Nkana coach Beston Chambeshi has been appointed as interim Chipolopolo Zambia boss.
Chambeshi takes over from Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic who left the post by mutual consent on July 17 after seventeen months in charge.
“Considering the forthcoming FIFA World Cup qualifiers in September-November, and the lengthy recruitment process, it would not be possible to employ a substantive national coach,” FAZ spokesperson Sydney Mungala said.
“In view of the short time before the commencement of the World Cup qualifiers, FAZ has announced a reconstituted interim technical bench for the Senior Men’s Football National Team to be headed by Mr. Beston Chambeshi who will be assisted by Numba Mumamba.
“In addition, the executive committee appointed Croatian Aljosa Asanovic as Technical Advisor as part of the technical bench. The reconstituted bench will be in charge for three months.”
This is Chambeshi’s third short-term appointment as Chipolopolo coach after overseeing the 2018 COSAFA Cup campaign when Zambia finished runners-up to Zimbabwe in Polokwane.
Chambeshi was also in charge of Chipolopolo’s June 2019 friendly away dates against Cameroon, Morocco and Cote d’Ivoire.
Chipolopolo has September’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group B qualifiers dates against Mauritania away in Nouakchott and Tunisia at home in Ndola.
Good luck ama Be
Waste of time
Chambeshi is ok. But Zambia needs excitement, that’s why we are demanding for Chris Katongo.
Chambeshi is okay, but he doesn’t know defensive game.
I think that Chambeshi is a good idea but he needs a technical bench that will remove casualness and bring discipline, self belief, confidence and patriotism. I think Chris Katongo is the person that can assist. I doubt Numba. Maybe inclusion of Wada or Janza would be good. We need a team that can fight from goals down to win games. By the way, the coach of the girls at the Tokyo Olympic has produced something special. The girls gave their all. That’s what we need from the men’s team. The girls that were brought in the Brazil game including the goal keeper should have started games before.
Your last statement says a lot about the coach’s understanding of the players.