Bwalya, who was captain when Zambia lost 2-1 to Nigeria in the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations Final in Tunisia, says the Chipolopolo have done exceptionally well against Algeria in the last two games and that the previous result against Nigeria in Ndola is history
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According to the official FAZ Football Facebook page, Coach Wedson Nyirenda travelled in the first batch that had six players and some technical staff at 6:30am, with the second batch on the 1pm South African Airways flight.
According to information released by FAZ Football, Wada has once again snubbed skipper Rainford Kalaba and midfield Dynamo Nathan Sinkala
According to the Football Association of Zambia, Fazfootball.com, the local players summoned for international duty will leave for Ghana on Sunday and set up base in Accra, where foreign based players will join from.
The list was made available on Tuesday morning on the website of the Nigeria Football Federation
The Super Eagles have dominated the Chipolopolo in the last two decades with Zambia’s last victory on December 13, 1997
Leaders Nigeria will host second placed Zambia a in Uyo on October 7 in a match Chipolopolo must win to join the Super Eagles at the top of Group B
Chipolopolo surprised many by beating Cote D’Ivoire on penalty kicks in Gabon, but then failed to get past the group stage at the next two editions
Algeria are in action again in Group B on November 7 away to Nigeria, while Cameroon will host Zambia on the same date
It was Nigeria’s first-ever win in Zambia and the Chipolopolo’s first loss at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola
Kola is a member of the Zambia U20 class of 2007, which played at the Junior World Cup in Canada and has been domiciled in Europe since 2009 when he moved to Israel
Captain Mikel John Obi and the UK legion arrived aboard British Airways flight from London on Tuesday morning
Our camp source hinted that the German is keeping a tab on the Zambian team as he has requested for tapes of their previous games in order to adopt a playing pattern for the tie
The Chipolopolo boys, coached by George Lwandamina, arrived in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, on Thursday after a five-day training camp in Johannesburg, South Africa
Available information said Keshi was told of plans by his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation, to replace him with Herve Renard, Zambia’s coach to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations
This is contrary to the picture painted to Nigerians by the Nigeria Football Federation that Ghead had been sent packing from officiating at the Africa Nations Cup by the Confederation of African Football over the controversial penalty he awarded to Zambia in the closing stages of the Group C match against Nigeria
The Chipolopolo went into the game level on points with Nigeria, who went through to the last eight after a 2-0 win over Ethiopia in the other Group C game
Burkina Faso now leads the group after garnering four points from two games, while Nigeria and Zambia, who drew one all in the earlier match of Friday, are joint second with two points apiece
The former international said that he had expected the coaches to tighten the back line after shooting into the lead rather than opting for attacking pattern against the defending champions
The result leaves the cup holders in grave danger of elimination