{"id":2456,"date":"2020-10-29T21:22:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T21:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2020-10-29T21:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T21:57:26","slug":"zambia-wanted-it-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/2020\/10\/29\/zambia-wanted-it-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia Wanted it More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Satish Sekar in Rustenburg \u00a9 Satish Sekar (October 11th<\/sup> 2020)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hungrier<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Trailing Keagan Dolly\u2019s opener mid-way through the second half, Chipolopolo boss (Micho) Milutin Sredojevi\u0107, saw his charges bounce back from the controversial 2-1 loss to Kenya on October 9th<\/sup> to beat the Bafana Bafana by the same score today in Rustenburg\u2019s Royal Bafokeng Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dolly latched on to an exquisite pass by Anderlecht\u2019s Percy Tau, leaving Zambian keeper Sebastian Mwange stranded after 66 minutes. The midfielder who currently plays in Ligue Un for Montpelier put the Bafana Bafana ahead after beating Green Eagles\u2019 shot-stopper to the ball. Mwange was caught far out of his area with few options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tactical Acumen<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Micho\u2019s tactical acumen was demonstrated as four substitutes turned the match around. Dolly, had replaced Lyle Foster very early. The Vit\u00f3ria Guimar\u00e3es forward lasted less than a minute. He was stretchered off after being fouled by Benson Sakala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Zambian goals were scored by substitutes, and they were created by substitutes too. Attacking midfielder, Kelvin Kampamba, who left Zambian champions Nkana for Zesco United recently, equalised after 78 minutes with an assist from midfield Zesco team-mate Bruce Musakanya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamphani Lungu, the Supersport winger, provided the assist four minutes later for Zambia to snatch the lead from Molefi Ntseki\u2019s South Africa through Lumwana Radiants midfielder Chaniza Zulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summed Up<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Orlando Pirates and South Africa captain Thulani Hlatshwayo summed it up, \u201cZambia wanted it more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as early as the first minute South Africa\u2019s carefully prepared plan went up in smoke as the injury to Lyle Foster forced a change. While Keagan Dolly was an able replacement \u2013 he gave the Bafana Bafana the lead \u2013 it affected the plan and preparation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winger Lubambo Musonda plays in Poland\u2019s top league \u2013 the Ekstraklassa \u2013 for \u015al\u0105sk Wroc\u0142aw. His fizzing first half shot had Belgium-based keeper Darren Keet well beaten, but not the woodwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Either side of half time Collins Sikombe had opportunities to give the Chipolopolo the lead. Just before half-time, he headed Zacariah Chilongoshi\u2019s cross over the bar. Just under an hour into the match a slick move created a chance from close range that cried out for the finish it deserved, but Sikombe ballooned his shot well over from close range. Ten minutes later Tau\u2019s pass got the finish it deserved from Dolly to give the Bafana the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with many friendlies a spate of second half substitutions also affected the tempo. However, Micho turned it around with his changes in the last half hour. Lungu was the first of the four substitutes that made the difference to come on, after 63 minutes. Kampamba, Musakanya and Zulu were introduced in the last 20 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the controversial defeat to Kenya, Micho restored a bit of national pride, but he still has a big job ahead as Zambia is in transition. However, there was good news too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patson Daka and Enock Mwepu are committed to the Chipolopolo and are maintaining a keen interest by following the team\u2019s progress from afar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trailing Keagan Dolly\u2019s opener mid-way through the second half, Chipolopolo boss (Micho) Milutin Sredojevi\u0107, saw his charges bounce back from the controversial 2-1 loss to Kenya on October 9th<\/sup> to beat the Bafana Bafana by the same score today in Rustenburg\u2019s Royal Bafokeng Stadium.<\/p>\n

Dolly latched on to an exquisite pass by Anderlecht\u2019s Percy Tau, leaving Zambian keeper Sebastian Mwange stranded after 66 minutes. The midfielder who currently plays in Ligue Un for Montpelier put the Bafana Bafana ahead after beating Green Eagles\u2019 shot-stopper to the ball. Mwange was caught far out of his area with few options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2459,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions\/2459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowersmag.com\/empowersmagwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}