Dario Bonetti has defended his training camp preference to practice on grass rather than artificial turf for last Sundays 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifier away against Comoros.
Bonetti came under criticism after Zambia labored on an artificial turf in their 2-1 away win over Comoros on Sunday after training on it for the first time on the eve of their Group C game.
“I think the people deserve an answer,” Bonetti told LT sports on Tuesday in Lusaka.
“The answer is if we had trained on an artificial ground too many times it is possible we might have many inflammations in the ligaments with our players before the game this is not good.
“Many of our players have ligament problems in the knees. The best we could do is preserve their condition. It is more important to arrive before the match without problems.”
Questions were asked why the team did not make use of the Independence Stadium or Olympic Youth Development Centre artificial turfs in Lusaka.
Bonetti said the same strategy was also employed before they travelled to Mozambique and they still managed to win 2-0 on an artificial pitch at Machava Stadium in Maputo on March 27.
“I have to preserve the players to be in the best condition especially the goalkeepers and the strikers and some midfielders,” he said.
He added that the turf in Comoros was poor and uneven and also first generation unlike the second generation pitches in Lusaka.
Meanwhile, the team arrived back home from Comoros on a chartered flight just after midnight following Sundays 2-1 away win.
who scored for zambia in the match against comoros
Sounds true…..
What if Ruritania’s debt had been ctceranotd by a dictatorship or some other kind of despotic regime, against the interest of the people? Could the New York court rule that the debt was odious debt in a legal sense, or does the waiver of sovereignity prevent this?
#1 Christopher Katongo and Mayuka scored for Zambia..
Consider all the areas of preparation for the Libya game in October, we dont want excuses twapapata! we need to qualify for CAN 2012.
Hey Molly, Pleased you eynjoed this. There’s lots more exciting content to come in this series so stay tuned! Seven years is a long time Zambia must have got you as it does. You’re never quite the same once you have touched down on African and Zambian soil! Sara
am positive that they will lose especially that its the last game and they nid to win or to draw for them to qualify.when u really nid them to win thats when lose.
Yes, but this is the whole point. AFAICT, the dcrnoite is generally accepted in international law, as well as having desirable incentive consequences. If its applicability is undermined by vultures’ practices, some of the opposition to them may be justified.