Defending champions Zambia rallied twice to survive defeat against Tanzania in their opening game at the Cosafa Youth Championship this evening in Gaborone, Botswana.
Guest team Tanzania took a 5th minute lead through Msuvan HappyGod.
Evans Kangwa equalized 10 minutes later after turning in a cross from his Nkana team mate Reynold Kampamba.
However, HappyGod was back on the score sheet in the 25th minute.
But Kangwa joined him on a brace three minutes later when he converted a penalty after Kampamba went down in the area.
Four minutes before the break, Tanzania took a 3-2 halftime lead through Hassan Kessy who whipped in the ball straight from a corner beating Charles Mweemba.
In the 44th minute, Zambia got out of jail after HappyGod failed to record a hat trick when he ballooned a penalty.
After a flurry of second half changes, Zambia equalized in the 84th minute through Alex Sichone whose free kick made sure the two teams shared the three points.
Tanzania and Zambia have one point each, two less than South Africa who beat bottom placed Mauritius 4-0 in the earlier Group C kickoff.
Zambia face Mauritius on December 4 needing an emphatic win to keep their semifinal dreams alive before facing South Africa in their last Group C game on December 6.
how do two teams share three points and end up with one each? ba under thirty (30) naimwe pull up your socks.
Well done boys. Keep chipolopolo a live bullet. Beat Mauritius
@1 Mature- The reporter is right. In a soccer tournament, every WIN in a single match earns you 3 POINTS whatever the scoreline (i.e. you acrue 3 POINTS by beating your opponent 1-0 or 10-0) and every draw ( a tie) in a single match earns you 1 POINT whatever the scoreline, and a loss earns you NIL however big the margin. In this instance each team accrued 1 point for drawing 3-3.
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Zambia and Tanzania shared the three points!!What kind of journalism is that?I hope these boys can learn how to defend.They were conceeding goals straight from a corner and giving away penalties.Defending is team work,i mean good defending.If they did that they could have won 3-0.Good luck.GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.
Circus! Can the management at Power Dynamos state the clear pozition regarding Fordson Kabole and Beston Chambeshi?
@6 Your’e right about the bad defending, but there’s somtheing positive about these boys, which the senior team is not so good at – the ability to say no to losing and aggressively come back from behind, GOOD LESSON FOR CHIPOLOPOLO!!
At least the boys didn’t lose! They can still win the cup.