Six overseas-based 2017 U20 AFCON Winners have been summoned for Zambia’s 2019 U23 AFCON qualifiers.
Strikers Patson Daka and Fashion Sakala,midfielders Emmanuel Banda ,Edwards Chilufya and Enock Mwepu including defender Boston Muchindu are the ex-Under-20 stars called -up to face Malawi on March 20 away in Lilongwe and on March 24 at home in Lusaka in a second round qualifier.
South African-based striker Gampani Lungu of SuperSport United has also been called-up for the qualifier bringing to seven the foreign-based call-ups for the qualifiers.
Meanwhile, a provisional team of 30 home-based players have been holding weekly training camp ahead of the qualifier in Lusaka since the end of January under Zambia U23 assistant coach Bilton Musonda.
Musonda is standing in for Beston Chambeshi who has been busy with Nkana’s CAF Confederation Cup Group C engagements.
Winner over both legs will face Burundi or Congo-Brazzaville in the final round in June for a place at November’s finals in Egypt.
The top three finishers in Egypt will represent Africa at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games football tournament.
Defender: Boston Muchindu (Portugal)
Midfielders: Emmanuel Banda (Beziers, France), Enock Mwepu (RB Salzburg, Austria), Edward Chilufya (Djurdgardens, Sweden)
Strikers: Gampani Lungu (SuperSport United, South Africa), Patson Daka (RB Salzburg, Austria), Fashion Sakala (KV Oostende, Belgium)
Boston Muchindu bringing some hope, he is Portugal.
Comment: Good to bring them back
Is Shonga of Pirates not eligible
He is not that good.
Plus discipline, he will spoil the party. I prefer Luchanga over your Shonga.
Then goalkeeper, Mweene from Under 20 would be better than those others.
What wrong with us Zambians , we can’t include Charles Musonda Jr. The boy is good. Its how u speak with his parents .
Leave that boy out he thinks he own the world ad he will finish just like that it looks as though the father does not want him to play for zed
It would have been nice if Charlie Jr was approached! But anyhow good luck lads. . . .
In Zambia we must make noise about this Musonda Boy and others even Shonga otherwise hatred/impatila is so common, Please hatred aside call the Boy and Shonga imwe Ba Kapanga ala!
It is high time we put the past behind us. Musonda will never make the Belgian team at the look of things. We should approach Musonda jnr now than later.
We need a new Charly cool in the Chipolopolo set up.
Andrew Kamanga can achieve this.
Kamanga should Meet with the Musonda family and have a candid conversation
Charles musonda and his wife, are stupid and not patriotic. We can’t keep on begging them. They lied that their boys would never play for Zambia because of King Kalu’s position at faz. But wen did Kalu leave faz? So pipo, let’s learn to call a spade a spade and not pretend as if no efforts have been made to bring the boys back home. Let them be and we shall do better with what we have.