Ng’onga bounces back
Published On October 1, 2017 » 2578 Views» By Davies M.M Chanda » Football, Sports
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By SANDRA MWILA –
INJURIES to inform striker Brian Mwila and midfielder Emmanuel Banda has seen coach Wedson Nyirenda fall back on striker Alex Ng’onga ahead of Saturday’s Russia 2018 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria.
Ng’onga is joined back into the team by John Ching’andu after they were initially left out of the final 23-member squad that leaves today for Ghana for a training camp before connecting into Uyo in Nigeria.
Mwila sustained a knee injury in the first leg tie against Algeria at Heroes National Stadium when he collided with the goalkeeper after scoring his second goal while Banda sustained an ankle injury and a thigh muscle in training two days ago at his Belgium club K.V Oostende.
Nyirenda said the absence of Mwila and Banda was a minor setback and was confident that the players picked would do the job.
He said the unavailability of the two would not change his initial game plan and that was why he came up with Plan B.
“ It’s a minor setback and these things happen in football but we do have players to fill the void in Justin Shonga, Patson Daka and Fashion Sakala who can play at the top,” Nyirenda said.
Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) communication manager Desmond Katongo said the team would leave in two batches with the first group starting off at 07:00hours and the last batch at 13:00 hours.
Katongo said the two schedules were meant to accommodate Zesco United players, who were away to Real Nakonde yesterday for the MTN-FAZ Super League match.

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