Zesco United and Green Buffaloes’ Africa club championships opponents from East Africa are traveling to Zambia this week in dramatic fashion.
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) for one, arrived this morning from Kampala without head coach Frank “Video” Anyau ahead of Saturday Caf Africa Champions League preliminary round, final return leg match in Ndola.
Anyau was fired last night on the eve of their departure from Kampala.
This follows a three-match winless streak coming on the back of their 2-0 defeat against Zesco in the first leg played on February 16.
Also missing from the 23-member traveling party is URA top striker Ismail Kigoz who is serving an indefinite suspension for insulting a club official after URA’s loss in Zesco a fortnight ago.
URA will for this Saturday’s game against Zesco be under the temporal charge of their Uganda international goalkeeper Ibrahim Mugisha.
The team that arrived at Lusaka International Airport mid-morning today later traveled to Ndola by road.
Meanwhile Green Buffaloes Caf Confederations Cup opponents Chipukizi of Zanzibar will not fly to Lusaka for this weekend’s engagement.
Chipukizi however, has embarked on a grueling thousand mile transcontinental journey from Pemba Island to Lusaka.
They began their long overland journey from Zanzibar by ferry to the Tanzanian mainland before taking the long road trip down to the Great North Road to Lusaka.
Buffaloes lead the first leg 5-0 and are set to wrap-up their 1st round qualification this weekend where they are likely to face Highlanders of Zimbabwe.
Highlanders host Clube Ferroviário de Nampula of Mozambique whom they lead 3-0 from the 1st leg played a fortnight ago.
Our boys gonna hammer dem boys. A serious beating is expectd. I also think URA has made a big mistake by firing their coaching staff so soon. They will surely reap a harvest of losses.
Lets go ZESCO and Buffaloes!
Ama East Africans nakalila aini
We are not scared, even without the head coach, our boys are ready to prove to you that it was a mere coach’s mistake that resulted in the home loss and we can’t make the mistake twice. Watch out!!