Patson Daka’s goal was enough to settle the much anticipated Kopala derby between Power Dynamos and Nkana which ended 1 – 0 in favor of Power.
Nkana looked bright in the opening exchanges and the first chance fell to Walter Bwalya who out paced Francis Kasonde as he dashed for the box but his shot was poor and easily saved by Allan Chibwe.
There was a good run on the right which saw Reynols Kampamba head for goal but official man of the match Billy Mutale tackled him well to get the ball first amidst shouts for a penalty from Nkana.
Once Power had gotten in their stride, they bossed the midfield with Benson Sakala winning balls in midfield while Donashano Malama at right back for Nkana was failing to contend with the pace of Kennedy Mudenda.
Mudenda managed to get the better of Malama in the 12th minute after a good through ball from Kelvin Kampamba, but his shot was poor and easily saved by Scott Ngokene in the Nkana goal.
Power then breached the Nkana defense when Govender Simwala sent in a cross from the right which found Daka free in the area for him to head home in the 19th minute.
Power coach Dan Kabwe then made a tactical change which saw Julius Situmbeko give way for Victor Kashitu in the 27th minute.
This slowed down Power’s play as Nkana came more into the game and they were unfortunate to see a great effort from Soutra Tshimenga come off the upright on 28 minutes.
Despite making tactical switches in the attacking midfield and attack in the second half, Nkana failed to make any significant attacks to trouble Chibwe in the Power goal.
Power held on to a win which see the move to 49 points, one behind Nkana.
Power XI
Allan Chibwe, Govender Simwala, Lawrence Chungu, Mutale Billy, Francis Kasonde(c), Benson Sakala, Situmbeko Julius (Victor Kashitu), Kampamba Kelvin, Patson Daka (Martin Phiri), Luka Lungu (Kingsley Kashitu), Mudenda Kennedy
Nkana XI
Scott Ngokene, Donashano Malama, Diego Apanane, Given Sinyangwe, Joseph Musonda, Fidel Bosandja, Jacob Ngulube (Bornwell Mwape), Simon Bwalya (Maziba), Soutra Tshimenga, Walter Bwalya
Sad! Go Nkana, go!
Bushe ba nkana supporters ubufontini bukapwa???
FAZ should do something nkana fans its too much
Mudenda is becoming a threat on the flanks in zambian league.Defenders are having it had to contain him.had luck ba nkana congratulations ba power. But my boys zega mambo will defend it this season
Can FAZ punish Nkana FC please! Its too much aba abatutu bamwana shimaini.
aba Yellow 4 life
Tebufontini or Ubuntu but we are just soooooooo passionate with our team just have to accept us the way we are and move with the flow folks
I believe the people shouting profanities and fighting eachother in Euro 2016 used the same excuse. Don’t confuse ubufontini with passion. I hope they make Nkana start playing in empty stadiums so that you all can understand the seriousness of your behavior. Abantu bala fwa na passion yabufi iyi mule landa. People die around the world over because of stadium violence that has escalated
And faz don’t even dare look into the match report for the kopala match just sort out the issues you have messed in all sectors of chipoloplo so that you can qualify us to Russia hence people stop throwing ama spanner much sichu
why Is Zamfoot on holiday?
no chipolopolo match report