Chipolopolo have named a strong 24-man squad for this weekend’s Four Nations tournament in Malawi.
Kenya and Zimbabwe are the other teams participating in the competition to be staged in Lilongwe from March 18-26.
Zambia is getting ready for the June round of FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Morocco.
Some notables in the team coach Avram Grant announced on Monday include England based striker Patson Daka, forward Lameck Banda, veteran defender Stopilla Sunzu, Frank Musonda and Miguel Chaiwa.
According to FAZ, Zambia won’t play any more friendly matches before June.
CHIPOLOPOLO 24 MEMBER TEAM FOR MALAWI INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT
(GOALKEEPERS)
Lawrence Mulenga (Power Dynamos), Charles Kalumba (Red Arrows), Toaster Nsabata (Zesco United)
(DEFENDERS)
Benedict Chepeshi (Red Arrows), Zepheniah Phiri (Prison Leopards), Stoppilla Sunzu (Cangzhou Mighty Lions-China), Frankie Musonda (AYR United[1]Scotland), Dominic Chanda (Power Dynamos), Gift Mphande (Hapoel Rishon Lezion FC-Israel), Kebson Kamanga (Red Arrows)
(MIDFIELDERS)
Benson Sakala (Mlada Boleslav-Czech Republic), Lubambo Musonda (Sikebord IF-Denmark), Miguel Chaiwa Club Schaffhausen-Switzerland), Emmanuel Banda (Club Rijeka-Croatia), Frederick Mulambia, Joshua Mutale (both Power Dynamos), Clatous Chama (Simba SC-Tanzania), Abraham Siankombo (Zesco United), Obinno Chisala (Costa Do Sol-Mozambique)
(STRIKERS) Patson Daka (Leicester City-England), Kennedy Musonda (Young Africans[1]Tanzania), Andrew Phiri (Muza FC), Golden Mashata (Green Buffaloes), Lameck Banda (Lecce-Italy)
Here we go again. FASHION is left out because the young man is donating food to his family.
Let the boy do his charities, not everything is political.
How does someone even think like this? Would it hurt o just ask why Fashion is not in the squad than to jump to crazy conclusions?
Fashion Sakala and FAZ president Andrew Kamanga come from the same area that Fashion is feeding. Who is playing politics with whom? Stop concocting crap to peddle fake narratives
i want fashion sakala to be brand ambassador of tnation foundation
I COMMAND ZANACO TO HELP CHIPOPOLO ON FUNDS BY TNATION FOUNDATION AND HIRE FASHION SAKALA AND PATSON DAKA AS BRAND AMBASSADORS
Now Malawi is getting ahead of us. Federations that are serious about preparations for their team organize such tournaments. Let’s not be surprised if we begin to lose to teams like Malawi. The current FAZ ExCo isn’t taking us anywhere. We’ll continue to underperform at national team level. In fact we didn’t need to assemble such a team just to face teams like Malawi, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Local players can do it. So the message from Grant is that we don’t have a nursery of players
Ayatollah – the friendlies are meant to prepare the team for world cup qualifiers, the players who play those games against Tanzania and Morocco should be called
Stoopid Africans! You are just transmitting self-hate as exposed by Steve Biko. You under-rate fellow Africans because they are Africans. Do you want to play Germany and Brazil when you are preparing for African teams?
Ba coach Grant, what about our Fashion boy, Sakala?
Do not leave him out!
Aba ba Coach ine nilibe hope. Can him and the FAZ boss just pack up and go? Life will be fresher after their departure
Zambia fail to Beat any team at AFCON but you busy talking about Zimbabwe