Atletico Lusaka’s Abel Salim Nyirongo scored a brace as Zambia U16 beat Morocco on Thursday.
The win was Zambia’s second at the FIFA Development Tournament which is taking place in Ivory Coast.
Zambia beat Tanzania 4-1 on post match penalties after a 2-2 draw in their opening match.
Nyirongo put Zambia in the lead 20 minutes into the match with a close range finish off a Jonathan Kalimina cross.
The Atletico Lusaka forward doubled the lead in the 42nd minute with a beautiful strike from outside the box after beating a defender.
Morocco pulled one back in the second half but Zambia held on to win the match 2-1.
The Zambia U16 Boys will end their campaign with a tricky fixture against Algeria on Saturday at the 2024 FIFA TDS Tournament.
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Ba Mubanga, who are these “young guns”? Zambia is called “Chipolopolo”, translated as “bullet” to English. So the bullet is not a gun, it’s put into a gun. So two different things, aini ba Mubanga!