Kabwe Warriors striker Emmanuel Mayuka has rejoined the Zambia Under-20 team at its Lusaka training camp ahead of the team’s departure for Mauritius tomorrow, Thursday.
The team departs for Mauritius at 07:40 ahead of Saturdays 2009 Caf Africa Youth Championship 1st round, return leg match against Mauritius to be played in Curipipe on Saturday.
Mayuka had late last week been excused from training camp to attend a family bereavement.
The player arrived back in camp today to complete Oswald Mutapa’s final 18-man squad ahead of Saturday’s fixture.
Mayuka was the Under-20 teams top scorer at last Decembers Cosafa Youth Championship in South Africa with 4 goals from 3 group matches before the side bowed out early in the 1st round group stage.
He is also top scorer this season with 8 competitive goals since the start of the year in all competition.
The Warriors striker was one of 3 teenage players from the senior team recalled to bolster Under-20 coach Oswald Mutapa’s team ahead of the 2nd leg match against Mauritius this weekend.
The other two, striker Roger Kola and midfielder Stophira Sunzu, both of Zanaco, have since pulled out to attend to contractual and trial commitments in Russia and France respectively.
Kola is heading for Spartak Moscow while Sunzu is attending trials at French Ligue 2 side Chateauroux.
Meanwhile, Zambia enjoys a slender 1-0 lead over Mauritius from the 1st leg played on June 29 at Woodlands Stadium in Lusaka with the winner there scored in the 18th minute of the 1st half by Nchanga Rangers midfielder Tom Bakala.
However, the Rangers midfielder will not be traveling with the team to Mauritius after being ruled out of the final return leg due to injury.
Team:
Goalkeepers: William Chibale (Lusaka Dynamos), Kelvin Musonda (Zanaco)
Defenders: Jimmy Chisenga (Red Arrows), Boyd Chipeta (Lusaka Dynamos), Michael Katongo (Kabwe Warriors), Morgan Kaoma (City of Lusaka), Moses Mulambi (Nchanga Rangers), Gift Sakuwaha (Chambishi)
Midfielders: Henry Banda, (Zanaco), John Ching’undu (Zesco United), Musonda Munaile (Young Zanaco), Derrick Mwansa (Nkwazi), Nathan Sinkala (Green Buffaloes), Mwape Kalunga (K-Stars)
Strikers: Yorum Mwila (Zanaco), Daniel Kasongo (Indeni), Emmanuel Mayuka (Kabwe Warriors), Alex Mwiche (Mufulira Blackpool)
All those palyers are 24 yrs old. What is this talk of under 20 players.
I wish them the best. Hey number 1 think positively man. Are RB’s son or what?
All those fools are over aged. No one on the team is even under 20 years old, ni nkotizo. Why not tell the truth, infact we cheat and we can’t even win beating the real teams with under 20 players. Let the kids play fair football than putting in old ass players from Africa.SHAME AFRICA.
Good luck to the young boys.I am sure the will do the nation proud.
Number1 we all know that those guys are over twenty but we zambians cheat beta,look at nigeria,they bring in martins and say he is under23,where on earth?hey zambia,sought out those small boys.
What are the results against mauritius u20?