It’s not the end of the road, but I hope we won’t regret the two points dropped in this match when we come to the end of this qualification phase, Chipolopolo trainer Herve Renard has said.
Reviewing the 1-1 draw against Lesotho, Renard told journalists at Sesotho stadium that the result against Lesotho’s Likuena “felt like a defeat.”
“It’s not a good result for us especially when we were leading and it was the end of the match. We go to seven points now and I hope we will not regret this result,” Renard said adding: “We are still on the road to Brazil and like I said, I hope we won’t regret the points we dropped today.”
He said his squad should have been more efficient and tactically superior especially after the sending off of goalie Mweene.
“When Kennedy Mweene was given a red card, we changed the tactic to counter attack and that’s when we should have closed the game after scoring, but we were poor tactically,” The Fox, as the Zambia trainer is fondly called said.
He lamented the poor form of most of his big name stars saying they were not playing to their full potential.
“One problem we have in the team is that so many players are not playing well and to their full potential. Our players being at TP Mazembe has affected the national team,” Renard said.
With the draw at the Sesoto, Chipolopolo moved to seven points and whatever the result between Ghana and Sudan in Kumasi Sunday night, Zambia remains top of World Cup qualifying Group D.
The next round of qualifiers is in June. Zambia is at home on 1st June against Lesotho then hosts Sudan on the 8th. Sudan on the other hand host Ghana on 1st June with the Black Stars then traveling to Maseru for their match against Lesotho on the 9th June.
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MARIA
March 25, 2013 at 5:58 pm
I can see my zambian niggers at work,constructive football critism,i like these contributions.Thumbs up niggers but get home in time to your wives intead of looking at those bar girls walking around i mini skirts distructing you from watching the game!
paul
March 25, 2013 at 6:22 pm
Enough is enough the coarch seem lost and has run out of options.The best thing to do is to humbly step down than to be fired.Country men and women this coach must go if we are to qualify to the world cup 2014.
JOHN PHIRI
March 25, 2013 at 10:55 pm
CHIPOLOPOLO BOYS ARE BECOMING AN BECOMING
WHY YOU BOYS ALWAYS BECOME LAZY AND SLOW WHEN PLAYING YOU DO NOT SEEM TO BE SEROUS PLAYERS. YOU CANT IMITATE YOUR FRIENDS WHO ARE SCOURING MORE GOALS EVEN SIMPLE CLUBS ARE STILL BEATING YOU
PLEASE STOP WORSTING TAX PAYERS MONEY BETTER YOU GO AND SLEEP THAN WORSTING RESOURCES
JS
March 26, 2013 at 9:06 am
Renard, you surely are going to regret that result just as you did regret your result with Ethiopia last AFCON. You should have leant your lesson.
dch
March 26, 2013 at 9:15 am
He is not a good coach for sur. What was the need of substituting Mbesuma? Am sure he delibarately weakened the team so that Zambia can loose. The team that won the cup was groomed by Bonnet. Its no suprise that he did not last long in Angola
iwe
March 26, 2013 at 1:37 pm
mbesuma did a good job. we will only qualify if our footballers change to postive thinking. Jonas, failed to perform in that game. William just brought confusion in the midfield. HR our coach missed it on his tactics but we are still in the game. God bless Zambia.
Abeni ba Mukankala
March 26, 2013 at 2:15 pm
Kalusha what are you waiting for? You fired Bonetti quickly after he qualified us. What is holding you from firing a coach with an 8 match winless streak?