Zambia host Algeria in Chililabombwe on Saturday targeting a win that will see them go top of Group C of their 2010 World/Africa Cup qualifiers.
Herve Renard will be in charge of his 26th game since his appointment in May last year and is seeking his 11th win at the helm.
Zambia and Algeria are evenly poised on 4 points from their two Group C matches although the North Africans lead the pool on goal difference.
Renard has said this match and the subsequent next Group C game that will be a return leg fixture against Algeria on September 5 in Algiers will be important in charting Zambia’s course on the road to the Africa Cup and World Cup finals in Angola and South Africa respectively.
The Frenchman is set to field an almost unchanged side that is unbeaten in their opening two Group C matches led by captain and striker Christopher Katongo.
Electrifying Felix Katongo will be a key figure in midfield while Kennedy Mweene should get the nod in between the posts.
Both Katongo brothers have not been on target in the final group round qualifiers since scoring against Swaziland and Togo in 1-0 home wins June and September last year respectively.
Goals have since come from unlikely sources in the shape of defender Francis Kasonde in a 1-1 away draw against Egypt and midfielder Rainford Kalaba in a 1-0 win over Rwanda.
Meanwhile, Algeria enjoy a 100 percent record against Zambia in World Cup qualifying after beating them 2-0 in Algiers and 1-0 in Lusaka in only other meeting in the same competition during the 1986 qualifiers.
Coach Rabah Saadane will turn to strikers Rafik Djebbour of AEK Athens in Greece and influential midfielder Karim Ziani of French Ligue 1 team Olympique Marseille who are both Algeria’s top scorers in the qualifiers on two goals each.
Striker Abdelkader Ghezzal of Italian Serie A club Siena is also available and has enjoyed good form this year with a goal each against Mali in a friendly in February and Egypt a fortnight ago.
this will be an interesting contest. I have to say.. for all the Hervé Renard doubters… he has definitely made Zambian football watchable again.
Viva Chipolopolo
Best wishes for our Chipolopolo boys.
What time is the game?
Chipolopolo for world champs!!!
All the Best guys buti we do not want any politicians at the match especially bakulubakulu! U know who i mean. Kuli Bola bali nu, kuma striking nurses ni tondolooooooo!
Anyone with info on live online streaming of the game and whats the time?
i think the best oline stream you can get is at the africanfootball .com website. although you have to pay to use the service.. it’s live and uninterrupted and the quality of coverage is great.
sorry… that’s myafricanfootball .com
Algeria wapya! Let us hammer them boiz and do away with the mathematics of “if only that one lozez”.
Good luck to Chipolopolo and Bafana Bafana who will be playing Spain in the Confed Cup. The Egypt game was a thrillar.
The game is at 14hours Zambian time (8am Eastern Time in the US) Go Zambia Go!
Wish u the best guys. You shudn’t embarrass us.
Algeria 1-5 zambia
North African are dirty but we shall overcome their dirty tricks. Go Zambia!!
come on BOYS,u need to gun down the desert foxes.Chipolopolo iye!!!!Allez
hope RB doesn’t go dont want more tension for the boys if he does, i hope Zambians don’t politicize things there
We ll despatch them with a 1-0 scoreline
To avoid BP I will keep my expectation open..
I thought Footballers were also on strike… if they lose it could be a go slow gimmick
elo twaisa abana bachimwela…..algeria alala…..alala, Algeria alala…alala. Ati ba zambia nga boma nomwela wa bola eyaa..ayeee ..ayee mamaaaaa..eeee..ati bazambia! bazambia……….. iyee bane ubusuma mailo nkalaya..
FOR LIVE STREAMING GUYS, LOG ONTO FIFA.COM OR BBC.COM/SPORTS/FOOTBALL. Good luck and May God Bless our great nation Zambia. All we can do is stand behind our team and hope for a positive result. I will be sweating online forllowing proceedings, playing MC Mabwino’s version of “Chipolopolo”. Funny how i keep getting asked here in Thailand where Zambia is. They will know this year and Next!
The streaming is at myp2.eu… select football and the Zambian game is there. The link is the best football streaming in Europe.
Go Zambia.. go 4 goals!!!!!!!!
We just have to win this one. Go Chipolopolo Go! Zambia -2 Algeria – 0
Zambia tiyeeee. Let us win this one. World cup here we come. Where is Colinto?
Zambia 0 – Algeria 2
Weeeelleeeeee!!!!!!
THE LINK FOR ZAMBIA AND SOUTH AFRICA GAMES CAN BE WATCHED FROM:
MyP2P.eu
CLICK ON LIVE SPORTS THEN GO ON FOOTBALL. ALL LIVE GAMES WILL BE LISTED THEN GO ON ZAMBIA V ALGERIA. GO ON THE RIGHT SIDE AT THE END THERE IS A BOX LOOKS LIKE A TV THEN CLICK ON IT, THE LIVE STREAMS THEN WILL BE GIVEN AND YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM WHICH MEDIA TO WATCH.
WISHING YOU ALL A FRUITFUL WEEKEND AS THE YOUNG GUNNERZ / CHIPOLOPOLO BOYZ PICK THEM SELVES FROM THE DUST TO SEAL A DRAMATIC WIN TOMORROW……. MAY GOOD GOD HEAL ZAMBIA…
YOU CAN WATCH ALL LIVE GAMES FROM HERE: MyP2P.eu
For all those that want to watch a live stream of the game check listing on asiaplatetv . com go on football they should hve most if not all the games being played and shown on several streams good luck
Haven’t ardently followed the fortunes of Chipolopolo in recent years. Only get to read about them after the fact due to the relentless rat-race of the west!!. Hope to see them pull thru against Algeria. Thanks for the info on live coverage of the same; never had an idea it was possible but, then again, there you are!! Keep fingers (and toes?) crossed country-men. We want to go to SAfrica for the WC, too!!
#26 Thanks Ba Sata, icalo bantu. Tomorrow ni selako ntambe. Lets hope the line up predicted will be the actual one, Kalaba & Felix, then Mulenga & Given, mama !! Zambia has sansentional players.
zambia muntemba. guys am in china and here its had to get links, this government here blocks website like katwishi right we cant get youtube. its political. so pliz put up as many links as possible maybe i will be lucky
#30 .Nostradamus . YOU ARE WELCOM COUNTRY MAN. AM IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW BUT I WILL TRY TO MAKE IT A BIT LIVE HERE AS THE GAME STARTS…..
#1 and others who think the same way. Learn to give praise where it belongs. These boys have embraced the philosophy of self motivation through the tutorlogy of the grate Kalu. Remember that he used MOST of the players during the 2006 Africa Cup. He was heavily criticised. All he said was that his focus was on 2010 World Cup. Mind you H R is yet to impress me. He is likely to mismanage what Kalu started 5yrs ago. Otherwise i would advise that he seeks advice from the Zambian lenged if we are to qualify for 2010. It is and was his game plan mind you.
Ba LT, any links where we can watch the game?
#24 rocks!!! But we all know who will carry the day today…Copper Bullets wapya!!! Let’s all rally behind our boys and wish them all the best. They have shown great commitment and patriotism which is something we haven’t seen since the 1996 Africa Cup Finals in SA. Good luck chipolopoplo!!
Zambia 2-1 Algeria. (Goal scorers: Zambia Given Singuluma, Christopher Katongo; Algeria Abdelkader Ghezzal [pen])
Ok ,green socks blue tops.Wow!!!!!! thats the national team i can play for.
Just so you know.
Algeria 3 : 0 Zambia.
Go Zambia! Go Zambia! play for your mother zambia guyz.
Iye!!!! chipolopolo
Balaseni abo Zam 3 Alg 1. Egypt must reach and win the Comf. cup then fail to qualify to South Africa for the world cup because of the Chipolopolo boys. The world must again start checking out for this small country that ll make Egypt not qualify. Go Zambia Go
Hope we win and all the best mother Zambia.
I am just worried about those “cones”. If one fell on them, I think the result can be fatal.
The game will be tough,i see our boys putting up a great performance.GO Zambia GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…………………………………………..
Good luck Zambia!!!!!
Iam in Russia and tired of pipo asking me where zambia is.world cup qualification will help me with the explanations.go zed go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Zambia 2- 0 Algeria.Feix katongo (24′) and Given Singuluma (67′)
Go Zambia Go!!!! Muwinei!!!
Go boyz we are with in defeat or in victory.
We are with u in defeat or victory .i know yo determination is to win,just give them a painful 2-0
ZAM 2 – 0 ALGER
Just passed thru the heart of Kitwe town, the mood is electrifying. Victory iz all I saw on the facez of the Kitwanz. Go do us proud boiz, make us forget the strikes, the day2day politiking… simply make us smile, laugh and celebrate together az ONE.
The Algerian national team coach, Rabah Saadane, has moved to quell the worries of the country’s journalists, who are concerned over how the Desert Foxes will adapt to the synthetic pitch on which they will play against Zambia on Saturday in their third match of World Cup qualifying.The trainer has said that his visit to the Konkola Stadium last month has given him a precise understanding on how his side must play, and has assured the Algerian public that he has devised a plan to counteract this disadvantage.“You journalists have an idea on the state of the pitch but I also have my own which is more precise. I already went there a month ago to study every corner. I know there are dents and am sure
BaZambia iye…
BaZambia iye…
BaZambia iye…
BaZambia Chipolopolo(Chi Copper Bullet)
Zambia2 Algeria 0
We are back!!!
I can’t catch the game on myp2p.u. Does anybody have another link?
what are the scores
Bushe kuti twaipula guys and babes. Kuti twatambako Katongo pa Durbs nga baisa abaice
/ / tv96 . blogspot . com /2009 /06/tv -1 . html click on that link. Sadly it’s in arabic
What is the score? link above doesnt work
Zambia 0 – 1 Algeria
Zam0 Alg 1
yaba
how many more minutes to go?
Under 4 minutes to half time
I think our biggest problem is midfield and striking force link. We go forward in Numbers but that leaves our mifield a little exposed. When the ball rebounds there isnt anyone to seriouly take advantage instead everyone has to run back to defend
CIA the problem is we are playing to their tune. There is no way we are going to get past them hitting high balls. They are bigger and stronger than us. I would take a draw now. Blimey!
zambia 9 algeria 2
i mean zambia 0 algeria 2
these arabs will never change with their delaying tactics
After a long time of not seeing the Nat. Team play and I am welcomed by this?!! Z 0 – Alg 2? What happened gents?!! Any over-inflated egoist to explain?
I wrote yesterday, fikoo says:
June 19, 2009 at 11:05 pmZambia 0 – Algeria 2 !! VIVA ALGERIA … My first name is rafik
Game over. If zambia continues like that, then the score line will be exactly tha same when zambia travells to Algeria.
Herve Renard, you may not have won the game but I think the team is slowly getting better under you. Work on the striking and midfield areas and we should be closer to winning something prestigious. Don’t give up on zambia just yet…
Iwe Rafik no need to rub it in. Well done though.
It was not just our day. We lacked the killer punch which is in the legs of Collins Mbesuma. I think Given has been given too much freedom and has failed to prove his worth. Like I have always said the current stage is too big for Given.
lets do this niggaz…get at em!!