Zesco United will today Wednesday leave for Juba, South Sudan for the 2016 CAF champions league preliminary round return leg against Al Ghazala Wau FC scheduled for Friday, 26th February, 2016.
George Lwandamina has named an 18 man squad to complete the task in South Sudan as his team carries a 2 – 0 lead from the first leg. The Ndola based team cruised to victory with goals from Idriss Mbombo and Clatous Chama.
Zesco who are straight from a Chairty Shield semi final loss at the hands of Power Dynamos last weekend are favorites in the champions league tie in Juba and should have an easy passage to the next round going by the proceedngs in the first leg which they heavily commanded.
The team will leave Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe Airport at 15hours aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane
Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Jacob Banda and Lameck Nyangu
Defenders: Daut Musekwa, Ayo Oluwafemi, Ben Adamah Banh, David Owino Odhiambo and Bernard Mapili
Midfielders: Anthony Agay Akumu, Clatous Chama Chota, Misheck Chaila, Maybin Mwaba, Mwape Mwelwa , Simon Silwimba and John Ching’andu
Strikers: Idris Ilunga Mbombo, Jackson Mwanza, Lazarous Kambole and Jesse Jackson Were
FRED Mwila says Chipolopolo has a lot of young talent capable of repeating the 2012 AfCON feat if well motivated.
In an interview, the former Chipolopolo trainer said the current crop of players could win accolades for the country but needed a lot of encouragement from all stakeholders.
“We have a lot of young stars that can win the Africa Cup, rewrite Zambian football but they just need a lot of encouragement from all of us. We need to build on what we have,” Mwila said.
Mwila said having failed to win a medal at the recent CHAN tournament should not discourage the team going into next month’s AfCON qualifier against Congo Brazzaville.
“We need to put the CHAN loss behind and pick positives from there, that way we will be able to overcome any obstacles. Positivity is what we need,” said Mwila.
Chipolopolo hosts Congo Brazzaville on March 23 in Group E of the 2017 AfCON qualifiers, with the return leg scheduled for five days later.
Both teams are tied on four points in the group but Congo have a better goal difference.
Zambia were held to a goalless draw by Guinea Bissau in their opening fixture of the qualifiers last June, and later beat Kenya 2-1 in Nairobi in September.
Congo held Kenya 1-1 before beating Guinea Bissau 4-2.
Am prayin 4 zesco 2 win becoz, if they fail faz will be blamed by zesco.
Boooored……. no news here.
Zesco should go all out and attack in South Sudan .No retreat and no surrender ba zega
will win. the Sudanese will want to attack and that will give zega the chance to score as well. I predict a win for zega. 3:1. go zega go.
It is nice to here from the Mwila. I remember seeing him tutoring the blues of Botswana – Township Rollers. What a coach!
Who is their couch?hope it’s not chicken who can read the game or they are out!!!!
Who is their coach?hope it’s not chicken who cant read the game or they are out!!!!