Herve Renard has said Wednesday’s Africa Cup Group A game against Libya will be a revenge match.
Libya beat 1-0 in the two sides 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifying match first leg before drawing 0-0 in the final group decider last October in Chingola.
This Wednesday, Zambia who lead Group A at the Africa Cup on 3 points face 3rd from bottom Libya hoping to become the first team at this year’s tournament to qualify for the quarterfinals with one game to spare.
“Zambia didn’t beat them during the qualification and we have to get the revenge and to win the game tomorrow,” Renard said on Tuesday afternoon during the teams’ final pre-match press briefing at Zambia’s base at Villa Cellotti in Bata.
Renard said he had no injury worries in his team where he is expected to keep faith in his starting line-up from the 2-1 win over Senegal on Saturday.
The Frenchman said he was not reading too much into Libya’s 1-0 loss to co-hosts Equatorial Guinea last Saturday.
“Libya played a good game, they made just one mistake in the last five minutes,” Renard said.
“They were strong and well organized. I think we have the skills and abilities to destabilize this team and I hope tomorrow we will be able to do that.”
Meanwhile, Libya coach Marcos Paqueta said Renard’s Zambia is not the one he faced when Dario Bonetti was in charge.
“Here it is very different, it’s a different atmosphere high humidity, you also have pressure because you have to win to continue in the competition,” The Brazilian born coach said.
“Then you are playing against a strong team, they play close because the coach knows everything about his players. He knows the players individual skills. They close and go and wait for someone to come.”
A defeat for Libya tomorrow will end their interest in this year Africa Cup.
Meanwhile, Senegal will also try to rescue their Africa Cup dreams after losing 2-1 to Zambia on match day 1 in Bata on January 21.
Senegal face Equatorial Guinea in the late kickoff of the second Group A doubleheader on Wednesday.
ati Demba Ba mwebantu. Anyway Zambia needs to be careful. I have a feeling Libya will beat us but we will qualify by beating equatorial guenea
Am sure you also have a feeling never to make it in life!
No permutations to be exercised! Just go in, beat the crap out of ’em and get out! Go Zambia, go!
It will be a tough game, especially after getting back our Zamtel from them.
Zamtel was stolen by Libyans, they will pay heavily
Ba LT, in Paragraph 4 u must mispell Renard’s name ati Retard, thats serious
Battle for Zamtel. the winner takes it!
Awe ba libya leave us alone Zamtel belong to zambia.
ALL THE BEST COPPER BULLETS. AM SCARED FOR YOU AS MY TEAM. IT’L WILL BE A TOUGH GAME AND YOU NEED TO BE ADEQUATELY PREPARED.
Zamtel is ours and the game is also ours hehehehehehehehehehahahahahahahah
we shall beat them like it or not, the same way we hv gotn zamtel back.thnx HE.MCS
This will surely be our toughest game. I cant wait to see who renard use this time around. i guess a Chamanga/mayuka combination up front can do, with Mbesuma and Kangwa come in later. Katongo ,kalaba,chansa,chivuta should manage the midfield.ALL the best
copper bullets. we will shoot down whoever comes our way!! even Ghana or ivory coast…we are not scared of anyone.
Correct your typo in the forth paragraph where you call the coach “retard.”
So far the Zambia goal was the fastest! Just to show you that the level of these are teams is very kaya. Boys beat your own record tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey pipo in Aussi can watch all the games on eurosport 511 foxtel.enjoy go you zambia
Go Zambia go, today we qualify to the quarter finals, I have no doubt in my mind. Let us all rally behind our team and pray for them. Good luck Zambia iye chipolopolo……
Isaac is below par, his friends are above his skills by miles, HR should try to use chisamba lungu and feature Nyambe on the right back. remember chisamba is a natural attacking midfieder from his days at zanaco and U17. the tempo of the game should be maintained in the second half by bringing in sakuwaha cliford nd dying minuts chamanga . dont play Mbesuma the games at the AFCON are at very high tempo, you cant someone with skill but running as if his carrying a baby behind his back, we need to continue opening and runing in front not standing and waiting for the ball.
ba LT… is Libya really “third from bottom”…do you know what that means or you just thought the phrase sounds nice? Libya are third. That’s all.
Lets go for a win,no settling for a draw,lets make history for the first time by winning all three matches 9pts
WIN 4 Zambia
We should win this game and ‘save’ our best players for the quarter finals. We can then use those players that have not seen action for the third game ie Reserve keeper, Mbesuma, Chamanga, etc. Iyeeeeeeeeee Chipolopoloooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :-)
JUST GO IN LIVE KLAR!
Libya wiil score first but Zambia ll come back strongly and score three goals. They ll win 3-1
as libya re builds a new nation..chipololpolo will make sure ZAMTEL is not part of that by whipping the knights hands down and off our phone company ..
katwishi nganshi.
go zambia go
Number 10, you are right, we are not scared of any team in Africa at the moment. We are winning all the 3 first games. No mathematical qualifications this time.
Imagine on players to watch at this tournament there was no Zambian player,no Kalaba,no Mayuka,no Clifford,no Chisamba,no Sakuwaha,no Evance Kangwa anyway tulebapilikita fye kilini gemu,we talk on the field for 90 minutes only, not mufimapepa napa internet.here we come,Go Zambia kubatakanya chabe !!
All the best to Mother ZED. We are definitely wining.
What time is this game and does anyone know where I can watch live streaming? It says 17:00 on CAf Online – is this local time or what?
Thanks in advance for your help.
It depends where you are: It must be 18:00hrs Zambian time. 16:00hrs UK time. 17:00hrs Central European Time. All the best boys.
If it is 17:00 hrs CAF time it is 18:00 hrs Zambian time!
30 minutes to GO and 20minutes before the Zambia Goal. Bata, ba Libya ba zadya Bata!
Count down! My dear where is my big mug for a cold Mosi. Mwe bana bandi leki chongo nomba inshita yafika. Ngatamulefya ukutamba umupila kabiyeni mukwangala panse. Mwingikala pa nsana. Lelo nainuka bwangu ku nchito ukuti ne mwine ntambe bola pa nghanda bwino bwino na ka mosi kandi.
Namphundu wandi mpelako kisi ya chimwela. Ba Zambia baleteya. Kabiye Zambia, Kabiye Zambia. Bata Twaisa. Libya mwanya ififushi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not so good news BBC reports that there is a heavy downpour and no signs of abating! Water is collecting on the pitch! CAF should have known better that this is Equatorial Guinea! We should have hosted this tournament!
Its 3am here where I am – please live stream link??
Mr. Jigga please go to bed man!
BBC report: “1554: And it looks like kick-off will be delayed, Matthew Kenyon reports, and the game itself could be under serious threat.”
Hoops, hahaha, LOL…. thanks man!
I found a live stream but it’s in Arabic. Yeah the rains are really bad I can see the pictures right now. I can actually see water entering the stadium dressing rooms where the players are.
Forgot that this is on an equator on the rain forest line… jeez!
Terrible rains delay our game. Too bad indeed to believe.
Congrats Mr. Jigga! What is your link? It 11:15 EST in USA you must be far, far behind! Please sleep!! Or OK wake up!
Terrible preparations, these guys are using brooms to sweep away water? We chalo eee?
My Hoops, I’m very much ahead of you (3:52am Thur). Don’t like revealing my location but as you can see from my flag I’m based in the far east (Australia)
Link: siba-immobiliere . c o m / webplayer / ch18 . html.
But I need English channel
Mr. Hoops, I’m very much ahead of you (3:55am Thur). Don’t like revealing my location but as you can see from my flag I’m based in the far east (Australia). Link was something called ‘siba-immobiliere’.
But I need an English channel
Mr Hoops there’s also a link on the right of this page under ‘Recent Posts’. I’m gonna try it now.
But that Arabic link is very clear and very stable link too.
Ridiculous the link Lusakatimes has provided is streaming from the same Arabic Channel. I thought LT would provide a link to some English language channel… what’s up LT?
Ba LT, you have BETTER pics of our national coach but why did you choose this pic instead. That’s both dull and unpatriotic of you.
Jigga,
you could try this link for all CAN games and alot more. Please, don’t pay for nothing: http://www.firstrow.tv