGU
    4.KABASO
    5.SUNZU
    6.MTONGA
    7.KALABA
    8.MWEPU
    9.DAKA
    10.SHONGA
    11.TRIPLE C
    SIMPLE AS DRINKING H2O.

    • Why did he not start Daka and Kalaba? Where is Brian Mwila who destroyed Algeria in WC qualifiers? This is a sick coach.

  22. You Zambians have been brainwashed into believing illusions. You say “Zambia is a beacon of democracy” when what you actually have is a shamocracy, where tyrants run the show and have a stranglehold on our lives. You even insist Zambia is a Christian nation when the raping of justice, financial resources and literal rape run roughshod. You say Zambia is a footballing powerhouse when no Zambian team ever qualified to the world cup. You compare Zambia to South Africa, my foot; at least they have been to the world cup more than once! If you investigated properly you might actually find that the 2012 Afcon results was a fixed result for, how do you explain Drogba of all people missing a penalty? It is better to lie to another person than to lie to yourself.

  23. @Beston Chambeshi knows how to build a team. Let him pick it up with where he left with the Golden now U20+ boys…Give him a few years, you will have a team. What an embarrassment! No pride in these boys!

  24. 2 failed attempts to qualify to the AFCON should be enough for Kamanga to leave the seat before his time. The selection of coaches particularly this current one has really been below par. A decent Eastern European coach could have worked wonders with lads like Mwepu, Shonga, Augustine Mulenga etc but now even the boys have been made maplanga. Substitutions in the 75th Minute when you are trailing in a must win encounter say a lot about the coachs inability to read a game.

  25. Can sbdy tell me why Zambians panic so much when playing football? This never happened during the times of the Derby Makinkas, Alex Cholas, Godfrey Chitalus, Jones Chilengis, Aston Mulengas, etc…I see mediocre skill levels, lack of composure…name it!

    I lately noticed that there are a few skilled boys in the local league (watching Boma Ya Pa Zed) but they are never given opportunities… we only see fossils like the now defunct Mweene, beer finished Sinkala, bench warming Kalaba etc.

    I agree with my colleague who said Kamanga must go and carry his bloated Sven with him…

  26. Losing to minnows like Mozambique, Namibia…Cape Verde Island (population 550,000 ) is a travesty to say the least!!!

    Kamunga is like Lungu…no vision. No ZHISA, no Primary Schools soccer league, no community soccer league, poor and mendicant FAZ treasury with no proper income generation policy…etc.

    Like our plot 1 brother no proper advisors and too narcissistic…only spells doom. Shame

    • It is Guinea Bissau, a former Portuguese colony. Three quarters of their players play their football in the Portuguese League, while others are in the French League. I doubt if there are locally based players in their national team. They are a small island, but well organised in football. But our boys are only found in insignificant teams in Europe and South Africa. How I wish we had some in those big leagues like English, Spanish, French, German, etc. But, with the current scenario, what do you expect?

  27. Please fire Museven and Kampamba as they sold away all the games. Why didn’t they play Kalaba? They new that in each game kalaba when put in he controled the mid-field but they always substituted him in when there was only 15 or 10 minutes remaining. These guys – Museven and Kampamba are useless and they must go.
    I can manage the team better than them….please fire these useless creatures.

  28. What are the possibilities of passing a vote of no confidence in FAZ .this bunch must go .they obviously have no clue of what they are doing

  29. IF I WAS PRESIDENT I WAS GOING TO CASTRATE ALL THE PLAYERS INCLUDING TECHNICAL BENCH AND FAZ OFFICIALS AND THE SPORTS MINISTER AND PS KAKAKAKA

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