Midfielder Isaac Chansa of Swedish top-flight side Helsingborg is reportedly a doubt for Zambia’s 2010 World/Africa Cup Group 11 qualifier against Togo next Wednesday due to injury.
And striker Collins Mbesuma of Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa has arrived to join the Zambia national team in Kitwe ahead of next weeks midweek clash against Togo.
Faz communication officer Erick Mwanza said today that Helsingborg had informed Football House that Chansa had sustained a thigh injury and that he would not be available for the Togo game.
“We have been informed by Helsingborg that Isaac Chansa has a thigh injury and that he might not be available for the game against Togo,” Mwanza said.
“The Faz general secretary has since written to the club to release the player so that our team doctors can assess whether or not he is fit to play for Zambia against Togo next week.”
Meanwhile, Mbesuma of Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa landed at Ndola Airport at 17:30 bringing to 9 the list of foreign-based players in camp.
Coach Herve Renard is now awaiting Jacob Mulenga from French Ligue 2 side Chateauroux and Rainford Kalaba of Portuguese Division 2 team Gil Vincente including captain Christopher Katongo of Germany Bundesliga side Arminia Bielefeld.
And Zambia switched camp from Lusaka to Kitwe this morning.
The two teams 2010 World/Africa Cup Group 11 qualifying match will kickoff at 14:00.
Good luck Chipolopolo please do your very best. Difficult nowadays to know the line up unlike in the past, it was an obvious thing. Chabala Muchipanda, Soko ku 2, Melu etc….yes been ages since our heroes unfairly disappeared in thin air. Soldier on boys. After a sorrowful period please bring some smiles at least.
GO ZAMBIA
We wish you well boys
ZAMBIA, ZAMBIA, ZAMBIAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Chipolopolo iyee!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kubalasafye ba TOGO. Adebayo is not as swift as myself. Ine ngamwalilila with those defenders who pass the ball into 18 area for strikers. Anyway u are winning this game. chipolopolo TIYEEE!!!!!!TIYE IWE!!! TIYEEEE!!!!!
go zambia go
Boys do it for our late president.He wanted you to qualify for the world cup as much as we” serious football fans” wants .we will support you very much
Now i am begining to think levy died the very day he was air lifted to france. Maureen mourned and may be thats why she has been extraordinarily strong as though te mukamfwilwa. remember mike rose up to tell sata that he cant go to paris. bishop mpombo said no to the pictures, mambo said no to revealing the medical bill. so this could have been the time they were embalming him for the rigorous tour the body made around zambia.
The name of football is only understood by winning a game. Chansa i dislike the way he plays becos makes fouls anyhow and results in Red Card.
Iyee!!! Chipolopolo!!! Iyeee!!! Chipolopolo!! Ba Zambia!!! Iyeee, Chipolopolo!!
ni win chabe bana babo
The Faz general secretary has since written, fool can’t u pick up the phone and talk to his club officials
It won’t be an easy match because Togo knows that if they won’t at least force a draw then they are out of the race for 2010. I believe in our current players but they just have to be focused the all 90+ minutes. In the previous matches our boys have played well but the front line hasn’t been very impressive, now with the coming of Collins Mbesuma I hope he can show us his old self (especially when he came in as a sub in ZAM vs MOZ COSAFA Semi final of 03 when Zam was trailing 2-1 ZAM went on to win 4-2 thanks to Collins Mbesuma) that earned him a nickname Ntofontofo by his Kaizer Chiefs fans. Can some1 tell me why the coach left out Clifford Mulenga and Andrew Sinkala in this important game
#8 Chi Guava, ulichipuba sana. Examine yourself thoroughly.
Zambia 4, Togo 1.
Sorry #8. I meant #9 Che Guavara,
How much is entry fee? am told it’s between K100.000 AND K200.000.will ordinary soccer fans be able to pay this much and cheer out team.mind you the team will play togo on a full working day, which means few workers will manage to watch,so whom do you think is going to pay this money.let’s be serious FAZ.This much must be free for all in memory of levy.anyway GO ZAMBIA GO with handful suppoters.
Can’t FAZ executive use their heads to think for once?Its very frustrating that FAZ have decided to hike the stadium entry fees to that extent. At the time when when our Team need that very much wanted support, FAZ has decided to abnormally hike the entry fees.
Qoute from today’s Times of Zambia, “Mwanza said the tickets for the VIP section which were pegged at K200 000 had by yesterday all been sold out and those for the Grand Stand are going at K100 000 and clarified that the charges for the open wings are K30 000 and not K200 000 as had been suggested by some sections of society, adding that tickets for the other sections will only be sold on the match day”.
How do you sell Tickets on the match day it being a work day.The should have been selling tickets already for Grandstand & Open Wing.Now people have to take the whole day off just to buy tickets in the morning and go to the game in the afternoon.I hear employers on the Copperbelt were asked to release workers in the afternoon to go to the game.Come on Faz sell da tickets over the weekend.
People also asked you to include Sinkala in the team now we stuck if I.Chansa won’t pitch.We need a strong midfield.
Ifwe tukaba kunchito, likala lembwa itiketi. teti tulye bola.
kuwinafye baiche.kuuma bbola baasa
Tiluza imwe bantu.
Chi Baby c u a fool. Zambia is very much determine to win its a 2 for zambia.
#24: shameless fool.your face. you like it or not Zambia is losing. No World cup debut and above all no africa cup. your face
LET US GET BEHIND OUR TEAM FELLOW ZAMBIANS COZ THIS IS THE ONLY TEAM THAT WE HAVE. I HAVE HOPE GUYS THAT THE CHIPOLOPOLO SIDE WILL MAKE WONDERS. VIVA IYEE CHIPOLOPOLO. ITS REALLY A BLOW TO MIS MY TONGA MBUYA, DEFENDER HIJANE HIMOONDE. HE IS AN UP COMING METAL IN ZAMBIAN DEFENCE. ALL IN ALL WE WISH THEM GOOD LUCKY.
NAIROBI
KENYA