The Zambia national team will tomorrow square off with the Desert Foxes in the penultimate round of the Cameroon 2021 AFCON qualifiers.
Coach Milutin Sredojevic and his team are looking to turn around their fortunes as they currently lie bottom of Group H with three points from four games but a win tomorrow will bring them back into contention for a place at the biggest continental football showpiece.
Redbull Salzburg midfield ace Enock Mwepu has in the recent past proved to be an invaluable member of the team and is expected to start in midfield.
Mwepu who has been impressive for Salzburg in the league, UEFA Champions League, and the UEFA Europa League is likely to be given a free role in the team to create chances for the attackers with his vision and trademark Ninkumona pass.
With Mwepu pulling things in the middle, 2012 AFCON winner Nathan Sinkala is expected to start in the defensive midfield role.
The former Green Buffaloes midfielder who made his international debut in that famous 2-1 win over the Demba Ba led Senegalese side at the 2012 African Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea on the road to glory has been very influential for Stellenbosch in the South Africa DSTV Premiership.
The Serbian Wolf has in the past preferred a three-man midfield and the fans would love to see Clatous Chota Chama join the duo.
The trio played together under Sven Vandenbroeck on October 10th in 2018 in the win over Guinea Bissau.
However, the ZamFoot Crew understands that Red Arrows midfielder Paul Katema may make his way into the team to help out Sinkala with the dirty work to allow Mwepu to be in his creative zone.
Katema may not be a fancied option by many fans but he has proved to be a workaholic on the pitch both for the club and national team, at the CHAN tournament.
Zambia will host Algeria at the National Heroes Stadium tomorrow at 21:00 CAT. The game will be live on the National Broadcaster, ZNBC.
The Copper Bullets will wrap up the qualifiers with an away fixture against Zimbabwe on Monday next week.
What number is Christopher Katongo playing? Bakalambs ba Katongo kale!
Mwepu, Cletus C.Chama and N.Sinkala for me in the middle of the Park. We attacking hence we don’t need 2 defensive midfielders.
I would be tempted to okay R.Kabwe on the left as a Winger. He needs to wipe in those crosses. We have lurked wing play.
All the best to the boys. We started off these qualifiers badly. Can only hope for the best.