Chipolopolo coach Honour Janza has named Zanaco’s U20 international Charles Zulu in his starting line-up for the game against Niger this evening.
Zulu has come in at the expense of veteran skipper Christopher Katongo who as expected has started on the bench.
Nathan Sinkala will captain the team while the only other major change to the team has seen the introduction of James Chamanga for Jacob Mulenga who has led the line for Zambia in the last two games.
Chipolopolo Starting XI: 16 Kennedy Mweene 2 Kabaso Chongo 18. Emmanuel Mbola 4. Christopher Munthali 5.Nyambe Mulenga 6.Nathan Sinkala (Captain) 10. Charles Zulu 3. Chisamba Lungu 12.James Chamanga 15. Given Singuluma 17 . Rainford Kalaba.
Substitutes: 1.Joshua Titima 13.Rodrick Kabwe 9. Donashano Malama 11. Christopher Katongo 7. Jacob Mulenga 14. Emmanuel Mayuka 8. Bruce Musakanya.
Why james in th starting ad mbola
Really?
I wish Zambia all the luck, but I will be honest and say that Sinkala is being left exposed. Ever since Isaac Chansa was dropped from the National team, Zambia’s midfield has suffered. Sinkala literally gets no defensive support and foes not have a simple outlet because the other midfielders are so offensively minded. Also I have seen Sinkala and Sunzu operate with an almost telepathic understanding on covering especially with Mbola who likes to overlap. I hope the coach has worked on these things, but we’ll wait and see.
I like ur analisys. U talk like a real coach.
What time is the game?
I expected Mbola not to have started the game and partnership of Chamanga and Singuluma upfront is quite unexpected because I expected he would have gone for the Jacob Mulenga and Chamanga combination.Anyway the coach knows better.Go Chipolopolo go!!
Why James Chamanga and Chris Munthali???
Im behind the team at whatever result, which is a win or draw *****but not a loss, lets get a results chipolopolo.
chamanga is the only striker scoring goals with his club….This is what it means not to play names….
This Janza man is playing with fire. This is one of the weakest starting eleven that we have ever assembled in years. Janza is wasting our time. We will not go to AFCON with these kinds of experiments. We are in for baptism of fire in Niger. Janza must resign should we fail to beat Niger. Enough is Enough!!!
I will only comment after the match
But why did Janza maintain this thing of Sunzu an Nathan being Captain? I thought he should have changed what PB had done? Kalaba has been more consistent for Zambia since 2005.
Mozambique has scored against Cape Verde.
James is the only Player scoring goals and playing regularly for his club. Sinkala is not the same player we knew 2 years ago, and he has seen very little game time for his club.
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James is the only Player scoring goals and playing regularly for his club. Sinkala is not the same player we knew 2 years ago, and he has seen very little game time for his club
This line up does not inspire any confidence at all. We are in for a rude shock in Niger. The best result we can come out from there with is a draw.#PATHETIC!
Mozambique score thru a player called Kito in the 42nd minute.Currenty at halftime.
But i think those are those are the players in form.
For the coach to have made such a bold decision,he plus his assistants must have seen something,the rest of us will see in a couple of minutes.abeit the skeptmism,i will put my head on the chopping board and say zambia will rake through a narrow win.zambia 2 1 Niger
Janza isn’t taking us anywhere. Now you see why local coaches are not given an opportunity its because they all fail us..
I meant in a couple of hours
any link please
Mozambique 2-0 Cape Verde.
Mozambique 2-0 Cape Verde (69 minutes played)
The good thing is, we’re not playing in the artificial pitch, and am expecting the game to be a bit faster than the game against cape verde…
very impressed with the under 20 #10, what’s his name?
We will be DOOMED if we lose this match. This Niger is weak. We have to win this match!
We are not going anywhere..
up to now no change in the line up,is the coach reading the game,katongo ,Jacob and mayuka must come in we are running out of time.chamanga not good enough. may be fwayo tembo should have stated
Honor shud have removed Zulu for katongo and chamanga for jacob