Relegation threatened MTN/FAZ super league side City of Lusaka football club have reinforced their technical bench with two Italian coaches.
The Club announced they had engaged former Liberia National team coach Roberto Landi and Giuseppe Macca who will assist Hector Chilombo in trying to save the club from relegation.
Landi said the team had so much talent and just need to play to their full potential.
“There is talent here. I saw it on the pitch” he told the players in a packed locker room, we just need to play to our full potential, to play as a team,”
Below is the full statement:
CITY ENGAGE ITALIAN COACH
The 1964 League Champions hire former Liberia national team coach and United States of America assistant trainer to help the team avoid the chop.
LUSAKA, August 3, 2017:
City of Lusaka Football Club has announced today the addition to its coaching team of two experienced Italians, Roberto Landi and Giuseppe Macca.
Both will assist current coach Hector Chilombo wrestle the team out of relegation. The C.E.O. of Forli, City’s main sponsor flew the Italian duo out personally ahead of Wednesdays clash with Zanaco so they could assess the team’s performance.
Roberto Landi is known for the incredible feat of elevating the Liberian National team by 65 FIFA World ranking points in a single year.
“There is talent here. I saw it on the pitch” he told the players in a packed locker room, “We just need to play to our full potential, to play as a team”.
Their first test with the Italian reinforcement will be this Sunday at home against Mufulira Wanderers a day after the Zambia national team take on Ethiopia in an international friendly at City’s home ground, the newly renovated and world class Woodlands Vodafone Stadium.
City, have 11 points from 20 games.
Landi was a goalkeeper trainer with the United States of America national team between 1990 and 1994. He has also coached in Italy, Romania, Libya, Georgia, Lithuania, Scotland, and Qatar among others.
Landi played for South Africa Premiership giants Kaizer Chiefs, Piacenza, Modena, Siena, and Major Soccer League side Vancouver Whitecaps FC and New York Cosmos.
City of Lusaka won’t give up without a fight.
“We City of Lusaka football club, we always remain strong and will never be shaken”
City Yamoto
For and on behalf of:
City of Lusaka Football Club
Executive Committee Member/Communications Manager
Alex Basopo Kazimiro Njovu
097 7 78 32 61
I think I will adopt city yamoto as my 2nd team. …..After Power. …..not ba Mafia Lusaka Dynamos
Clubs are able to hire such an experience coach while the national team fails to do so!
Level of the Zambian soccer league General. This is top notch coaching material never attracted before in our league. We have the spaniards at buildcon ( maybe the most qualified ) Krypto fimofimo at Zesco mixing with our very own Numba at Zanaco, DanKabwe at power ( also very qualified etc. Coupled with so many foreign players showing confidence in our league, an AFCON under 20 trophy, COSAFA under 20 trophy, COSAFA Under 17 trophy and finalists in COSAFA senior cup – filechitika pa Zed. Well done Kamanga.( not forgetting the increasing number of our players getting into Europe ! )
Awe, wasosa pungwa!
It seems as if Kananga has done better than kalu but what is needed is to reintroduce other competitive matches such as cocacola and the players must be picked from schools,there are talents in schools,towns and villages
City of Lusaka must buy at least two good strikers and a mid fielder. Even if they bring these coaches nothing will change. Let them spend good money if they want to survive by buying at least 3 good players either within or outside Zambia.
I hope this isnt another Zlatco
Let them buy players not bring these characters.