HH, Chamanga may miss Cecafa trip
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Himonde is rumoured to be finalisng a deal in Congo at T.P. Mazembe
Hatrick hero James Chamanga failed to pitch to the Cecafa bound squad’s local training camp in Lusaka and has been ruled out of this tournament leaving the trio of Felix Sunzu Jr, Enoch Sakala and Luka Lungu as coach Herve Renard’s only option upfront.
And in another related news centre-back Hichani Himonde looks set to miss the trip to Nairobi as he is believed to be finalizing his deal with Orange/CAF Champions League winners and Given Singuluma’s T.P Mazembe.
Renard told journalists after the team’s morning work out that he didn’t want to discuss Himonde’s ‘no show up’ thought he knew where he is.
“ I know where he is but ask his club, Lusaka Dynamos for more details,” the Frenchman said.
The Chipolopolo Boys is expected to play a friendly game against the under-20 tomorrow before flying out to Kenya on Thursday. But the Zanaco quintuple of goalkeeper Joshua Titima, Defenders; Charles Siyingwa and Thomas Nyirenda plus the exciting wingers duo of Henry Banda and Allan Mukuka as well as City of Lusaka’s influential winger Kennedy Chola are set to miss the morning practice match as they will be involved in a rescheduled league game at Sunset Stadium in the afternoon.
Zanaco can claim the league title with a game to spare if they win against their arch-rivals ‘City Ya Moto’.
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Include Dominic Yobe. This is the best opportunity to try him. We want to see his worth. He is in top form in Finland. Also include Chanda Mwaba. These guys are off season and in the country. Why sideline them?
Cecafa is only for local players people Abena Dominic Yobe play in Europe he should include another striker from and local team maybe Lwipa and chinyama as the defender
thats why in zed we cant develop bcoz of such retrogressive people.today is a hero, tomorrow is finished.whats wrong with chamanga?
This would have been a good for chamanga to prove that he has become a goal scoring striker,this is no time to be complacent because greater is the challenge that lies ahead of us,i do not know why chamanga wont go but it shows a lack of seriousness on his part and i hope the three goals have not gotten to his head.Can the powers that be get that guy to join the team cos this will help him too.This guy should prove that his hat trick was not a fluke. Its high time that HH moved to another country but i dont know if the DRC is the best option.however he can use it as a stepping stone if he works hard because he has a bright future so i hope he will get into the first team pantu i have heard that kwaliba ama guys aba juju saana ku DRC.I think he could have used the cecafa tourney to stake a claim for his position otherwise all the best to him and zamfoot
This would have been a good for chamanga to prove that he has become a goal scoring striker,this is no time to be complacent because greater is the challenge that lies ahead of us,i do not know why chamanga wont go but it shows a lack of seriousness on his part and i hope the three goals have not gotten to his head.Can the powers that be get that guy to join the team cos this will help him too.This guy should prove that his hat trick was not a fluke. Its high time that HH moved to another country but i dont know if the DRC is the best option.however he can use it as a stepping stone if he works hard because he has a bright future so i hope he will get into the first team pantu i have heard that kwaliba ama guys aba juju saana ku DRC.I think he could have used the cecafa tourney to stake a claim for his position otherwise all the best to him and zamfoot
Consistence at times its challengng have come to believ mo especialy whn u gat alot of options,like the yobe bros wu are very gud at club level then u have the sunzus,chamanga ,singuluma,mayuka,sakala and kola,u av tested and tried at national level and seen them in action ts tough to make choices unless u take risks.
JAMES Chamanga has withdrawn from the Chipolopolo team preparing for this weekend’s participation in the Orange 2009 CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup in Kenya.
Chipolopolo coach Herve Renard said in an interview on Tuesday that Chamanga of Dalian Haichang in China will not be part of the team because he was due to return for pre-season training in the first week of December.
“He (Chamanga) won’t be part of the team because he has to go back to China on December 2,” Renard said.
“We can’t stay with him if he will not be available after December 2. So we will only have Emmanuel Mbola as the only foreign-based player in the team.”
This year’s CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup will run from November 28 to December 13.
Meanwhile, Zesco United defender Hichani Himoonde has missed the last two days of training camp in Lusaka.
Renard said he had heard that Himoonde was expected to leave the country for trials in DR Congo at TP Mazembe.
“I am not the owner of the player, call Lusaka Dynamos, they are the owners of the player I am sure they have something,” he said.
Dynamos secretary Madalitso Kamanga, whose club own the player whom they have loaned to Zesco, confirmed that Himoonde was at TP and that he left on Monday.
“He has gone to TP Mazembe, he left in the afternoon to see whether he can sign a contract and I can only confirm after he has signed,” Kamanga said.
However, Zesco United secretary Justin Mumba expressed ignorance over the matter.
“I am not aware, it is better you ask Lusaka Dynamos because he is on loan to us, he is supposed to be in camp, we left him with the national team,” Mumba said.
And Renard has drafted Konkola Blades and ex-Kitwe United midfielder Trinity Chalanshi into the CECAFA team.
Assistant trainer George Lwandamina said in a separate interview that the team was tentatively set to leave for Nairobi tomorrow at 11:00 hours on a Kenya Airways flight from Lusaka International Airport.
Chipolopolo face hosts Kenya in the two sides opening Group A match at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi this Saturday.
Can somebody please tell me when and where the barclays cup final will take Place..
Mbesuma vows to keep scoring
Moroka Swallows hitman Collins Mbesuma is confident that he can rediscover the goal scoring form that saw him net 33 goals in 27 games for Kaizer Chiefs a few seasons ago.
The 25-year-old netted a brace for the Birds against Golden Arrows at the weekend in their 3-1 win and believes that he is almost back to his best.
He told Football365.co.za: “I’m trying to get back to the form I had when I scored those goals for Chiefs because I have struggled with injuries over the last two years and I need to work extra hard to get back to my best.
“I’m a striker and I need to score goals, so I hope that I can carry on from where I left off against Golden Arrows in the next game.
“I haven’t set myself a goal target for the season, I just want to try and score in every game I play in.
“The coach is encouraging us to work hard here and the more you work hard the more you are going to be in the team.”
The former Portsmouth striker has set his sights on making an impact for Zambia at the African Nations Cup in Angola in January where The Copper Bullets have drawn heavy weights Cameroon, Tunisia and Gabon.
He continued: “It is a tough group we have drawn with some big games against Cameroon and Tunisia, they are some of the top teams in Africa, so we need to challenge them and work hard to beat them and make the most of our opportunity to play in the Africa Cup of Nations.
“I’m confident that I will be part of the squad that goes to Angola because I have been working hard and I have to play as many games for my club and do as well for my club as I can to be there.”
Ba Mose, CHAN is for locally based players and not CECAFA. CECAFA is similar to COSAFA and a team can use any players that are available.
@Mr Zambia
It is sad that while countries around us are building stadiums and egtting themselves together, we couldn’t even figure out how to get a team to London. Minister Chipungu, Mr Kalusha Bwalya, Ministry of Tourism, and NCSZ are all at fault for not having the foresight. How long have we known that the world cup would be in SA. 2 hrs away from Zambia. Even locals have been saving up money to take trips down to SA, but an entire government cannot get it together. We planned for the eclipse so well, nomba a world cup with the entire world fixed on your region and nothing. Sad, very sad indeed.. Awe for Presdient!!!
@Mr Zambia
Kabili Efei We think football is just about kicking the ball on the pitch. People were saying that Angola made it to the world cup without quality. Well they must be doing something right, because they will be hosting the Africa Cup of Nations next year. So this to me shows that they probably prepared adequately for the WC qualifiers that year. Efei on the other hand We don’t put in any effort in whatever We do. We just sit back and wait for a miracle to happen. Remember the London debacle? You expect to qualify to the world cup ahead of a team that played against Uruguay for a friendly match. Imwe you used ma overweight students, and don’t be surprised if Ghana turns us down for another friendly match. Why don’t we start by hosting the African Cup of Nations? Why not start there, it is clear that nothing is planned. Zambians want sweet without sweat, I don’t want us to go to the world cup by luck. How are We going to represent Africans at the world cup if we are failing to represent for our own Zambian people at home.
haha am sure Great Kalu will Convince that Russian Team to Camp at Fairmount in Livingstone and they can Practice at Maramba stadium…lol
Oh Hang on they didnt make it to the world cup…!
why are we content with nothing in this country kanshi..and will be the ones watching games at pubs wearing replica t-shirts like we benefiting anything..
Real Rubbish…!
am sure even some team will camp in zimbabwe..!
I WAS LOOKING AT THE ZAMBIAN SQUAD FOR THE AFCON IN 2008 AND I DISCOVERED THAT SOME VERY SO CALLED RELIABLE PLAYERS AT THE TIME HAVE BEEN FORGET HERE IS THE LIST.
1.BILLY MWANZA (CURRENT CLUB UNKNOWN)
2.WILLIAM CHINYAMA (ZESCO)-ZAMBIA
3.MIKE POTO (GK) (ZANACO)-ZAMBIA
4.IAN BAKALA (PRIMEIRO DE AGOSTO)-ANGOLA
5.HACHILENSA(CARARA KICKS F.C)-SOUTH AFRICA
6.NKETANI(ZANACO)-ZAMBIA
7.DUBE PHIRI(PRIMEIRO DE AGOSTO)-ANGOLA PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE ZAMBIA’S NEXT BIG STAR DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM WE DONT HEAR MUCH ANYONE MORE ZAMFOOT COULD YOU DIG DEEPER.
DO YOU THINK THESE GUYS HAVE A CHANCE OF MAKING IT BACK TO THE NATIONAL TEAM? BIG QUESTION MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not Nketani and Billy Mwanza the 5-1 bashing by Cameroon has been haunting me. Yasmac I think its clear that our players all have short careers so I doubt that any of the guys mentioned above are in good form.
Mr Zambia cool down b4 u suffer frm BP these guys are greed whn they c us crushng down heavly thts their happness,i hear tht evn zimbabwe whch was under sanctions is doing better than us,atleast zimbabwe within a shortest time offered a grt surprise to the world by hosting a well organised COSAFA tournament,mean while us we cnt evn help ths Chingangu fight be staged,shame.
Mike Poto plays for Green Buffaloes not Zanaco, Nketani is strugling with an injury.
Yasmac, lwe need to move on and forget about also rans!!! But i follow your thread that was just raising our hairs and not necessarily suggestive. Let’s do with what we have as even our so called best players are way below Eto,Drogba standards. But on the field of play, abaiche like Mbola tabatina, but i hear kwaliba bamo abatutuma (our aim should be to psyche these)
Hello, I dont speak good english, but I understand that your National team ot games near future, so is there Finnish league guys Mwaba,Kunda,Mweetwa, both Yobe in squad?
I am totally surprised if Chanda Mwaba not get the opportunity.
mwandi HH going to congo to make money????…….all the best guys and its sad that 99% of the players in that team wont be going to ANGOLA!
Why is it that some people on this blog never say anything positive about our boys?
Come on guys, cut them some slack!
CECAFA should be purely for locals players, its were we need to identify the local talent please, we may lose games but lets Identify talent.
James chamanga has been drafted back into the CECAFA squad. According to George Lwandamina, he advised Renard to include him as leaving him out would have meant him losing fitness in the compund. FAZ will make arrangements for him to connect from Kenya to China. His team wanted him to be there for pre-season training by 2nd December.
I think this is a good idea as it adds sharpness to our striking force. I just dont think that Sunzu Jnr, Enock Sakala and company can meet our expectations. I just hope FAZ have spoken to Chamanga’s club about this arrangement as that would be good management practice
Sunzu Jr is good player given more game time he can deliver mark my words.