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Sudan Beat Zambia 2-0
African champions Zambia lost in Sudan, Ivory Coast made a winning start under a new coach, and Senegal overcame two shocks to defeat Liberia in 2014 World Cup qualifiers Saturday.
Zambia swept aside Sudan in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals with France-born coach Herve Renard saying the losers played “sleep-inducing” football.
But the Sudanese Falcons were wide awake for the Group D clash in sweltering Khartoum, dominating from the kick-off to the final whistle with second-half goals from Mohamed Tahir and Saifeldin Ali securing a 2-0 victory.
Renard, reportedly being paid 100,000 dollars a month with the goal of taking Chipolopolo (Copper Bullets) to the World Cup finals for the first time, had premonitions before flying to Khartoum.
“I’m really sure we are not the best team in Africa … there are some teams that are stronger than us and we know that … we have to be very, very good to go to the World Cup,” he told the BBC before matchday one across Africa.
And it does not get any easier for Zambia, who edged Ivory Coast on penalties to win the African title, with a June 9 home fixture against Ghana, who humiliated Lesotho 7-0 Friday in a match interrupted by a power failure.
Former France international Sabri Lamouchi, put in charge of Ivory Coast this week despite no coaching experience, saw the Elephants overcome 10-man Tanzania 2-0 in Group C match via goals from Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba.
Chelsea Champions League hero Drogba, who blazed a penalty over in regulation time of the final against Zambia, struck a free kick against the woodwork in Abidjan and scored the second goal after Aggrey Morris was red carded.
Senegal, who went to the 2012 Cup of Nations as third favourites only to lose all three group games, conceded a second-minute goal against Liberia in Dakar and Newcastle United sharpshooter Papiss Demba Cisse missed a penalty.
But the Teranga Lions lowered the blood pressure of caretaker coach Joseph Koto by levelling through Ibrahima Balde before half-time and late goals from Dame Ndoye and Sadio Mane delivered a 3-1 Group J success.
Morocco, another country to make an unexpected first round exit from the Cup of Nations in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, drew 1-1 in Gambia with Houssine Kharja equalising after Abdou Jammeh struck early for the Scorpions.
Tunisia fought back to beat Equatorial Guinea 3-1 in Monastir, Sierra Leone defeated Cape Verde Islands more convincingly than the 2-1 Freetown scoreline suggests and Burkina Faso were held 0-0 in Ouagadougou by Congo Brazzaville.
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Bornfacemwamelo
June 3, 2012 at 3:39 pm
We will Renard ‘s salary to $10,000.00
JOSEF NJOVU
June 3, 2012 at 3:43 pm
pipo zambia is a strong team bt de formation used ws not gud lets hop RH wil len a leson from de misha 2>0
JOSEF NJOVU
June 3, 2012 at 3:45 pm
Hahahaha hede insansa kuchinjana
steve shilunguta
June 3, 2012 at 4:12 pm
ba chipolopolo what you did kusudan you make me sick.rena can you tell your boys too much relaxing on a pitch please.zambians we love football i wish you all the best on 9th june.
katz hill
June 3, 2012 at 4:27 pm
De coach isn’t good enough to coach our national team. He doesn t know how to analyse de game. Katongo and kalaba were passagers.
Daniere
June 3, 2012 at 5:36 pm
yalikaba game tayaweme ama guys bushe balikolwa?abengi nalebamonafye pakufuma nangu bacenapo umo.Guys pull up your socks.ahhh ghana tukanya
Jay Jay
June 3, 2012 at 6:29 pm
Zambia game was just horribly..as long as we sideline good players like jonas sakuhawa.4forget about WCQ
malangi
June 3, 2012 at 8:45 pm
ukulusa we can loose, even fc Barcelona loses but they play very nice what pained me was the type of football displayed by Zambia more than a loss.
Chali
June 3, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Those who are busy insulting the Chipolopolo, shame on u!!! It as gud as insulting yoselves becoz the boys are representing the entire nation. If u can say Chelsea, Man U or Asenal etc 4 lyf whether win or loose, wat about yo own team? This is nt the tym 2 critise but 2 help the boys gain the momentum 2 do it. This is nt the end, they cn stil perfect on the skil & tactics.
Go! Zambia! Go!
Go! Chipolopolo! Go!
ZaMbIaN 4 iIfE
June 3, 2012 at 10:35 pm
We must not allow ourselves to be exposed to mediocrity in terms of playing standards we african champions and we must maintain that . Our technical bench is full of people who cannot read the game starting with the head coach. What game plan did he have for the game.His too arrogant and he must just take the blame, who told him that sudan went too sleep when we beat them 3 nil at the Africa cup final. they studied our game plan and then RH uses the same team which even never trained together for long in camp.
Mind you Ghana is also coming to revenge the loss, so please work up and let the sleeping dogs lie, we will never forgive you if you fail us again. You have the best players ,so we need results.
G.M.C
June 3, 2012 at 11:05 pm
No offence to all my fellow chipolopolo bros and sisters, but I find it good that Zambia lost. After the Afcon it became so reluctant and sleepy but with this Lose, we’ve been slaped awake and reminded who we are, we are Champions and that’s what we are going to be this weekend! So lets not say bad things about our upcoming matches because our tongues have power to change things (Power Of A Tongue) So let’s mind what we say….
Mpangula Mputyu
June 4, 2012 at 7:46 am
The players were under the influence of Whisky!!!!!!
muf 7
June 4, 2012 at 8:56 am
Ba Zambia u need to be serious with what u re doing,u are the African champion and every team is ready for to disgrace you,if u be playing like that I didn’t u will defend the cup next year wake-up we still love u guys you made us proud on that day u brought the cup gud lucky.
bebelepo mwandi
June 4, 2012 at 10:37 am
Eba zambia naishiba aba tebalya bateele afcon.
lya222
June 4, 2012 at 10:47 am
Zambia was too relaxed… football is about tactics and from the look of things HR did not prepare the lads well for the game. to be at the top you cannot afford to relax. its time our footballers realized that everyone wants to beat em and they must rise to the challenge. come June 9 amafi tatulefyaya, we want to watch football. Pull up yo socks bafikala
Naine Ndandepo
June 4, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Bane this is not a good start.A draw game would have been better.We are African Champions and everyone wants to know how ae are perfoming.Already teams like Ghana,Ivory Coast are excited that now its there turn to win after Zambia’s perfomance.We can not allow this bane…Elyo coach ale fola sana ulipiya he must start perfoming en not rely on the past glory..Awe!!
dc
June 4, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Zambia as champions should never have gone to sleep.Football is about present performance and not the past hence we should never even think that when we face another team they are intimidated bcos we are champions. That competition we won is past.
The Coach should always use players that are performing well in there respective leagues and not based on the performance of afcon we won. For Sudan consideration should have been on Sakuwaha who is used to that humid condition and is doing very well in that league. Next time the coach should learn to listen also to the cries of the Zambians when they say something. He is not the alpha and the omega.
Wishing Zambia all the best on Saturday.
Barotse diaspora
June 4, 2012 at 1:16 pm
@kofi gyan (ghana) young kid watch out this weknd wen the copper bullets shoot the black stars 2 pieces in the skies 4get sudan come ndola prepare 2 hold yo heart in yo hand the name of the game z football i remain silent and wait 4 the whistle2 blow…..!
bebelepo mwandi
June 4, 2012 at 1:46 pm
mukalanda mukanaka but lyonsefye bakalateyafye ififine.ukafwapofye na explosion lobe ni bazambia uliko.
Changwamina
June 4, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Ka game pa Zed u understand wrongly.whether 4,5,1 game ngana mwishiba ifyomulechita its very easy.muleteya mpumpmpu chela mushukile football or ka chintaluke type of football ati ma champions. one shot at goal and we blame the pitch HR ufwile uli kakopo sana.
Our natural game if one two one umuntu pamuntu. not Zampeni football kwati muli ba kumushi bakolwe
PLAYERS
June 4, 2012 at 3:58 pm
pLEASE POSHENIKO AMANO KUMUPILA OR YOU MAKE US LOSE LIVES FOR CARELESS GAMES, PLEASE NEXT TIME
MAKE YOUR POEPLE SMILE AGAIN.
BORNFACE
June 4, 2012 at 5:00 pm
tough lucky, we can still make it !!!!!!!!!!!!
zwambo
June 4, 2012 at 7:52 pm
Tax payers money! careful. Switch on Zambia otherwise do not take things for granted, someone foots your bills.
Tonga Bull
June 5, 2012 at 7:06 am
kalusha bwalya out!!!!!!!!!!!!!