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Under-15 Chipolopolo Trials Gather Momentum

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Chipolopolo coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic will oversee final Zambia Under-15 team selection this week ahead of the sides’ participation in an eight-team tournament scheduled for September in Croatia.

Micho has been on the road for the last fortnight conducting regional trials starting in Lusaka, Kabwe and over the weekend wrapped -up the process on the Copperbelt.

“We have three teams going into the final selection after we picked the best 25 from the Copperbelt who will compete with 25 from Lusaka and other players from the other region,” Micho said.

“In the next seven days, we need to choose 18 field players and three goalkeepers that will go to Croatia for a the tournament where Qatar will represent Asia, Chile will representing South America, Zambia representing Africa while there will be five countries representing Europe.”

Micho will hold final team selection starting on August 31.

The Croatia tournament will run from September 21-28.

“I believe in the enormous amount of talent and quality of talent that we have seen and that we have practically put the seeds here today in players so that in ten years’ time, they will be 25-years- old and take Zambia to the World Cup 2030,”Micho said.

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