Scotland-based forward Fashion Sakala linked up with the Chipolopolo boys yesterday ahead of their trip to Malabo which was scheduled for 21:00 hours from Douala.
Sakala, who is on the books of the Steven Gerrard-coached Glasgow Rangers joined the camp in Douala and was expected to travel with the rest of the squad to Malabo.
The Arrival of Sakala meant five foreign-based players had joined the team in Cameroon. The other four are Clatous Chota Chama, Rally Bwalya, Evans Kangwa, and Patson Daka.
Skipper Enock Mwepu is out of the two matches thanks to an injury while Edward Chilufya and Emmanuel Banda will only travel to Zambia directly for the second leg.
Lubambo Musonda and Tandi Mwape traveled to Malabo directly while goalkeeper Cyril Mwenya Chibwe was expected to travel to Malabo directly from Zambia where he was sorting out his VISA issues.
Zambia plays Equatorial Guinea this evening at the Estadio de Malabo in the first two back-to-back encounters in the race to the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.
The match kicks off at 18:00 CAT and will be live on ZNBC TV.
