Zambia’s friendly against Goa select on Saturday at Nehru Stadium has been enhanced with the Indians reinforcing the side with West African professionals.
Six India-based professionals playing in the Goa Regional league have been added to the team to face Zambia in the latter’s first of two friendly games in India of their weeklong training camp there.
Three Nigerians, two players from Cote d’Ivoire and one Ghanaian professional will be part of the Goa Select team.
Ivorian’s Babakar Keita and Olga Kalou, Ghanaian Moga James and the Nigerian trio of Ndubuisi Okpara, Joel and Ranti Martins will formed the foreign legion of Goa Select.
The game is part of Zambia’s two-match series of friendly games in India with the second a full international against the hosts at the same venue on Tuesday before the team returns home on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Zambia coach Herve Renard is set to give senior debuts to Nkana’s attacking trio of Evans Kangwa and Reynold Kampamba who have been in lightening form their club this season.
Kampamba and kangwa are also part of Zambia Under-20 team that will be defending its Cosafa Youth Championship title in Botswana next weekend.
do they know soccer anyway?
Okay…abit of competition…good.
India is not as bad as most people think, if anything for some would be pros, it is a beter destination than south africa in monetary terms.
It? not April the first…..hammer them 208 to 2.
Ba LT, mulelemba bwino. Ati ”the trio” abantu babili
WELL IF ZAMBIA LOSE THESE MATCHES THEN WE HAVE NO HOPE AT THE Afcon.
Can someone please advise FAZ that this is a match fixing scam about to happen. Someone is making money out of this arrangement.
It is not too late go on reporting your findings direct to FAZ and/or FIFA. Remember to give facts to support your claims. Hyvää poika :)
GOA??? Get serious Zambians. This is Nonsense, A national team with a select side, let’s get serious. This is misuse of funds. You mean there is no better National team in Africa?? Very useless. FAZ and who ever made such a stu.pid decision are not serious.
Just read this article and I am not sure what sport this is Zambia National Team? National Team of what (cricket, basketball, football, hockey etc). Until I googled Herve Renard (Zambian National FOOTBALL Team Coach) did I know its football!! LT some journalists you are!
Why not starting with national team b4 playing a selected side???
The fact that they even managed to score a goal means our defense is weak. This India training raises a lot of questions