Chipolopolo captain Rainford Kalaba, Kabaso Chongo and Nathan Sinkala were all in action when CAF Champions League title holders TP Mazembe lost 2 – 0 against Wydad Casablanca in Morocco.
Kalaba who has missed the last three games in Africa owing to suspension was back in the starting line-up together with defender Chongo while Sinkala started on the bench.
The Moroccan’s scored the two goals on either side of the half with the first coming on the stroke of half time while the second was scored from a penalty kick in the 66th minute.
Kalaba was substituted in the 58th minute while Kabaso played the entire game.
Sinkala came in as a 70th minute substitute but he could not help change the course of the game as Wydad Casablanca ran away with maximum points.
Given Singuluma was not named in the team.
The two teams play in the return match on Wednesday 20th April, 2016 in Lubumbashi.
Photo – Morocco coach Herve Renard visited ‘his boys’ the Zambian and Ivory Coast players in the Mazembe team while they were in Morocco
Renard is a gud coach.
Best wishes for TP Mazembe, they expose our boys to mature competitions. SO wish you well in Elizabethville.
TP mazembe is not playing well this season I don’t see them defending the champion league they struggled to eliminate that team from ethiopia otherwise they need to up they game
Its good to see herve renard with his boys in the picture I know some people here don’t like him they will start to insult him but he is welcome in zambia
HR just loves Zambia….which gave him his first Afcon win and opened new doors to him that would never have opened.
surely HR is a good coach. he can lift afcon again with morocco
Lol….the comments would make you think the article was about HR…lol
He is also Morroco coach people he needs to watch their club games as well, he was not there solely to see the Zambians..lol….
HR is a good coach nonetheless.
When it comes to CAF games TP is the darling of the region so this loss is heart breaking especially after three of our boys got a run in the game. Yes there is a gradual emergence of PSL teams in the CAF games but TP have held the mantle as regional darlings when it comes to CAF games.
We know those who called HR names when he was our COACH .we told them he is a good coach but they refused to say it was a fluke afcon ,others said zambian players are just good.from the above postings i still see HR’s haters there nothing but losers.