Chipolopolo Boys coach Wedson Nyirenda has said Saturday’s Four Nations Tourney final against South Africa won’t be an easy game.
And Bafana Bafana coach Stuart Baxter has revealed that he is likely to field a different starting line up against the host nation at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Saturday.
Straight from a nail biting win over the Warriors of Zimbabwe in the ‘Battle of Zambezi’, Wada Wada has another Southern Africa derby on Saturday.
“Once again, playing against South Africa not an easy game.
” It is a battle for supremacy. Zambia, South Africa and Zimbabwe are always on each other’s neck when we are given a fixture,” Wada Wada said.
While Nyirenda is expected not to tinker, his South African counter part Stuart Baxter is likely to make changes.
“The team I’ll be picking in the final will be a completely different team; it will be 11 different players. We need this game and we’ll do everything we can to win,” Baxter said.
Zambia and South Africa reached the finals after beating Zimbabwe and Angola on post match penalties on Wednesday respectively.
Angola and Zimbabwe will face off in a third/fourth playoff at 3 pm before the Chipolopolo and Bafana Bafana take to the pitch.
The four nations tourney is featuring the best sides from Southern Africa.
The four countries have 16 Cosafa Cup titles out of 17 combined.
Angola and South Africa are the only two countries from the region with World Cup appearance while Zambia has more than 15 African Cup of Nations appearance, ranking among the best on the continent.
South Africa and Zambia are only two countries with an African Cup of Nations title in 1996 and 2012 respectively.
Zambia is only side in the regional with AFCON Under-20 title.
