Chipolopolo winger Lameck Banda says the just ended Italian Serie A season was full of lessons for him.
Banda became the first Zambian player to take part in an Italian Serie A match in August last year.
Banda came off the bench to make his debut in the Serie A for US Lecce in a 2-1 defeat to Inter-Milan.
Banda replaced Italian forward Federico de Francesco in the 74th minute to play the last 16 minutes of the match at the Stadio Via del Mare.
The former Buildcon and ZESCO United man is also happy that his team has maintained their Serie A status and he will shift his focus to the National Team.
“𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄 𝐀. 𝐀 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 .
𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈’𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧.
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟕 & 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧,” Banda wrote on his Facebook page.
Lameck Banda scored the opening goal but was however sadly withdrawn with an injury in the 55th minute and replaced by Youssef Maleh which seems not to have been serious.
Banda scored a brace at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium as Chipolopolo beat Lesotho 3-1 back in March.
The former Buildcon and ZESCO United player is part of Grant’s provisional squad for the Elephants showdown.
Zambia and Ivory Coast will battle it out at Ndola’s Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on June 17.
