Sports Minister Moses Mawere has urged Chipolopolo Boys coach Wedson Nyirenda stop playing names and move with modern football trend.
The outspoken Nyirenda has come under fire after Zambia suffered a shock defeat at Levy Mwanawasa to minnows Mozambique in the Cameroon 2017 African Cup of Nations qualifier.
The Chipolopolo Boys are also off the pace in the race to the Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier.
“What the technical bench need to know is that football has now changed and they need to be very alert. This is the time to identify players that are capable of understanding the current situation, ” Mawere has been quoted by the Zambia Daily Mail.
“As for now, there is no need to play names. That kind of football is gone. If those players we used to know as stars can no longer perform, then there is no need to have them in the team,”
The Minister of Sport has also advised Nyirenda to include some of the players from the Zambia Under-20 which reached the quarter final in Korea at the World Cup.
“We have under-20 players who recently competed at the FIFA World Cup in South Korea. I think some of them can be included in the team because they have the exposure.
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[Zambia Daily Mail/ZamFoot]
you must just fix the fiasco happening in zambian football and do the right thing by making the under20 be the national team then the national team becomes the under 20
Just fire the coach because e has failed to perform…. However gave him a contract to coach the national team erred ad Zambia is too big for this fellow….
so you know te…!
Mbesuma, Mweene, Singuluma and Kalaba should not be in the team. Give Chisamba or Sunzu the captaincy and rope in 3 or 4 U20 players plus performing local players.
Well spoken I thought so too.they have done their part but I also think Chisamba and Sunzu can stay
Butti these people are funny. FAZ had already interviewed and chosen a coach for the job.
It was the President and his yes men in the ministry of sport who derailed the process. Now they want to stand on the hill giving instructions to the coach…No Sir!!! You chose this man to do the job, now you will have to let him do it. You don’t have a leg to stand on as far as I’m concerned.
Same old crap
Nyirenda said if anyone interferes in the selection of a team then he will resign. The minister has just done that can you resign and he has said you play names and your tactics are old .
in my opion daka,mwepu,e band (portugal) &fashion can play in seniour team,4 real kalaba,mbesum,nguluma,sinkala out
CORRECT
I agree too
Blend the Senior squad with the under 20’s namely Daka, F.Sakala, Mwepu n Emmanuel Chilufya. Arrange two friendly matches or rather let them play against each other so we can judge for ourselves who deserves first team jersey . Under 20 vs Senior @ Heroes National stadium.
bola yama shina kale yapwa
Gone are the days when we used to have Rothman versus the rest as the way to select players
Nyirenda is useless, he needs to step aside. He is not taking us anywhere. Like others have said, we need Patson, Fashion, Emmanuel Banda and Mwepu in the senior team now. Let the boys start and they give us a better chance of winning than the old tired legs that have recently failed us. The South Africa friendly was useless and should not count in having Wada Wada keep destroying this team. Wada Wada is not smart enough to drill Chipolopolo.
Tc, its these same minister yes men who derailed FAZ when they had interviewed and selected a coach for the job. Now they want to act like they are not partially to blame
Indeed we should not play names.I think my best national team players I can get at the moment if I was a coach are :goal keeper Mweene 2:kabaso chongo 3:Mbola 4:Billy Mutale 5:Sunzu 6:Kondwani Mtonga 7:Fwayo 8:Mwepu 9:Patson Daka 10:Emmanuel Banda 11:(c)Chisamba sub:Fashion Sakala,Lubambo,Silwimba,kapumbu,Nsabata,Chibwe,Sinkala,Edward Chilufya,Kalaba,Cletus Chama,Davy Daka and Ziyo.these guys can give us quality football.
Bad signs in football.(1)If you lose to a team which has never beaten you in history,just know that things are not okay for your team.(2)If you lose to a team which has never beaten you at your own home ground.(3)If you come from behind to force a draw against a team that hasn’t drawn any match but are perpetual losers,just know that the coach or the excitement maybe sponsors have a big problem.One must be replaced.
Nyirenda is still living in the past. We told him, he didn’t want to listen.
My Zambia team selection is
Banda/Mweene Sunzu,Ziyo Tembo,Nkausu/ Mbola, isaac Chansa/Mtonga, Fashion Sakala, fwayo Tembo/ Mukuka Mulenga, Jacob Mulenga/James Chamanga, Enock Mwepu/ Chris katongo, Chisamba Lungu, lubambo Musonda