Zambian exports to the United Kingdom Enock Mwepu, Patson Daka, and Fashion Sakala on Saturday made their debuts for their respective clubs.
Enock Mwepu put in 45 minutes for Brighton and Hove Albion in their goalless draw against FC Rangers.
The Computer showed some flashes of brilliance in the middle of the park and was quite impressive in the 45 minutes he was in action.
On the opposite end, Striker Fashion Sakala came from the bench to play the last 27 minutes of the barren draw.
🗒️ Match Report: https://t.co/WB8677AbFr pic.twitter.com/8JhGnVmluy
— Rangers Football Club (@RangersFC) July 24, 2021
Elsewhere, Daka donned the Foxes shirt for the first time as he completed the first 45 minutes of City’s pre-season opener at Pirelli Stadium against league one side, Burton Albion.
Daka did not have enough supply upfront hence his contribution was not as expected but he made some good runs and looked sharp despite not getting the much-needed supply.
The 2017 CAF young player of the year expressed happiness with his debut in a post-match interview with the club’s official website.
First game in Leicester blue for @PatsonDaka20 🔵 pic.twitter.com/kgGEmajfJM
— Leicester City (@LCFC) July 24, 2021
“I think it was really important to get some minutes, it was amazing to be out here, especially with the fans. It was really important to get this feeling. It’s an emotional day for me wearing this jersey. It was really special,” Daka told LCFC TV.
“I was looking forward to it, and today, it’s a day that I will treasure not just looking at the result, but also getting the experience and getting to understand each other with my teammates.”
Leicester City suffered a 3-1 loss on post-match penalties as Thanawat Suengchitthawon and Thomas were both denied from the spot and Iheanacho lifted his penalty over the bar.
“It was really important to see how we can work together going forward and just to see what we have to really work on.” 📈 – @PatsonDaka20
— Leicester City (@LCFC) July 25, 2021
The trio are now world class players. They playing soccer at highest level. If you call them up for national duty and mix them with chipante pante boys that will be disastor. Adrian chama and company they should play cosafa.
Faz should ban the next coach from picking local players for world cup qualifiers. Some managers are coniving with coaches to expose some certain players for marketing purpose. You will the coach telling the media that i will be calling only eight professionals. You cant call professional to sit on the bench. Other countries they call up a complete team of professionals and they are getting results. Zambia they have over 50 professionals who are ready to play for chipolopolo if the the opportunity is presented to them
Tony u right bro we got quality players playing in Europe let us call all we no longer want chipande chipande boys… ivory coast ghana nigeria Tunisia morocco algeria Egypt cameroon all are teams with clubs playing in caf champions League and many clubs win despite that u hardly find local players in their teams many are those born in Europe..we got one player guus til called for the dutch team once plays in Germany bundesliga Frankie musonda shemmy mayembe Emmanuel banda Emmanuel chiluffya and many others let us…we tired of local stop marketing local players for personal benefit kamanga we want to go to the world cup its too much
What an exciting weekend for all Zambian football fans, especially with Barbra Banda scoring another hat trick at the Olympics! That 4-4 draw with China was a very good result for Shepolopolo.
It is wonderful to see Mwepu and Daka getting started in the English Premier League. Our goal poacher Fashion Sakala just scored an amazing equalizer for Rangers in their friendly against Real Madrid. Wow!
@ Andy DeRoche . Very excited indeed. Bro it’s not shepolopolo it’s Chipolopolo
He is right, he is talking about the Women’s national team
Hahaha, he was referring to Barbara of Shipolopolo in the female national team.
The copper bullets we know are chipolopolo