Sunset Stadium today took the semblance of Nkana Stadium on a very bad day of football when Zanaco supporters battled with pro-Kalusha Bwalya sympathizers at the end of the home sides league match against Konkola Blades.
Mayhem ensued at the end of the game in this Faz Super Division Week 9 game that Zanaco lost 3-2.
The dynamite and fuse were set during the game thanks to some poor officiating by Kitwe referee Alfred Zwaki who ignored foul appeals on Zanaco players but was lenient with those affecting Blades players.
The two sides were level at 2-2 in the 63rd minute while all this was going on.
With a quarter of an hour to go before the end of the match, Zanaco supporters showered unprintable verbal abuse on Faz communications officer Erick Mwanza who was at the game.
“Now you have brought issues of the FAZ AGM to our stadium with your useless referees from your referees desk,” one supporter said.
Blades then took the lead in the 78th minute straight from a corner taken by ex-Zanaco defender Maybin Chishimba.
As tensions simmered, Mwanza made a rare early exit from a league match when he departed together with Zambia coach Dario Bonetti’s assistants.
However, a bunch of Zanaco supporters followed Mwanza to the car park shouting obscenities and threatening him but he was saved from any physical abuse thanks to the quick action of the Police before speeding out of Sunset.
Then, after an erratic last 10 minutes that Zwaki extended by another 5 minutes of extra time, the fuse was lit when he blew the final whistle and all hell broke loose.
One unidentified fan charged to the VIP gate and slapped Faz executive committee member Macha Chilemena who fell to the ground before an aide charged at the assailant who sort refuge in the band of angry Zanaco supporters that was still high up in the terraces digesting the loss and poor refereeing.
Reinforcements arrived for Chilemena almost immediately as scuffle ensued as both known pro-Kalusaha supporters and Zanaco fans took their fight to the car park while the Police struggled to separate the two warring camps.
“Mwatu delelela sana imwe bena Kalusha napa meyasu ponse shuwa? Mule ponoka lelo mulechimona (This bullying from you Kalusha supporters has gone to far and you have the audacity to challenge us in our own backyard. You are gonna get it today),” one hardcore and upset female Zanaco supporter said.
One spectator identified as a Kalusha supporter begged for police to escort him out of the stadium while another attempted to jump on a mounted policeman’s horse before he was taken out of Sunset sandwiched between two horses.
Another target who was clad in an replica orange Zambia jersey synonymous with the Kalusha camp hid amongst the Blades players claiming to have traveled with them before he was fished out and beaten.
Then one Blades fan oblivious to the political background to the tension was lynched by the Zanaco supporters and was saved from further punishment by the police before calm was restored.
RESULTS
21/05/2011
Forest Rangers 0-Power Dynamos 1
Green Eagles 2-Nkana 0
Nakambala Leopards 0-Red Arrows 1
Nkwazi 1-Kalewa 4
Nchanga Rangers 0-Green Buffaloes 2
Zanaco 2-Konkola Blades 3
Kabwe Warriors 1-Roan United 1
22/05/2011
Zesco United- Lime Hotspurs
TABLE
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Kafwafwa lelo!!!!
Thanks guys for sorting out all of Kalusha’s bootlickers. They should know that them in collaboration with their fellow crooks at FIFA cannot mess us up like that and get away with it. bravo guys.
Very sad for Zambian football. Elections are next year, why not wait and contest against Kalu?
yes why not wait for next year? why are they in a hurry?
#3 You are being myopic. I agree with #2 FAZ is run by crooks and their masters at FIFA are crooks too.
They invited us to Zurich and told us to wait for 31st March to table a motion of confidence and we did as advised and followed procedure and see what happened. See how they crooked us. And FIFA behaved as if there was nothing wrong with the 31st AGM
And now they have the audacity to tell us to wait till next year and what will stop them to do the same thing next year and crook us? And are they again going to tell us to wait for another five years after they crook us next year.
The truth is trust has been broken, We don’t believe and trust these crooks together with their chief crooks in Zurich to do the honest , sincere and homoarble thing of being faithful to their words.
SAD DAY FOR ZAMBIAN SOCCER. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR HOOLIGANISM IN MODERN SOCCER.LETS LEARN TO LOSE HONOURABLY.FAZ SHOULD DEAL WITH THE HOME TEAM AS A DETERENT TO SOCCER HOLIGANS.
Somebody tell me, is this the parallel league formed by Kamanga and Simata?
abash kamanga and simataa
ZANACO supporters bupumbu.
This had nothing to do with Kalu amadandaheads. KamangaSimata please make your own league in Kalingalinga
SIMATAA HAD A CHANCE TO RUN ZAMBIAN FOOTBALL, BUT ABANDONED THE SHIP WHEN WE NEEDED HIM MOST…..AND NOW HE WANTS TO BRING DOWN HIS PERSONAL ENEMY, KALU….WELL SIMATAA, FIFA IS A VERY HUGE MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB, JUST THINK ABOUT IT AND DON’T LET ANYBODY MISLEAD YOU, BECAUSE FOOTBALL AFFAIRS BEGIN AND END AT FIFA, NOT GOVERMENT, GET THAT STRAIGHT
Who the hell do these zanaco *****s think they are? Please FAZ crack the whip and punish them severely. As for the match report by LT, it is full of bias. KONKOLA WERE BY FAR THE BETTER TEAM THAN YO SENSATIONAL MOTHER****ERS!PERIOD
Who the hell do these zanaco *****s think they are? Please FAZ crack the whip and punish them severely. As for the match report by LT, it is full of bias. KONKOLA WERE BY FAR THE BETTER TEAM THAN YO SENSATIONAL *****S!PERIOD
This has nothing to do wthKalu and his company. Mwalushilefye bane. Reorganise your team if you want to win. ZANACO should be punished for faling to control its fans
Don’t worry zanaco. there is a return match. we shal beat the hell out u. if u a luck your bush will be malasha
this has nothing to do wit the great KALU! the problem in zambia is we dont know how to lose. everytime was lose we need someone to blame. zanaco is not playing well , they dont have good players this year. KALU NI KALU
Please LT leave our Nkana out of this! ZANACO needs to be punished.
FAZ using Erick has hired thugs who insult their adversaries dressed in Zambia replicas that are not on sell(We may be the only country without replicas on sell and a gonga type is now on the street) paid a bitter pill of his own medicine. Zanaco should also ban the fan responsible.
I knew ths ws coming 4 zanaco exco membrs 2 ordr that th mtn billboards b put down.a tym bomb has finaly gone off.
Ba ZANACO muli makula fye.Nomba how are you going to go to Chiliz for the return match?ZANACO you can join the hopeless and useless failures of bo simata who full from consuming water monitor lizards.FAZ must punish ZANACO!
No. 16 i agree with Let them leave Kalampa wesu out of this
In as much as i agree that the Kalusha camp is no longer wanted i however differ with the masses on one point. One fan who was putting on a replica Zambia jersey was also beaten up what has a jersey got to do with who is in control? We put on those because we love the team and not that we support the administration. Zanaco holigans grow up and show some maturity. Even in defeat we need to maintain sanity. Shame on you
Finally to Kamanga and Simata your time is up. We sided with you but you have taken our goodwill for granted. U are too power hungry and can cause more harm than good. You have to fight this battle alone. We will urge the likes of Hannif Adams as those are seasoned administrators not u bunch of losers with no clear direction,azimith or depth. You guys suck and are pathetic make your own league and u play the soccer we can support *****s
Kamanga and Simata are behind all this foolishness. They want to potray that Kalu is fixing games thus creating the picture of dispodence in the football family.Simata pliz grow up
This has nothing to do with Kalu,nothing to do with the ref ! What about the two goals you scored? Learn to accept deafeat just the other day you were celebrating whe you beat Zesco and they never complained. zanaco mwlipwa mulimasaka sana!
#4 did kalusha play for konkola?remember most of the zanaco players come from konkola sharp,how do you expect them to win? we await the fate,soon from faz.
It is so sad that football politics was at play on the terraces. However on to the football side it is sad to note that all the promoted sides are planted at the bottom