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KALU Denies FAZ Interference In National Team Players Selections
By Musonda Chibulu
FAZ president Kalusha Bwalya has denied interference in national team selection in a heated exchange on twitter.
Two twitter users Mumbi Chileshe and Emmanuel Zulu accused Kalusha of instructing coaches to pick and play certain players.
Kafue Celtics on loan at Nchanga Rangers striker Patson Daka was cited.
The Under-17 captain has turned out for the Under-17, 20, 23 and Chipolopolo in a space of six months.
Zulu alleged that he had a verbatim of Kalusha issuing instructions to the technical bench at Sherbourne (supposedly for last Saturday’s tame 0-0 draw against Guinea)
However, Kalusha insisted that coaches make independent decisions and FAZ has never interfered in player selection.
The 1988 Africa’s finest expressed shock that every time Zambia lost or drew he was accused of something.
He argued that in his playing days chairmen of clubs or FAZ were not known to be blamed for team failure.
Kalusha assured that FAZ was only interested in recording good results and not matters of player selection.
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young guns
June 17, 2015 at 12:51 pm
Boza iwe chi kalu
Andy
June 17, 2015 at 1:01 pm
U are a problem to zambian football get out
The spartacus
June 17, 2015 at 1:25 pm
I need my refund iwe cikalu as follows: K300 fuel, 100 ticket 400 food and other beverages.. I just can’t spend tht much pafyamafi.. U knw my email
major chileshe
June 17, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Ok if its lyk that then how come I am never called to tha national team? Koz am better than most of thoz plangas in the national team
mailon
June 18, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Ba Major Chile she naimwe ati you want to be selected?
Ba kamikontola uto tumolu utwakosa nga mukolwe wa kumushi. Teti muiwelemo fye?
major chileshe
June 19, 2015 at 8:52 am
Atase iwe chikala,hav u ever seen me b4?ndateya bola ine and my legs r big,iwe ikalafye nechilufoma chama worms chobe
Judge Joe Bidden
June 17, 2015 at 1:51 pm
Kalu should just shut the phuckup! This chap is as corrupt as the whole bunch of FIFA/CAF/FAZ chaps. If Zambian football needs changing why cant we also change its management? These days even teams we never counted are beating us or drawing.
T.K
June 17, 2015 at 1:53 pm
This is true.National Team Coaches are not free to select players of their own choice.Look at Emmanuel Mbola.He has costed games for Zambia.We have good defenders.Why always use this chap…He is being out run all the time.Why should the National Team being picked from Copperbelt and Midlands only?The whole Zambia we just depend on Copperbelt and Midlands.We have good players who are capable of turning the tables for Zambia.Good example is late Nigerian striker RASHID YAKENI.He had no dribbling skills but he was a good reader of the game hence he was scoring goals for Nigeria.I had a chance to watch System Chilongo from his heydays with Buseko UTD from Luanshya then he joined Red Arrows with the likes of Martin Besa,Paul Chimfwembe etc he has no dribbling skill but he was a good reader of the game as well.Everytime he plays it use to take just 5 minutes for him to score because he had pace as well.Are we short of such players to day?I just wander all the time.STOP CORRUPTION IN FOOTBALL…
Kwati like so
June 17, 2015 at 1:57 pm
Give kalulu a red card
Metal
June 17, 2015 at 2:31 pm
Too many fingers pointing to Kalu as been a wrong person at FAZ.Take a rest Kalu and pass on the mantle to others after all life is a relay.
chiparamba nkausu
June 17, 2015 at 2:32 pm
This Kalusha Bwalya chap is corrupt to the borne just like his former boss at FIFA Sepp Blatter and Issa Hayatou at CAF. He requires to be forced out of office just like what happened to the FIFA boss. He has no intergrity and morals left in him otherwise he would have read the mood of the people and stepped down on his own nomba pantu fye emo balila so kufwa na no mukanwa. Shame.
mule
June 17, 2015 at 2:51 pm
Ba Zambia why yoh hate Kalu so much?
Phiri
June 17, 2015 at 5:17 pm
The haters only come out when Zambia doesnt win. When they win all the comments are good
EX ZIT
June 17, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Pipo hate Kalu as if he plays in the team. When Mweene fails to score u blame Kalu. Common guys this hate is too too much. There is no player in Zambia who is performing at club level who has been left from the national team. Players in Zambia as at now arent performing and we cant have a performing national team!!!!
lungu jameson
June 17, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Vaupuba chi kalu. How do u select unexperienced players for such games. Chicken naena cipuba sana!
mule
June 17, 2015 at 3:13 pm
THANK YOU EX ZIT. BE BLESSED
Ewa
June 17, 2015 at 4:05 pm
Evidence !! which performing player, both locally and internationally is left out of the National Team. Look at Club football, so pathetic to watch. No local club has performed well at Continental level, CAF Champions league for example. Ba ZESCO, Nkhana name them, babwelako kuseni-seni. So ati ni Kalu alenga.
Bola died with privatization coupled with the shooting down of that plane, no sponsorship, infrastructural development, etc. Is kalu responsible for all this.
Lets solve the problem instead of pointing accusing fingers at each other.
Instead of ukusika amaafu, forging ducmas, feeding lions a cow per day, etc, we can sponsor this dying soccer in our Country. Ba GBM, Lyato, Kavindele, HH, Harrington, Mahtan, ati bwanji uko ?
Ewa
June 17, 2015 at 4:13 pm
Does Kalu interfere with club football for all our clubs to flop in CAF champions league as well Which local club has succeeded at continental competitions of late ? Zero.
Soccer at club level leaves much to be desired. Look at the quality of the stadia (Stadiums), is Kalu to blame, too.
The Country cannot, and shall never have a performing National team if the Local League is under-performing, period. Lets find a solution to the problem instead of pointing fingers at each other.
Judge Joe Bidden
June 17, 2015 at 5:25 pm
“Lets find a solution to the problem instead of pointing fingers at each other”
Yes we found the problem – Its Kalusha Bwalya.
Siuz
June 17, 2015 at 5:37 pm
since we now kno the root cause,let’s unite and vote him out and bring in a new group
Siuz
June 17, 2015 at 5:49 pm
Kalu can’t accept that man is corrupt like fifa presido’ infact they work 2gether.Next elections u are packing yo bags.
one truth
June 17, 2015 at 8:05 pm
Its true kalu, even when players are in camp, you are present.What is your role? Secondly i think you have a hand in the appointing of the foreign coach who is about to come because the process of appointing was not followed.The best way was to allow as many as possible to apply and then select on merit, how do you hand pick your friend.This is very shameful.
one truth
June 17, 2015 at 8:08 pm
Its true kalu, even when players are in camp, you are present.What is your role? Secondly i think you have a hand in the appointing of the foreign coach who is about to come because the process of appointing was not
followed.The best way was to allow as many as possible to apply and then select on merit, how do you hand pick your friend.This is very shameful.
Famous idiot!...
June 18, 2015 at 12:27 am
Ci Kalu nangu ba cisanga on top of a lady committing adultery still kuti akana ati “awe imwe tabwacingila”… Why waste time picking ducks called ama pulanga to play soccer?… Then kwaba naka akabushi ati Mbola busy running all over the place including pa bench with no idea what hes’ doing mu pitch jus like aba ba Mweene akantu amatako kwati canakashi competing naya kwa Fwayo… Ka captain(Kalaba) nako confused kwati lukowa nalunaka ukubikila amani… Ba swine poseniko amano imitwe kwati nintoyo!…
shoket 47
June 18, 2015 at 5:29 am
I thought the job of a technical team was to assess the performance of the team as the game is being played..why should kalu be blamed for all the failures and not the coach or the players themselves..the manager of any team is the coach..that’s why he is fired first if he is not performing well..I remember christopher katongo saying ,”we are a young team that can perform better in years to come if we stick together”..this was after we won the Africa cup..where are those players we had? Lwandamina said he will use experience in players but less than half of the players featured in the game against guinea had the experience of international football..we were using kalaba a lot more than was required..my conclusion is let us give credit where its due and stop blaming FAZ when we clearly know that the coach was wrong..
pipo
June 18, 2015 at 6:45 am
Bling back all the experience players
JASON NYIRENDA
June 18, 2015 at 10:11 am
@pipo, I fully support you. You do not change the entire team at once, You change a team gradually.
Bonaventure
June 18, 2015 at 8:19 am
Kalu is jst a man he cn make mistakes bt he is good
ftj
June 18, 2015 at 8:33 am
Patson Daka is better than Sate Sate???
Or is it because Kalu wants to sell Daka???
Kapota Kayawe is better than Given Sinyangwe of Nkana???
Or is it because Kalu wants to sell Kayawe???
Can Kennedy Mweene continue to be first choice GK given his consistent mistakes? Besides he has been relegated to the bench at his pretoria Club in S.A
Israeli
June 18, 2015 at 10:01 am
@famous idiot tamumfwa bakamba
Israeli
June 18, 2015 at 10:13 am
That z why cinatuna penalty
Kwati like so
June 18, 2015 at 12:15 pm
@jjb u r right n tanx!
Kwati like so
June 18, 2015 at 12:20 pm
@ famous idiot u ve cracked my ribs!
GUNNERS
June 18, 2015 at 4:50 pm
Everything has got tym its now yo tym to leave ba kalu give chance to others pliz
Chimbwi
June 18, 2015 at 7:50 pm
Corruption is in the DNA of Kalu. Football kalilo kaba kalu. Na form 5 certificate only.
stoga
June 18, 2015 at 8:41 pm
Zambia doesnt lack gifted plays.There must be stupidity somewhere.