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CHIPOLOPOLO Lose To ANGOLA 1-0
Zambia’s Chopolopolo boys were beaten 1-0 by Angola in an international training match at Sagrada Esperansa Stadium in nothern Angola.
Chipolopolo trainer Herve Renard got a good review of his charge preparations for next month’s Nations Cup finals as he took his Zambia national soccer team through a tough and competitive training match against Angola’s Palancas Negras. In a match played before a capacity crowd at the Sagrada Esperansa stadium in the Angolan northern city of Dundo, the Zambians dominated play for long first half spells but missed the killer power in the final third. The match was evenly contested especially in the second half.
The Football Association of Zambia has since expressed happiness with the competitive nature of the game saying it provided both teams with good preparations.
“It was a good training international from which we believe the coach will take a lot of positives and continue building a very formidable and competitive team which will be ready to take on the best that Africa will offer from January 21. Our preparations are progressing well and like we have consistently stated, we shall provide the Chipolopolo the best possible environment and training so that the team is ready for the finals. Now we look forward to the next phase of training and the other international matches which we have lined-up as we count down to January 21,” FAZ Spokesperson Erick Mwanza said.
The Chipolopolo return home tomorrow Monday 12/19. The team will continue with its Lusaka training till the 22nd of December when they take a break to be with their families for Christmas. The team will then get together on the 26th December in time for a send-off dinner expected to be graced by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zambia Michael Sata.
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Blaise Collins mbulo
December 18, 2011 at 6:55 pm
Elo ati K130million per month ba coach!!kaya!
malembe
December 18, 2011 at 6:56 pm
hard start……..chipolopolo work extra hard n training.
Gerald
December 18, 2011 at 7:09 pm
Go back to the drawing board boys. Renard shuld not be paid the K130 000 000, this is stealing from the zed people.
mtunda mbuzi
December 18, 2011 at 7:12 pm
mbolo zao ba fikala do they knw africa cup is nxt month? they lost 2 nigeria nw angola, minyelo
Justo
December 18, 2011 at 7:13 pm
A loose at this stage is ok as it gives the coach and players food for thought.We now need to have more of such games before we leave for the tournament.
MANDA GEOFFREY
December 18, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Go Zambia Go!!train harder and fight easy..thats not the reflection of the real team Renard will feature at the AFCON.for now thats a good result bcoz winning friendlies gets to the head of players and they think the finals would be as easy…
gunner
December 18, 2011 at 7:58 pm
hard luck guys..hope you have taken note of the mistakes you made.
Icipondo
December 18, 2011 at 8:04 pm
Not too bad boys. Getting such a result @ this stage, builds u psychologically. We’r always behind u. Go zed go!!
Wren
December 18, 2011 at 8:20 pm
Good it has happened this time so that it’s rectified!
Zed
December 18, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Don’t pay him k130m. For what? Renard is useless.
Wanu Ngwee
December 18, 2011 at 8:39 pm
Must have been a tough game, but that’s good for a preparatory match. I hope we’ve learnt something out of this match. Go Boys Go!
pu ngwee
December 18, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Renard wa Fake.
Educated
December 18, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Mwemabeamwee, mwaba amatole ba kosweee! Kuti mwalusa shani?
Thy kingdom come
December 18, 2011 at 11:27 pm
You see, becoz you beat India you thot you can beat Angola. Tough luck
mtunda mbuzi
December 19, 2011 at 6:04 am
losing 2 nigeria and angola is nt a good sign wthr u like it o nt, why did they only manage 2 beat a weakr team india and fail 2 the other 2? preparatory dsnt mean losng against taf oponents. bafikala wil be eliminatd in the first round
CEL ZED
December 19, 2011 at 7:30 am
Any ni prep. Not a very bad result but I still dont a lot of Faith muli kochi naba FAZ.
artlover
December 19, 2011 at 8:14 am
Do we honestly think we can win with players like Felix Katongo whose drinking life style is like taking a course of drugs (ARVs)?
The Last Don
December 19, 2011 at 8:30 am
This coach of ours is just a waste of money…
mwine mushi
December 19, 2011 at 8:59 am
Zambia lost in the second half the half that so renard change the entire team tactically speaking the first choice players in the first half did well the second batch lost by 1 nil its a fair result he 28players he used all of them..go zambia go…madrid,zesco and zambia for life
does it look like i Care!!!
December 19, 2011 at 9:18 am
I WONDER WHY THEY LOST MABYE ITS BECAUSE OF SATA AND RENARD ATA WITH THAT ITALIAN COACH WE USED TO MOVE FOWRARD NOW WE MOVING BACKWORDS AGAIN YABA AWE MWEH NISHI PANTO
big V
December 19, 2011 at 10:00 am
u see faz instead of taking them to India where there is no real football u should have just let them to play with Zesco, and other Zambian local teams instead of wasting money.otherwise it is good to loose at this stage so that they work extra hard. it was not a bad game.
James
December 19, 2011 at 10:12 am
Time for everything but never lose hope
kolwe nenkalumu
December 19, 2011 at 10:22 am
its bad that we lost against a weaker Angolan side noone likes to lose
but you can never run away from losing if you dont
prepare well and work hard and please keep politics away from soccer you are kill this beautiful game’”baka bwalala” let us support the boys
and not discourage them “ukulanda kwalyanguka chimochine nabakate besu batile 90days inshiku nashiya shile pwa balalundanko shinga kuli 90day”
chipolopolo boy please work hard the date for the competition is set and cannot be changed let get read before the date “te 90day is shipwa awe”
bigfan
December 19, 2011 at 10:37 am
No,I say no, let us not console each other. The national team is in mess at the moment. Mwanza has no knowledge of football. Imwe, how do you expect mwana amene afeluka ma test ku pasa exam? no logic. Angola were also using that game as preparatory and are happy that they are progressing well. No need for us to be complacent, things are bad actually even players themselves now know that they will be going to afcon as underdogs having lost all important friendly games. sure, you zambians how can you be happy with this kind of performance?wait and see? Teams like Ghana are wining all there preparatory games and you say things are ok.go to hell. When Angola will be going to Brazil zambia will be going to S.A and FAZ boast of giving the national team quality preparations.when Angola was playing cameroon zambia was playing India look at this. I love the national team but have no faith at moment surely.
bigfan
December 19, 2011 at 10:48 am
By the way, let me generalize my opinion, a normal coach would never allow Kakonje to keep the goal. It seems we have already forgoten how that man messed up years ago, he is no good goal keeper. However, we have no option coz I hear Mweene just cost free state stars by making usual silly mistakes granting Kaizer chiefs a win. And such is a player we are depending on to come and keep a goal for us. It might not be this time coz we are already late to make major changes but its high time we started looking for a dependable goal tender. Last Africa cup mweene cozed zambia to lose by such silly mistakes and we are just quiet and content with such a player. Such mistakes in crucial games matters a lot. World cups are won even by a goal, a silly mistake made.watch out!!!!!
bigfan
December 19, 2011 at 10:55 am
I want to remind fans that zambia’s performance continue to deteriorate, first we lost to Zimbabwe 2-0 in a friendly, then we lost to Nigeria, now we lose to Angola. All these are friendly but important games. we only managed to win India, and you tell me the team is doing well. No! last afcon zambia had big teams for preparation, eg, Chile, Ghana, and when they lost we knew such were big teams but now we are losing even to small teams and continue pating each other that things are ok.something has to be done. We will be more frustrated when Botswana will beat us in the upcoming friendly game. I doubt we gonna win any team in our preparatory games maybe a draw.
bigfan
December 19, 2011 at 11:00 am
love you guys but poseniko amano thats why panji said suspend the national team for 10 years coz it frustrates though thats child mentality, Arsenal lost 8-1 against man u and Man u lost 6 and never suspended the team but it just pains the fans when the team is not performing well when they are expected to.
Evelyn Hone
December 19, 2011 at 11:59 am
Make sure yhu mek use of the drawing boards at ths stage already cz the the tym yhu come back frm AFCON,We wud have removed them(drawing boards)
G Man
December 19, 2011 at 12:00 pm
A lose in Angola is not very bad but bad. Its a sign that something is not well somewhere. We need the team to build the winning mindset. The boys should not go on losing their preparetory matches with african teams becoz the games will be used as a mirror by other teams to study Zambia’s style of play. Need much improvement from the coaching team and players. Elo tilusing’a na position pa rating scale ya ma teams. Bamambala bakachoka early ku Africa Cup bakapeze Zambia inangu ndaba tizapanga team ya ma players bamene timatamba mu FAZ league.
Kalulete
December 19, 2011 at 12:17 pm
mwalibelela uku loser
PONONO
December 19, 2011 at 1:29 pm
bafikala muka luse mukanya mikongo shenu
go zambia go
nakferd
December 19, 2011 at 1:32 pm
What gud start are you talking about?these gentlemen’s performance is not something recommendable nor smilled at.the coach and his bunch of prefered individuals should not take us fans for granted ,but instead work extra hard or he will not go by himself this time,we will chase hime ourselves.why praise people that so far are not pleasing in what they are doing?
malilisho
December 19, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Hard Luck, Bad start, dominating but poor in the final third?
We have heard these stories before, and it is painful to see your National Team wallow in the lower ranks even when they are favourite. When are we as Nation going to conquer our own fears!
That Herve Renard has his own interests and what do you expect if he coached Angola, they already know his tactics and limitations and all they have to do is counter that. Coach, a physical trainer, ati Coach? We deserve our mediocre performances because we accept readily all sorts of medicrity.
MJ
December 19, 2011 at 2:28 pm
Let us call a spade a spade.
The current national team will be eliminated in the first round, period.
we straggled to beat Comoros, a nonentity in football, we drew with Libya, a country that was then under civil strife. We were humbled my Nigeria, a country that has failed to qualify for Africa cup and now it’s Angola. Ba Zambia sure, which team are we going to beat?
The friendlies against South Africa and Botswana are coming, it will be the same old story of,
“they played well but lacked the cathing edge” when ‘ii this catching edge ever come?
MJ
December 19, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Let us call a spade a spade.
The current national team will be eliminated in the first round, period.
we straggled to beat Comoros, a nonentity in football, we drew with Libya, a country that was then under civil strife. We were humbled my Nigeria, a country that has failed to qualify for Africa cup and now it’s Angola. Ba Zambia sure, which team are we going to beat?
The friendlies against South Africa and Botswana are coming, it will be the same old story of,
“they played well but lacked the cutting edge” when ‘ii this cutting edge ever come?
ok
December 19, 2011 at 3:42 pm
and who wants to lose? or who doesnt want to win?
Wanu Ngwee
December 19, 2011 at 5:52 pm
BA FAZ, PLEASE INCLUDE KEEGAN MUMBA AND LUCKY MSISKA ON RENARD’S TECHNICAL BENCH FOR AFCON 2012?
Eagle-Eagle
December 20, 2011 at 12:01 pm
We are even used to losing than winning! Chipolopolo ni zeee. Is man U playing today?