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Zesco name team to battle against Kaloum in Mali

Zesco United have named an 18 man squad which will travel to Bamako, Mali for the first round 2nd leg encounter against AS Kaloum of Guinea in the CAF Champions League.

Zesco have work on their hands after they drew 1 – 1 at home and will need a win or better goal scoring draw for them to progress in the Champions League.

Zesco will welcome back to the team former Chipolopolo striker Jonas Sakuwaha who had been sidelined due to injury.

Also in the team are the all the four players who were part of the national team that played against Rwanda; captain Jacob Banda, vice-captain Jackson Mwanza, Winston Kalengo and Midfielders Kondwani Mtonga and Justin Zulu.

The game will be played on Sunday 5th April, at 15:00hours local time (17:00hours Zambian time) at Stade du 26 Mars and the team is expected to return on 8th April, 2015.

Zesco media officer Katebe Chongo confirmed that the team will leave for Mali on Tuesday 31st March aboard an Ethiopian airline plane at 15:30.

Full Team:

Goalkeepers; Jacob Banda (Captain), Lameck Nyangu

Defenders; Ayo Oluwafemi, Daut Musekwa, Emmanuel Mathias, Chishimba Changala

Defensive Midfielders; Simon Silwimba, Kondwani Mtonga, Misheck Chaila

Midfielders; Clatous Chama, John Ching’andu, Lazarous Kambole, Maybin Mwaba, Justin Zulu

Strikers; Jonas Sakuwaha, Jackson Mwanza, Humphrey Maseneko, Winston Kalengo

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  1. Zambia-: Mediocrity’s paradise.

    The the mentality of Zambians, support mediocracy just because its “Zambian”. It does not matter if someone is mediocre or not good, we must rally behind them and support them just because they are “our own”. Kalu is not a great or good administrator but people are still rallying behind him EVEN when its clear he has vast shortcomings. Janza was exposed at the highest level this past African cup yet, we still stand here and clamour for him to continue on while our football is in a downward tailspin. Who suffers in the end, the people do, the players do, the fans do! In other countries, the people in charge and the serious fans are quick to instigate or bring about change regardless of whether and individual is indigenous or not because and the end of the day WINNING is the goal! As it stands not local coach is capable of winning the African Cup Of Nations. Not because they are hopeless, but because they lack that Technical know how, that ability to bring the best out of an average player, the ability to identify talent, the skill to put ego aside and pick players on merit and the BALLS to stand on their own and not be another puppet for FAZ. That’s why Renard was good for Zambia, he had most of these intangibles. I agree that We need to urgently identify a few locals and attach them to some European teams for a season or two, so the can swim in the waters of professional football coaching at the highest levels and then bring them back to coach at the Junior levels U17/20 then proceed to the national team. Its not only our players who require that “Professional” experience but our coaches as well, and this
    So people can go on and on debating this issue on this site and pretend that they are solving the problem by wrapping themselves in the Zambian flag and holding that mediocre attitude even tighter…….YOU ARE DECEIVING YOURSELVES. Look at those you have entrusted with leadership at all levels. Are they the best Zambia has to offer? Are they the best reflection of you and your beliefs…….? Are they taking our football forward….? Will they take Zambia to the world cup? Its not about African cup anymore, we have conquered that mountain already. when the rigours of qualifying for the world cup cup come up again, do you see Kalusha and Janza navigating the perils of this treacherous route given the history they have imposed on us???? It takes more than just kicking a football to qualify for this tournament, BUT planning – travel, camping, team selection, coaching analysis etc. Not the nonsense of traveling in Batches a day or two before a game and expect miracles. Have a technical bench who is able to have game tape of the Opponent, not giving the usual ” i don’t know much about the other team, but we will perform” when we have the Internet that is a vast arena filled with information. When we play a friendly against Rwanda, who gains more us or them? Yet we play these games just to fulfill schedules. What happen to all those high level friendlies Kalusha promised…….? Yet we still clamour for the “great Kalu”, he is still one of the best if not the best (at least the best Zambian player of my lifetime) but that does not mean he is untouchable. Accomplishments on the pitch OUTSTANDING,BUT He is simply not a good administrator and has shown the tendency for dictatorship. What about the women’s team that was disbanded because the players rightly asked for their dues….?? Aren’t they worthy of praises and compensation for making history and representing the country magnificently and with dignity? Yet we discard them to the roadside for complaining(rightly) about not getting their due. Then we hastily assemble a shell of a team with different girls to compete and they get smashed, by a team that we had already beaten not too long ago. Now is that not stupidity at its highest?? Yet Kalusha and co are not taken to task about this and we carry on. And the girls are expendable…..??? Kalusha is using his perch atop the Zambian football ladder to further his own ambitions(whatever they maybe) at the expense of millions of Zambians who hold the game dear to their hearts. I will continue to say this, we have some of the most talented and skilled players on this continent top 4…..SKILL WISE. But we fail to harness this talent into something special, and for that we need men and women in charge of football who are capable of pushing these young men and women playing this beautifully game to the next level. But it seems we will continue to back to the drawing board we love so much and pretending the problem is not us but someone else’s doing…..

    KK11

    • Very well said KK11. I wish this article will be read by many football stakeholders in Zambia who have influence in FAZ administration.However,I just want to point out one thing for the sake of clarification as far as our locals is concern. We are not trying to defend mediocrity here.All we are asking is that FAZ administrators should acknowledge and respect the locals in whatever capacity they appoint them.Not treating them like refugees in their own country. We all want excellency.We all want to go to the world cup under competent coaches .We do not want to go there to only be mere participants or go there just to donate points to whoever we encounter.We want to be at the world cup as serious contenders.No doubt at all,our “owns” have proved that they are not ready to take us to higher levels yet.We can all testify what happened at all levels of the soccer tournaments we have participated this year,save the U23 one, at least until now.We cannot forget as well that it is the local ones who are always there to rescue us when the so called foreign coaches opt to abandon us.So our local coaches needs to be appreciated for their willingness to do jobs with very minima resources provided to them.

    • I will only take your comments serious if you come out in the open with your real identity and not hide behind the name of our highly held statesman.

  2. I will play devil’s advocate for a bit KK11. What you say is true but not all of it. If just attaching a coach to a European club is the answer to improving coaching levels why then did Lucky Msiska who has been attached to a European club his whole coaching career fail so badly when he came back to help coaching in Zambia. That’s not the answer, the problem is deeper than that.
    Yes we have a very terrible tendency to embrace mediocrity that’s why we even have Lungu as president…lol… but in the same vein we also have a huge tendency to also embrace all the negative and simply selectively choose to discard any success achieved.
    The same ladies you mention, it is only under Kalu’s administration that for the first time we have seen a ladies team camp in the United States. It is also only under Kalu’s reign that for the first time we have had a woman’s team qualify for the world cup. Under Kalu’s reign have the men’s team had the opportunity to play the best national team in the world. I won’t even mention the Afcon win…lol…ok I have.
    The biggest sponsorship deals we have seen in the history of the Zambian FA have all come in the Kalu era MTN, Super Sport.
    I could go on with more successes that have occurred in the Kalu era but that’s not to say I don’t agree with you. Kalu’s team, Kasengele and company, have failed us a lot as well and have failed us in some very major ways to a point of embarrassment. I will metion two Ghana incidents, the London game and training in a car park, and for me the saddest thing is that they don’t take responsibility for it, they rather choose to ignore it or very quickly shift the blame.
    My point is that in as much as we should not embrace mediocrity we should also in the same light not embrace negativity. Let’s balance out the negative and the positive and see which outweighs the other. In Kalu’s era yes the negative at this point seems to outweigh the positive but that should not be reason to choose to forget the positive.

    • Thank you Big Steve,
      I quote, ” If just attaching a coach to a European club is the answer to improving coaching levels why then did Lucky Msiska who has been attached to a European club his whole coaching career fail so badly when he came back to help coaching in Zambia. That’s not the answer, the problem is deeper than that.
      Yes we have a very terrible tendency to embrace mediocrity that’s why we even have Lungu as president…lol…”
      THIS IS WHAT I CALL OBJECTIVE CRITICISM, people think getting rid of Kalu, hating him and throwing all they have at him will earn Zambia a place at the World Cup,think twice, and KK11 goes on to hallucinate of having better qualified personnel, can people please stop day dreaming and give us some names of people who have the better know-how of taking us to the promised land (World Cup)…… we need to scrutinize the would be better person and not just getting rid of Kalu and ending up with a Sata (MHSRIP) wannabe like Edgar.

    • Thanks big bro!!!You have so many good valid points we all need to be mindful of. Indeed, this is how we should be analyzing things objectively. It is just sad that somehow most of us are trapped into negativity, so we easily notice negative things.

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