{"id":37400,"date":"2021-03-26T15:41:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T13:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=37400"},"modified":"2021-03-26T13:55:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T11:55:42","slug":"zambia-names-squad-to-travel-for-dead-rubber-match-against-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zambia-names-squad-to-travel-for-dead-rubber-match-against-zimbabwe","title":{"rendered":"Zambia Names Squad To Travel For \u2018Dead Rubber\u2019 Match Against Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Zambia has named its squad to travel to Zimbabwe for the final Group H Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) dead rubber qualifier against the Warriors on Monday next week.<\/p>\n<p>Chipolopolo are expected to arrive in Harare this weekend but have already failed to qualify for the 2021 AFCON finals to be hosted by Cameroon.<\/p>\n<p>Zambia drew 3-3 against Algeria\u2019s Desert Foxes on Thursday night to blow away the chance of taking the fight to Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The Warriors, on the other hand, secured the spot at next year\u2019s continental showpiece after a 1-0 win in Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s meeting will be played at the giant National Sports Stadium in Harare.<\/p>\n<p>The kick-off is at 9 pm CAT.<\/p>\n<p>Here is Zambia\u2019s squad for the Warriors match.<\/p>\n<p><b>Goalkeepers:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mwenya Chibwe (Polokwane City-RSA), Allan Chibwe (Green Eagles), and Lameck Siame (Kabwe Warriors).<\/p>\n<p><b>Defenders:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tandi Mwape, Kabaso Chongo (TP Mazembe-DRC), Luka Banda (Napsa Stars), Clement Mulashi, Adrian Chama (both Zesco United), and Benedict Chepeshi (Red Arrows).<\/p>\n<p><b>Midfielders:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lubambo Musonda (Slask Wroclaw-Poland), Paul Katema (Red Arrows), Collins Sikombe (Lusaka Dynamos), Spencer Sautu (Power Dynamos), Enock Mwepu (Red Bull Salzburg-Austria), Nathan Sinkala (TP Mazembe), Clatous Chama, Rally Bwalya (both Simba SC-Tanzania), Gamphani Lungu (SuperSport United), and Roderick Kabwe (Black Leopards-RSA).<\/p>\n<p><b>Strikers:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Patson Daka (Red Bull Salzburg-Austria), Augustin Mulenga (Amazulu-RSA), Moses Phiri (Zanaco), and Amity Shamende (Green Eagles).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Zambia has named its squad to travel to Zimbabwe for the final Group H Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) dead rubber qualifier against the Warriors on Monday next week. Chipolopolo are expected to arrive in Harare this weekend but have already failed to qualify for the 2021 AFCON finals to be hosted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,16,15],"tags":[378,1493,2189,3658,1688,509,664,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-37400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-sport","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-afcon","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-chipolopolo","15":"tag-the-warriors","16":"tag-warriors","17":"tag-zambia","18":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zambia Names Squad To Travel For \u2018Dead Rubber\u2019 Match Against Zimbabwe - 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