FAZ President Assures the Chipolopolo Will be Prepared for Côte d’Ivoire Match

Andrew Kamanga, President of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ), has announced in his weekly column that Football House will make sure the Chipolopolo will be ready and prepared for the Group H Africa Cup qualifier on 17 June.

The country’s national team are set to play Côte d’Ivoire at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola in a match Kamanga anticipates to be “monumental”.

He wrote in his column that the FAZ urges “all the stakeholders to come on board and play their part to make this assignment hugely successful”.

“If half of the effort put in other ventures can be invested in giving our Chipolopolo an extra push in their quest for AFCON qualification, we have no doubt the team will wrap up qualification at home. The players and technical staff will be banking on the extra push to ensure that they make the nation proud.”

Kamanga has also encouraged fans of the game to flock to Levy Mwanawasa Stadium to support their team, assuring them “we will do our part administratively to ensure the team is well prepared”.

There is a lot riding on this match. Zambia need just one point against their opposition to end an almost decade-long absence from the Africa Cup.

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