Friday, March 29, 2024

Nyirenda turns to foreign based players for Cosafa

Wedson Nyirenda has drafted in three foreign based players in the Chipolopolo squad that is currently camp ahead of the Cosafa Cup quarter final match against Botswana on Saturday as pressure continues to build for him to produce positive results.

Wada Wada has called the South African trio of Rodrick Kabwe of Ajax Capetown, Salulani Phiri of Polokwane City and Mwape Musonda who plays for Black Leopards.

The initial squad only had U20 international Emmanuel Banda as the only foreign based player in the team but he has pulled out of the team as he looks to settle in Belgium with his new club KV Oostende.

However, there is has been a change in position on the technical bench who have reached a decision to rope in the three with Kabwe and Salulani both having been part of the team that lost 1 – 0 to Mozambique in the Africa Cup qualifier.

Salulani only played part of the first half.

The Chipolopolo are currently in camp in Lusaka

FULL SQUAD CALLED TO CAMP

GOALKEEPERS – Charles Mweemba (Lumwana Radiants FC), Allan Chibwe (Power Dynamos),  Kelvin Malunga (Nkana FC)

DEFENDERS – Donashano Malama, Given Sinyangwe, Moses Nyondo (Nkana FC), Adrian Chama (Green Buffaloes), Eric Chomba (Nkwazi FC), Isaac Shamujopa (Nchanga Rangers FC), Solomon Sakala (Napsa Stars), Webster Mulenga (Red Arrows FC), Mwansa Nsofwa (Lusaka Dynamos FC), Lawrence Chungu (Power Dynamos)

MIDFIELDERS – Mwila Phiri (Green Eagles), Diamond Chikwekwe, Jack Chirwa Mike Katiba, Brian Mwila (Green Buffaloes FC), Paul Katema (Red Arrows FC), Collins Sikombe (Napsa Stars FC),  Godfrey Ngwenya (Power Dynamos FC), Salulani Phiri (Polokwane City), Roderick Kabwe (Cape Town Ajax)

STRIKERS – Chitiya Mususu (Napsa Stars FC), Justin Shonga (Nkwazi FC), Conlyde Luchanga (Lusaka Dynamos) Lubinda Mundia (Red Arrows FC), Musonda Mwape (Black Leopards FC)

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19 Comments

  1. This Team Has Nothing to look forward to. Why is Wada Wada backward looking?
    Donashano, Adrian,Diamond Chikwekwe, Jack Chirwa, Paul Katema, Salulani Phiri??? What is the future vision?

  2. Wada wada will be fired after cosafa cup.how can you get players who are technically poor even in the local league.he would have gone for performing players in our league for him to prepare for Chan tournament.we have good players but the problem is with the coach he is incompetent.why snubbing bena Cletus chama,Fwayo,Sautu,Simpemba(kabwe warriors),Billy mutale,saith sakala,Shadrick Musonda,Nsabata,kondwani,Davy Daka and Chingandu John

  3. Wada wada Nyirenda will be fired after cosafa cup.how can you get players who are technically poor even in the local league.he would have gone for performing players in our league for him to prepare for Chan tournament.we have good players but the problem is with the coach he is incompetent.why snubbing bena Cletus chama,Fwayo,Sautu,Simpemba(kabwe warriors),Billy mutale,saith sakala,Shadrick Musonda,Nsabata,kondwani,Davy Daka and Chingandu John

  4. The biggest problem for Zed football has always been coach & admin, how on earth can you have a team poorly selected, because of restriction by the teams in zesco & Zanaco, win. But when the coach selected what he termed as the cream de la cream of zedian football lost to mozambique, yet the latter won against south africa. Somewhere somehow is, needs investigation!

  5. I don’t understand this coach, who always claims to have a new phylosoph for the team.
    Why did FAz give this coach a three year contract without probation ?
    This is the coach without any experience at any level of national team but FAZ went on to award him a three year contract

      • Yes Billy, people like to selectively forget that the instruction not to hire a foreign coach with more experience at this level of the game came from plot 1

      • Thanks Billy. I have been harping on this point because Plot 1 should have no business making decisions for FAZ.

  6. He has had national team experience at U-17 level.It looks like we have a problem with local coaches which is endemic and cannot be gotten rid of.It is time we started looking at players that are performing in the league other than playing names that are finished already.If this trend continues, then we are gonna have problems developing a solid team for the future.Maybe we need an expatriate coach.

  7. Wedson is not the right person to coach Zambia. I think all home based coaches have failed us. We need a foreign based coach.

  8. Ba Coach may beat Botswana but going forward he wont take us anywhere. Forget Afcon 2019 in Cameroon as long as he remains Coach. Seriously we in trouble with this Coach.

  9. I don’t know what the coach sees in donashano, chirwa, katema and Adrian which we the soccer fans do not see.these have failed us before.

  10. I love the Cosafa cup in that its good for countries like Seychelles and Mauritius. I love those guys and feel pity for their football but such tournament wont do Zambia any good.
    Your problem is u have too wide a pool of mediocre players to choose from. There are low standards and all your players are only good among themselves. They fall short against better and organized team

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