The Zambia bench is dismayed that new call-ups Walter Bwalya of Nkana and Jacob Ngulube of Mufulira Wanderers have failed to join the team on the second day of training camp in Lusaka.
Zambia on Monday began the initial week of their 2017 Africa Cup Group E qualifiers training camp with 23 home-based players.
Both players have been in fine form their respective clubs with Bwalya scoring four goals so far this season while Ngulube has been a creative force for promoted Wanderers.
“Whether the players are injured or not, they should report for camp so that they should be assessed. We do not want to go into that situation with club officials,” Zambia team manager Lusekelo Kamwambi said.
Meanwhile, Power Dynamos midfielder Kelvin Mubanga who missed his clubs 2-0 home win over Nakambala Leopards last Sunday has reported for the three-day training camp.
Mubanga however, has been restricted to light training away from the rest of the group.
Zambia break camp on Thursday and regroup for the second week of training before the foreign-based call-ups join them at the month-end.
In my earlier comment elsewhere I said that some of the players are not good enough to be national team material. I can only understand if the criteria is to ensure that as many teams as possible contribute their players.
If I may add, the idea of selecting a striker purely because of goals scored at his team does not add up to me.The last CHAN games I saw Jimmy Ndlovu in the national team. If not for the goals he had scored at the Club surely I do not what else was used as a criteria for inviting him. In the game I watched the lad looked out of sorts. I wish I could have adeqaute space to engange in critical analysis of the national team.