Opposition Watch: Zambia’s group D opponents

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The Carthage Eagles have set base in Dubai

Chipolopolo’s Group D opponents are busy preparing in different parts of the World. West African countries Gabon and Cameroon have set base in South Africa and Kenya respectively while the 2004 Champions, Tunisian national began its training in Abu Dhabi, as part of its preparations for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations which will take place from January 10 to 31 in Angola.

Tunisia’s coach, Faouzi Benzarti and his two assistants have focused on the technical and tactical aspect of the team’s training.

Weather conditions are favorable with temperature ranging between 20 and 25 degrees Celsius and a humidity rate of 70%.
No injuries have been reported so far, and the moral is good.

Gabon:

The withdrawal of Stéphane Achy on helath grounds has compelled Gabon coach Alain Giresse to hand a call up to midfielder Arsene Copa, who plays for Hungarian first division side Gyori.

The player, who had attended the last reunion of the Panthers in Libreville joined the rest of the team last Monday at their camping base in Bloemfontein, South Africa, where they have been since last November 30.

The newcomer who completes the 23-man squad of the Gabonese was expected to take part in a friendly against Mozambique on January 6, the last for the Panthers in their buildup to the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, Angola 2010.

“Our preparation is going on steadily. We are here in a geographical condition identical to those of Lubango,”coach Giresse told Gabonese daily L’Union.

The Panthers will launch their campaign against Cameroon on January 13 in Lubango in an early kickoff while Zambia will take Tunisia later on.

Meanwhile the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon have trained twice Wednesday in Nairobi.

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Cameroon's national soccer team jog during a training session at the Kasarani stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2010. Cameroon's Indomitable Lions will be targeting a World Cup final place in June, even though captain Samuel Eto'o said they must prove this at the African Cup of Nations starting in Angola on Sunday. REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)

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Cameroon unveiled a new kit

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All time leading scorer at AFCON with 16 goals: Samuel Eto'o

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Cameroon's defender Rigobert Song participates in a training session at the Kasarani stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2010. Cameroon's Indomitable Lions will be targeting

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Cameroon's Alex Song dribbles the ball during a training session at the Kasarani stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2010. Cameroon's Indomitable Lions will be targeting a World

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Cameroon's Mohamadou Idrissou (L) and teammate Rigobert Song participate in a training session at the Kasarani stadium in Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2010

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Inter Milan striker Samuel Eto'o

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12 countries in Angola will be using Puma. Nigeria and Malawi will use Addidas while Zambia will also have a brand new Nike kit.

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The indomitable leaving the hotel in Yaounde off to the airport enroute to Nairobi, Kenya

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39 Comments on “Opposition Watch: Zambia’s group D opponents”

Amuna Onzuna wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:22
Lets wait and see.
ife ndife ba zambia wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:25
ndipo vi cameroun vizaticita ngozi, eyeeee mama ine mmm
Gesh wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:30
I hope the quality of our Nike kit will be gud…With all due respect to Nike,they should start showing some seriousness with our kits-we are practically the only team that gets to market them in Africa,you would think that they would show a little more compassion and seriousness when it comes to equiping our team; I don’t know the details of the contract signed with Nike but if the quality of jerseys persists,i’m better off we agree new terms with Kappa or whoeva as long as we have a kit tobe proud of as a nation…
Anyhow,thats a topic for another day,for now,all the best boys….Chipolopolo iyee!!!!!
monk p wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:37
Gabon are the team to watch out for, they beat Morocco to qualify.
James Zulu wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:38
ife ndife ba zambia :ndipo vi cameroun vizaticita ngozi, eyeeee mama ine mmm

LOL, kukosa bakamba, kunse namukati!
ife ndife ba zambia wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:45
@James Zulu
just look at the way they are lookin, more physique. it ll be interesting to watch.ba kakose ba chipolopolo. the 1st game ll determine everything.
Winza Sichali wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:51
Yaaaa !!! The chaps are big !!
James Zulu wrote on 7 January, 2010, 14:58
ife ndife ba zambia :@James Zulu just look at the way they are lookin, more physique. it ll be interesting to watch.ba kakose ba chipolopolo. the 1st game ll determine everything.

It will be very rough, but lets wait for 90min….the do look mibabe
Gesh wrote on 7 January, 2010, 15:22
Uko muleya mwebana bandi,mukalete ichi kombe…as Amayenge would sing,make us proud boys!!!
Seen from afar wrote on 7 January, 2010, 15:25
Star watch, we’ll give them the respect they deserve, no more than that though!
chamz wrote on 7 January, 2010, 15:56
The new jerseys are ugly
Smm-SoJC wrote on 7 January, 2010, 16:14
yes Zambia should beat em all … Go Zambia and do better than 1974 and 1994 …. Yeas Zambia should …. blessed Republic of Zambia
Kachisa wrote on 7 January, 2010, 16:23
Da indomitable lions look big for sure,however Chipolopol is a team full of suprises, I stand to be corrected if I have mixed up da years,but in 1998 when we were in da same grp as da atlas lions every1 was underating us & eventually we drew with them tho we did not go past the first round….
All am saying is come wat may am supporting the boys all the way coz we are among the best 16 teams in Africa for us to qualify!!!!!!
All the best Zambia come Jan 13 I’ll be clad in my chipolopolo atire………..
Kachisa wrote on 7 January, 2010, 16:24
Yes we shall
Positive thinking ..aka Awe wrote on 7 January, 2010, 16:29
This new Jersey is strange to me. It doesn’t have any of their flag colours really and just seems to be more of a fashion statement than anything else. The team looks pretty tough though, a lot of quality in this Cameroon side. If Gabon can give them a run, then so can we…. preparation, preparation, preparation. Cameroon haven’t had too many friendlies that I have heard anything about, and they won’t be the last team we play…Our approach to the game will definately depend on how we do against Tunisia.
chamz wrote on 7 January, 2010, 16:51
Sure our kit leaves much to be desired, the Cameroun kit above even has logo (orange for africa cup) even for training they got new jerseys, our boys only have that salaula blue things with yellow strips. I am sure in Lubango, we will be the team looking ukusapula-ama ophans.
Jojo wrote on 7 January, 2010, 16:53
4 players from the current cameroon side were also at the nations cup in mali 2002,thats the consistency that we need from zambian players as well
Infact..of the 16 teams that were at mali 2002,11 of them will be in angola 2010 and out of those 11, ZAMBIA and TUNISIA are the only countries that will not have players that were there in 2002,the reasons for this are a lot but lets just hope the likes ot emmanuel mbola,dennis banda,sunzu,emmanuel mayuka will play the next 5 afcons,already we have the likes of felix,kalaba, jacob etc going back there which means atleast we are trying to be consistent as well…

By the way,i might be wrong, but emmanuel mbola will be the youngest player at the nations cup in angola…
Spaks wrote on 7 January, 2010, 16:56
chamz :
The new jerseys are ugly

I agree
Magic wrote on 7 January, 2010, 17:22
Zamfoot, please see if you can do something about the malware on the site. My anti virus won’t let me log on to the site until I overide the settings at the risk of viruses and all. Otherwise keep up the good work. Thanks.
Sibs wrote on 7 January, 2010, 17:32
Spaks :

chamz :The new jerseys are ugly

I agree

Especially the shorts the terrible.
Justice Kafusha wrote on 7 January, 2010, 17:41
Magic :Zamfoot, please see if you can do something about the malware on the site. My anti virus won’t let me log on to the site until I overide the settings at the risk of viruses and all. Otherwise keep up the good work. Thanks.

Don’t overide your settings, been having the same problem. It is just that you have a good antivirus program protecting your PC. just try to get on zamfoots website afresh
Justice Kafusha wrote on 7 January, 2010, 17:42
Cameroon jersey is really bad, katwishi
Anonymous wrote on 7 January, 2010, 17:45
Na stoga ibi!
Justice Kafusha wrote on 7 January, 2010, 17:46
Zamfoot :@Magic Sure. We are working hard to fix the site. thanks for the support.

ZAMFOOT you will only FIX this problem thru identification of who is logging in to your site. When it is free for all you won’t ever control it. I am speaking from experience
DaMwiinger wrote on 7 January, 2010, 18:17
Dream on guys, here are my predictions for the last 8, Angola, Algeria, Cote d’ivoire, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon and Tunisia. I forsee a Cameroon or Tunisia Vs Cote d’ ivoire Final. teams in zambia’s groups always go all the way
jc wrote on 7 January, 2010, 19:14
Against cameroun, there should be a strong defence so as to avoid the leekage we saw in the 2008 AFCON. This means that Hichani and Denis Banda should not play. They former is too slow while the latter is a paper weight and might find it difficulty to contain eto, emana, webo and the likes
Richie wrote on 7 January, 2010, 21:35
This time next week we will be aware of what we will reap out of the first and i heartily believe in the team that we have assembled,our first game will say alot about our performance at afcon and we should give it our best shot by using the right formation,using the players in the right positions and maintaining the positivity.Am still hoping that the right central defence partnership will be found pantu stophila makes me uncomfortable in the heart of defence and the midfield needs to be polished.
Ignorant wrote on 8 January, 2010, 7:47
There is just too much talk about 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 formations. Can Zamfoot or anybody else help me to differentiate btn 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 formations? Your help is highly appreciated.
Big Steve from SA wrote on 8 January, 2010, 8:23
Sibs :

Spaks :

chamz :The new jerseys are ugly

I agree

Especially the shorts the terrible.

I agree this jersey is terible gosh!!!
Big Steve from SA wrote on 8 January, 2010, 8:24
DaMwiinger :Dream on guys, here are my predictions for the last 8, Angola, Algeria, Cote d’ivoire, Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon and Tunisia. I forsee a Cameroon or Tunisia Vs Cote d’ ivoire Final. teams in zambia’s groups always go all the way

If the teams in Group D always go all the way then Zambia will go all the way.
dan man wrote on 8 January, 2010, 9:36
the new kit for cameroon is not that bad and lets mind our own business…….its the results that count and not the jersey pliz!……….
James Zulu wrote on 8 January, 2010, 11:39
Apart from its football, Cameron is known for its jerseys, but not this time around! malabishi ya jezi, malabishi yeka yeka.
vipack wrote on 8 January, 2010, 13:36
cameroon will fall this time around