FAZ President Keith Mweemba has been explaining why Chipolopolo traveled in two batches to Argentina for Tuesday’s international friendly match in Buenos Aires.
The first batch comprising mostly players and coaches arrived in Argentina on Friday.
The last delegation which includes Mweemba, Kalusha Bwalya,the Vice Chairperson of the FAZ Technical Committee, Strikers Coach Noel Mwandila, Team General Manager Charles Chakatazya, FAZ Head of Media Nkweto Tembwe, Assistant Equipment Manager Jimmy Ndhlovu, Head of Security Cephas Munjunga and defender Owen Mwamba landed on Saturday.
Explaining the travel arrangements, Mweemba said Football House’s desire is always to see the squad travel as one group but stressed that there were issues beyond FAZ control.
”We prioritised players and technical staff to maximise the number of people in the first group and gain maximum preparation time in Argentina,” Mweemba said in Buenos Aires.
The Chipolopolo Boys are getting ready to face Argentina at the iconic La Bombonera stadium.
Zambia coach George Lwandamina is looking ahead to the match.
“The game will be played at 22:00 hours, which is 03:00 Zambian time. It is important that we get accustomed to those timings,” Lwandamina told FAZ media.
Chipolopolo Squad in Argentina:
Goalkeepers
Willard Mwanza (Power Dynamos FC)
Mangani Banda (Kabwe Warriors FC)
Victor Chabu (Nchanga Rangers FC)
Defenders
Owen Mwamba (Mufulira Wanderers)
Dominic Chanda (Power Dynamos FC)
Tinklar Sinkala (Zanaco FC)
Fredrick Mwiimanzi (Zanaco FC)
Brian Chilimina (Red Arrows FC)
Kondwani Chiboni (Power Dynamos FC)
Midfielders
Given Kalusa (FC MUZA)
Kelvin Mwanza (FC MUZA)
Prince Mumba (Power Dynamos FC)
Wilson Chisala (Zanaco FC)
Owen Tembo (Power Dynamos FC)
David Simukonda (Ceramica Cleopatra, Egypt) Fredrick Mulambia (Power Dynamos FC) Obino Chisala (Al Merrikh SC)
Forwards
Patson Daka (Leicester City, England)
Chanka Zimba (Inverness Caledonian Thistle, Scotland) Kingstone Mutandwa (SV Ried, Austria) Fashion Sakala (Al Fayha FC, Saudi Arabia) Albert Kangwanda (Red Arrows FC) Pascal Phiri (Pyramids FC, Egypt)
Mweemba explains why Chipolopolo flew to Argentina in batches
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How about jetlag? How does it affect a traveling team?
Which national team played friendly match 28.3.26
Zambia 0-0 Malawi
Then Zambia won 9-8 on penalties
The wisemen at FAZ split the teams, one went to Maradona country and the other to Seretse Khama territory.
Like that famous hyena in Bemba proverbs they want to hunt on both trails. Let’s see how it turns out.
The Chipolopolo A-Team in Argentina will lose 8-1. The B-team in Botswana will now take on the Brave Warriors of Zimbabwe. Zim brought their full A-Team, unlike us who will field a B-Team. Even before a ball is kicked, one can predict that Zim will win 2-0. What is there to gain from demoralising losses by both teams? We should have played Bangladesh, we would have obtained a morale-boosting win (even Daka would have scored after so long).