‘U-20 Keeper Ready To Challenge Mweene’

UNDER-20 national team goalkeepers’ coach Yona Phiri says custodian Mangani Banda will soon be ready to challenge Kennedy Mweene for the Chipolopolo position.
Phiri said in an interview on Friday that Banda has proved his worth at the Africa Youth Championship in Senegal.
The Zanaco custodian, 19, has so far conceded three goals but Phiri said the strikes were difficult to stop.
“You can see that all the goals he [Banda] conceded were difficult ones to stop for any goalkeeper. Overall, I think he has improved a lot and coaches at under-23 and senior national teams should watch out for him,” Phiri said.
He also commended reserve goalkeepers Tresfford Mulenga and Geoffrey Silavwe.
He said the two netminders have been performing well during training and Zambians would have been impressed with them had they been given an opportunity to don national colours.
Meanwhile, Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) executive committee member Jeffrey Chipilingu said the junior Chipolopolo have gained lessons from the tournament in Senegal.
Chipilingu, who is the team’s delegation leader, said the players will not be the same when they return to their respective clubs because the tournament has exposed them to high level competition.
“These are developmental teams and as FAZ we will continue supporting them. We know that it is tournaments like this that help to shape careers of young players. So in much as we are disappointed with the early elimination, we are somehow happy that the players have learnt something that will help them,” he said.
Zambia were eliminated from the tournament after losing 0-1 to Mali and 1-2 to Ghana.

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11 Responses to ‘U-20 Keeper Ready To Challenge Mweene’

Talking Snake

March 15, 2015 at 11:45 am

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new educated Zambia

March 15, 2015 at 11:56 am

Kamuhamba basankwa. I feel very rough today after a few drinks last night. I will comment in full later. This boy has every right to. Same way the upnd is slowly takin over government. Twalema kapata
- new educated Zambia
  
  March 15, 2015 at 11:46 pm
  
  After pleas by the smart pipo of Zambia to change my blogging conduct I have now decided to contribute positively to our beautiful country.FYI I was just hired by UPND to smear campaign & deliberately discredit the PF government to ruin their public reputation. In fact prior to Jan 2015 polls Muvi TV was given K2.5 million rebased to promote political propaganda against the PF Party to manipulate & influence opinions in favour of UPND!NDINE CHABE CHPUBA!!!
kayula

March 15, 2015 at 12:55 pm

young man just play to lift the flag of our country. mweene is not your competitor but your time mate. i wish you had chsllenged strikers from Ghana and mali. Make mweene your helper as you go up. Degree holders make similar mistakes underlating pipo with experience
- confu
  
  March 16, 2015 at 11:17 am
  
  UNDER RATING NOT UNDERLATING. THAT IS WHY DEGREES ARE GOOD.
kayula

March 15, 2015 at 12:57 pm

you can only challenge mweene with a good and balanced team
Sopho

March 15, 2015 at 8:54 pm

Truly he is by allowing 8 goals in three games
New Educated Zambia

March 16, 2015 at 12:45 am

I would like to inform everyone that the real new educated zambia now has NEZ written on the symbol of my name. thank you very much
sunka

March 16, 2015 at 8:08 am

Mangani is the worst Zambia U-20 goalkeeper in Zambias history. He should just shut-up and you fools do noit mislead him.there are very good Goalkeepers in Division One and Two…but are ignored.
Mega Mind Gray

March 16, 2015 at 11:07 am

Very useless goal stopper! Fool allowed 5 goals in a single match. He’s embarrassing the national team and his coach should just shut up if has nothing better to say during interviews.
confu

March 16, 2015 at 11:22 am

Interesting. Coach, Yona Phiri. Goalkeeper being praised, Mangani Banda-Both easterners! Mweene to be replaced- Southerner! I hope politics haven’t crossed over to football. Anyway he has mentioned Mulenga and Silavwe. Kikiki.