Nkana secretary Ken Mwansa says the club is reflecting on CAF’s refusal to shift the venue for the 23rd August CAF Confederation Cup match against Ivorian club Sewe Sport from Abidjan amid the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
CAF has ruled that the crucial Group B match will go ahead as planned because no Ebola case has so far been reported in Ivory Coast.
Mwansa said Nkana are consulting various stakeholders on the ruling before deciding the way forward on the matter.
“There is nothing we can say as at now because we are still consulting. We will state our position on Friday,” he said.
FAZ on Thursday said it expects Nkana to travel to Ivory Coast as planned following CAF’s ruling on this matter.
Meanwhile, second placed Nkana must beat Sewe to advance to the semi-finals.
Group leaders Al Ahly have eight points, one ahead of Nkana while third placed Sewe sits on six points and Etoile du Sahel have five points from five matches played.
Do not infect our beloved team with ebola. We would rather not qualify for the semis.
Cote d’ivoire is not one of the countries affected by Ebola.
muletinafye ukulusa guys.
We are definitely scared of losing but more scared of dying !
Please CAF, Ebola is a deadly disease every one knows that, why should you risk our beloved country Zambia? nkana just forfeit the points because its better to loose points than lives
It is risky for sure.Imagine Nkana comes back home from West Africa & there is an out break of Ebola on the Copperbelt(God forbid).CAF is being unreasonable,why risk & spread the disease to this part of Africa?
CAF is run by the same chaps from North and West africa and this same guys would not want Nkana to qualify.Mark my words you see the official handling the match will come from the moslem countries which means that the referee will be baised towards his feloow muslims.God help us
Please Nkana FC do not travel to Ivory Coast. The fact that no ebola case has been reported yet does not imply that there is no ebola in that country. Forfeit the points, this is just a game, your lives and lives of other zambians are more important than football points.
Ala prevention is better cure. Is this tournament worthy the risk it exposes our nation to? Absolutely NOOOOO!
Ebola is spread through fluids such sweat, blood, saliva etc. when in contact with any infected player with the virus there is a 100% chance that his sweat produced during the game will get in contact with many zambian players. When those players come back obviously nkana will play wariours, zanaco, eagles oops and you know how fast the virus will be spread very quickly. Caf usually favours west african clubs and thus the chances of nkana qualifying are low. As such i advice them not to risk their lives and our lives. They shud forfeit the game.
I think a risk is always there even if you don’t travel ! But since there is no case recorded there , it is a reasonable risk to take by travelling !
Travel on Friday don,t even train there whtever the results will be we don;t mind then travel back immediately after the game carry with u food .
This North and West African cartel called CAF is useless.