Minister of sports Chishimba Kammwili has condemned Renard for rushing to the media and start issuing statements putting the blame on the government officials for the loss of the Chipolopolo to the Sudanese in a game that was played on Saturday. And Kambwili has said he will not condone such indiscipline from Renard. This is according to TV2 main news monitored by Tumfweko. Sports Minister Chishimba Kambwili has since urged the Football Association of Zambia-FAZ- to censure Renard over his remarks.
The Frenchman on Sunday blamed some sports Ministry and government officials for treating him and his players like amateurs during preparations for the Sudan game.
The 2012 African Champions lost two-nil to the Sudanese who they beat 3-nil in Equatorial Guinea during the Africa cup of nations quarter final match earlier this year.
The Chipolopolo boys this Saturday clash against 2010 World Cup quarterfinals Ghana who thrashed Lesotho 7-nil in Kumasi on Friday.
janet c
June 5, 2012 at 9:15 am
Wat does the GRZ gut to do with the poor perfomance by the so called chipolopolo boys.. poor renerd herve
doc b
June 5, 2012 at 9:16 am
fire him,he is becoming useless!
Letti Matabane
June 5, 2012 at 9:40 am
Let him talk ala! Mwaamba ukumicita intimidate apapene. Remember thats the reason he left Angola, govt inteference. He knoz the team beta than Kambwili so allow him 2 do his job as he did in Gabon. Boma cinjeni, ngatamwacinje twalabwelela 2 the old useless chipolopolo so give him chance twapapata
botu
June 5, 2012 at 9:50 am
i see nothin wrong wit renard pointin out the cause of the failure…4 cryin out loud herve renard is the zambian coach & he has all da rites to figure out the wrong…y shuld kambwili restrict him?wat he did was rite it was never indiscpline,he said dat so dat govenment shuld stop treatin the team amatuerly…zambian pipo learn to apreciate,we are now the championz because of renard,now just because the team lost 2 sudan u think renard is uaseless & indiscpline?its very bad u knw learn 2 apreciat.
Abena George
June 5, 2012 at 9:52 am
The ***** Renard is talking about the heat in Sudan. Did he not know about that earlier. He took the team to cold SA to aclimatise. Silly thing to do. Mark my word he was looking for job while in SA not training!
Samuel
June 5, 2012 at 10:12 am
Bring back Bonetti and let him qualify the team them fire him and reengage Renard to win the cup.
iwe chi
June 5, 2012 at 10:22 am
@janet c, do u surely read th artical properly & wat herve was complaining abt? football is nt lik bulya ubuchende muchita.. u travel all th way frm kitwe to lsk bt stil u cn slip wit a man & satisfy him. those guys arrived in sudan few minutes before th game & there were tired. ndipo janet c u hv got a small brain.
Mwanamfumu
June 5, 2012 at 10:27 am
****** Renard!! Uyu Chikala alatumpa, fire him!!
mupopo
June 5, 2012 at 10:27 am
leave rena alone and let him do his job
Faraday
June 5, 2012 at 10:39 am
Bt why camp in s.a. which is cold then play in the heat? that ws the mistake..anyway lets continue sapotin chipolopolo!
NICHOLAS
June 5, 2012 at 10:43 am
KAMBWILI HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT KOKAI PERFORMANCE BY THE CHIPOLOPOLO I BLAME THE COACH.
fadeup maya
June 5, 2012 at 10:51 am
ala, shame upon all of you who are blaming the poor coach for only. Have you ever seen this so called Kambwili coaching any football team? To start with the team was not given enough time for camping, when it comes to football what can you do in two weeks? of course those of you have not played soccer like me have no idea of what am talking about. If am not mistaken the team was told they needed not rush into camping as they were already champions. so who is to blame? even a child loses interest in school when the parents are not helping towards his/her education. so do not just talk, get your facts right. The coach has to be blamed halfway too, its 50/50. let Kambwili and Renard work together. they each have something to work on.
Barotse diaspora
June 5, 2012 at 11:17 am
Zedians stop bubling and ducking lets try 2be prggmatic in our everyday lives No no no!HON.Hoe stop digging out coach heavy rain its his season time 2 plant wat u govt dwibs shall rip he has the right 2 complain about the weather and traveling arrangement 2 the media u didnt listen thats why the we lost 2:0 2 sudan pipo stop it. Give heavy rain-a break he wil water the ghanaz and the chikolopo boys wil mop the mess laugh!! Lets go zed
Joejudges
June 5, 2012 at 11:18 am
@janet.c.iwe leave our boyz alone.hw do u camp in s.a wen ur playin in sudan.i dnt lyk renards coachin tactics.he shud stick 2 physical trainin only.
janet c
June 5, 2012 at 11:21 am
@fadeup maya..only ****** pipo like you can loose interest in school if the so called parents are not surpotive.nonsense
fadeup maya
June 5, 2012 at 11:33 am
@Janet C, I speak facts and have no time for undiplomatic arguments with children like you. we are talking about soccer here and not pointing fingers at each other like kids at kindergarten. if you have nothing sensible to say then do not say anthing. This is an open forum and we are all free to say what we have to say about Kambwili and Renard.
shaddy joe
June 5, 2012 at 11:36 am
lets not quarrel,we stil have a lot to do.I believe even in a loss situation pipo can still respect each other.viva chipolopopolo!!
de novo
June 5, 2012 at 11:43 am
Uwawa tabula kabepesho
kakolwe
June 5, 2012 at 11:47 am
ChiChimbwili, receive constructive criticism. wecimuntu! Let the coach air his views. Are you hiding anything?
Your transfer to another ministry of social work and talkativeness is at hand. Sata is seeing you as a failure in every ministry he sends you to.
Barca 10
June 5, 2012 at 11:50 am
Ur jst a sore loser ka renard,wats wrong with u?sudan played gud football,while yo team looked lost,their was no co-ordination,u were playing as it was the first tym yo team was playing together,even wen u were 1goal down there was no urgency in yo play to equalise,All in all u lost it flat n square to a gud sudan team,the least u can do z to swallow yo pride,concede defeat,congraturate the winner n prepare yo team well 4 Ghana game,u lost the battle but u didn’t lose the war.lose ghana game en our world cup dream z over n so u.
Dophus Mwanza
June 5, 2012 at 11:55 am
The minister has a duty to protect the image of government but he needs to be careful not to demoralise the coach. Players have to aclimatise to play for 90 minutes. Zambia is going forward despite a fall in Sudan. D.K chipata
igwala gwala
June 5, 2012 at 12:01 pm
stop making NOISE here and focus on saturday’s game
nana b
June 5, 2012 at 12:04 pm
leave Rena alone he knows what his talking about, the best the govt can do is to just corporate so that chipolopolo can continue making us proud.viva chipolopolo,,,viva coach Rena!!!!!!!!
JONATHAN
June 5, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Guys the loose to sudan has so many reasons:1 the guyz had fears(the war in sudan) they were not free.2 the weather in sudan.3 the guyz didn’t have time to rest.4 they under estemated sudan which is not good.e.t.c so let renard was wrong by blaming the GRZ.
Witty
June 5, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Both Renard and Hoe( Kambwili) should just shut up.Empty tins make the most noise.The defeat is very embarrasing.Bonneti should be brought back.He is better at qualifying Zed than the incumbent.I rest my case…!
kakolwe
June 5, 2012 at 12:32 pm
@barotse diaspora! Witty!! LOL! heavy rain!!! hahaha!!!! Chikolopo kolopo boys!! hihihihi!!! You made my day.
My Janet C, I sense that this is not your ground. Balekele balandepo abene, we shall debate on other ‘doing’ issues.
JT
June 5, 2012 at 12:57 pm
The media is the one that rushed to Herve and asked him ‘what happened?’ Herve just told the truth. Kambwillie is angry because the truth has made his ministry look incompetent. Freedom of speech.
zam1
June 5, 2012 at 1:14 pm
most zambians like blame game which has failed us. as the say goes “if you are a proffessional in blame game then you are an amateur in the life of success”. its high time that we should learn to take responsibility of our live.for how long are we going to be pointing fingers on each other and misses the world cup. because this has happen again and again in all the world cup qualifying game. how come other teams are qualifying even us we should qualify inspite of the challenges.let us stand above challenges to become victors and not victims.blame game has not taken us any where.
Neutral
June 5, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Politics and football are too different things which can even not mix, the lose for Zambia is entirely on FAZ and GRZ, reason, after the Afcon final, the whole team was given more than enough time to relax, and the preparations for 2014 was not adequate as it was too late to organise and put the team in good shape. Moreover Kambwili should not even scare Renard coz Renard wants the best for Zambia and not for PF.
kulax_me
June 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm
if Brazil can be beaten..what more Zambia…There is no team in this world that can not be beaten..lets go Chipolopolo LETS GO!!
juice manure
June 5, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Leave Renard alone! This fool called Kambwili has a brain of a chicken; not long ago he screwed up at labour & now he is at it again this time at sports! Kambwili is noisy & has loud manners.
kulax_me
June 5, 2012 at 2:03 pm
you Zambians are not grateful at all…AFCON2012 clearly belonged to either IVORY COAST or GHANA and yet our boys did it..
What investment has this country put in Soccer..
Just compare ACCRA or ABIDJAN to Lusaka..We need to invest in sports to reap the rewards…
Zambia 3 GHANA 1….Lets go boys!!
lya222
June 5, 2012 at 2:31 pm
shut up bafikala bonse… it was poor preparation from both parties. Heavy rain should not have taken the boys to s.a and Kambwili should have made better travel arrangements period!
Carol
June 5, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Pray for the National team. God is moved by prayer and not by condemnation. We should not judge others because everyone makes mistakes. This is not a time for finger pointing. The team needs your encouragement. There is need to prepare and to be focussed on what needs to be archieved and to learn from past mistakes, whether on the pitch or administrative errors. Psalm 75:6 “For promotion comes neither from the East,nor from the West, nor from the South”. Everything we have comes from God and we are blessed not by our own strength but through God’s grace. With God all things are possible.
FUTURE PRESIDENT-ZAMBIA
June 5, 2012 at 2:45 pm
COACH HERVE RENARD IS A BIG JOKER HE ENJOYS EXPERIMENTING PLAYERS INSTEAD OF USING GOOD PLAYERS IN GOOD POSITIONS.
ha!
June 5, 2012 at 3:13 pm
all you guys who are blaiming harve Renard you are all useless, yo brains forget easily, Harve Ren has down well to tell us why we lost. we should be greatful that he disclosed without fear
ha!
June 5, 2012 at 3:17 pm
@ future president u are an *****, how can you call a much sought after coach a joker, can you coach you? you are just a john solye bwali
ha!
June 5, 2012 at 3:25 pm
and the honourable must learn not respond through the media all the time, how do we tell the difference between the mature and the immature? people will respect you by the way u respond to issues. is it a blow for a blow or punch for punch?, tell us mr kambwili?
MUCHEMWA
June 5, 2012 at 3:45 pm
GO CHIPOLOPOLO BOYZ
CHANCER
June 5, 2012 at 3:58 pm
@ Tumweko, it seems you have got something agaist kambwili koz every time he says something or gives an advice you take it wrongly.The minister was just advising our couch that there are channels that he should follow to air his grievances and not going to reporters.I DID NOT SEE ANY THREAT.Pliz give us genuine info not cooking/ twisting stories to make them attractive.
Umusambashi
June 5, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Lev Renard alone. Yes thr hs been a lot of interferanc wth Chipolopolo…winning a game isnt jst running and scoring…its abt preps in all aspects,not arrivng mins to th game…thy were to aclamitise to th plc by being thr a week or so earlier…ths zambian heat and tht of sudan are diff.ths is a fact we shld all accept…secondly,thr is only one Zambian coach,respect his offc,it does nt mean if u apprve chqs thn u th coach, if u source boardng thn u coach,etc…zambians lrn to stil to ur jobs wthout spoilng th nxt prsn’ pot of soup…Chipolopolo’ failure is our game nt Renard..wht do u expect whn u voluntarilly flatten a tyre…u car to run faster???shame on u zambians and th govt.do thngs justly nt cause one is shwng off…yes thr r channels…bt tell me…if it were u as renard and askd a questn by media,wht wld u do??lets b fair here…if u wnt renard to go,bliv me,he will gt a better offr,fr his cv is alrdy rich….tht we cnt tke frm him,so lets respect his decisns and reasng in rgrds to our boys,fr only him knws thm bettr…
Big Ken
June 5, 2012 at 4:32 pm
I think @Tumweko is Tonga.
Wanu Ngwee
June 5, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Foreign coaches must not be entrusted with all decision making powers on team selection, coz they can easily sell away vital games. Can Renard be held to account for his systemstic benching of SAKUWAHA who’s plays in the Sudanese league and has been top scorer their for consecutive seasons? Sakuwaha knows the weaknesses of most Sudanese defenders and would’ve easily captalised on them.
Instead, he continues to feature people like Chansa who just thrive on past glory.
sobongo kibinda waba kabwa
June 5, 2012 at 4:44 pm
The problem with African Z football inclusive is that soccer cant be divorced from politics becoz FAZ depends on the well wish of govt for most of its operations.Politicians will always have a say to this effect.this however does not mean the minister has to fire Salvo at Heavy Rainer thru the media.Heavy didnt go to the media.rather the media went to ask him abot the loss.Zambia must wake up from the acute victory hang-over after winning the AFCON cup.Wake up boys and pull up yo socks its time for work not that trash we saw otherwise Ghana will run riot over us.GO chipolopolo GO.
sobongo kibinda waba kabwa
June 5, 2012 at 4:49 pm
MA BLOGGERS MUSEKESA.ATI FIRE RENARD THEN BRING BACK BONNETI TO QUALIFY THE TEAM TO THE WORLD CUP,THEN FIRE BONNETI AND BRING BACK RENARD TO WIN US THE WORLD CUP.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!
Casious Akayombokwa
June 5, 2012 at 5:24 pm
I strongly believe the chipolopolo boy will get 3 points against Ghana.Kambwili should leave our coach alone
The Patriot
June 5, 2012 at 5:58 pm
If the coach new that the weather was hot, why didn’t he use Sakuwaha who is used 2 such conditions since he plays in the sudanese league nd plays with most of the player?
Kwa george
June 6, 2012 at 9:38 am
OK I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS NONSENSE NOW LET TELL YOU.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM (BRUTAL HONESTY) IS CONSTRUCTIVE EVEN THRU THE MEDIA FOR TRANSPARENCY JUST LIKE THE POST WANTS TO GET YOUR 14BN. NOW THIS UNIP/PF MENTALITY OF THE MINISTER IS POWERFOOL AND FIRE ME IS ******.
CKB
June 6, 2012 at 10:09 am
**** you Kambwili, together with your fellow bogus ministers.
Milton Siatwinda
June 6, 2012 at 12:59 pm
I think it was good that the Chipolopolo lost the game against Sudan..It is a wakeup call..at least it makes us get a feel of how it feels to loose before we get to serious business. I see chipolopolo going all the way after this Saturday’s game…..Go Zambia Go..