By LT Sports
After failing to beat a starving Banyana-Banyana South Africa, Zambia women’s coach Enala Simbeya wants Faz to organize a quality friendly for her team.
Banyana beat Zambia 2-1 in labored performance that were followed by revelations by the South Africa coach Joseph Mkhonza that his players had not eaten their pre-match meal because the Hotel Chef forgot to prepare their mid-day meal at 11:30 as requested.
Simbeya said she hoped Faz will take her teams preparations very seriously and organize a quality friendly game before facing Banyana in the return leg in Durban on January 29.
“Of course it has (affected my team) because our friends (South Africa) have played Zimbabwe and Tanzania and we haven’t played any.. and if we have, we played a bare-footed team from Kabwe which was a sorry sight for me,” Simbeya said.
“I want a tough team. I want a team that can give us a good game not a team that I can beat 7-0 and say I will be ready.”
SCORECARD
2012 Olympic Games Womens Football 1st Rnd, 1st Leg Qualifier
15/01/2011
Zambia 1(Kabange Mupopo 89″)- South Africa 2 (Nompumelelo Nyandeni 66″, Noko Matlou 8″)
Club International Friendlies
16/01/2011
Uhuru Stadium, Dar-es-Salaam
Zesco United 0- Sofapaka (KEN) 0
15/01/2011
Simba SC(TZ)Â 1(Mbwana Samatta ?)”- Zesco United 2(Chileshe Kangwa 6″ 19″)
“his players had not eaten their pre-match meal because the Hotel Chef forgot to prepare their mid-day meal at 11:30 as requested”.Which hotel is this? giving Zambia a very bad name or FAZ involved.
if the “Hotel Chef” was preparing a meal for one person I can understand him for forgetting, but over twenty five people honestly, how possible is that? And where was their team manager?
The name “Chipolopolo” for our national team iz horrible to say the least. “She-polopolo” iz even more disgusting!
We were beaten by players who were hungry and angry! Watchout in SA it will be 5-0 because they will certainly have their meal!
#3 You right, She-polopolo sounds like SHE-MALE. I hope PF government will change name. What is the government there for, is it not to check how the country is perceived by outsiders? It was MMD who changed it from KK 11.
Zambian football at present is in a crisis..You can’t fatten a cow on the market day.No amount of friendlies is going to save the she-polopolos from total annihilation in south Africa.We need to set up proper women’s football structures run by serious administrators in all districts.The fact that Zambia scored a goal shows that there is talent.Remember S.A has massive proper infrastructure.
The name she – polopolo is nauseating to say the least.Ba LT can you please run a competition for the renaming of our women’s national team.I propose ‘The ‘The black Lechwes’.