Stoppila Sunzu’s first day of Zambia training on Wednesday ended on a bad note after he suffered an injury that has left him battling to be fit for Saturday’s 2017 Africa Cup qualifying clash against Guinea Bissau.
Sunzu suffered a serious right knee injury after a stomp on him by Kapota Kayawe in a challenge for the ball during morning practice at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe.
The defender , who joined camp on Tuesday evening, had to be helped off the pitch by medics and onto the team bus.
Team physician Doctor Joseph Kabungo said they will only know on Thursday the full extent of the China-based defender’s injury.
“For now he’s in pain of course we will reassess his knee again if he will be available for the next training session or not but from look of things for the afternoon he is definitely out then we will see if he is ready for tomorrow,” Dr Kabungo said.
Sunzu was not the only player on the sidelines for Zambia.
Striker Evans Kangwa missed the entire Wednesday with a thigh injury he sustained on Tuesday.
Evans didn’t train we took precautions he had a strain in the adductor muscle on the left side so we rested him,” Dr Kabungo said.
“He will do light training hopefully he should be back in training on Thursday.”
Guinea is a tough opponent! As we sweat over tougher opponents, most of Europe’s top teams have a walk in the park as they ‘train’ to qualify against teams like Gibralta( with a population of Chawama-30000!), San Marino, Liechtenstein and such weaklings! No wonder they’re annoyed with Blatter for not championing their biasness!
Iwe! it is not the Guinea you know but Guinea Bissau. Who do you know in this Bissau team? Don’t confuse the two Guineas, Zambia must rise to the challenge and whack these minnows. No excuses!