Fashion, Daka in
CHIPOLOPOLO stars Fashion Sakala and Patson Daka have reported for camp in Ndola ahead of the crucial back-to-back Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Lesotho.
Zambia will tomorrow host Lesotho at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola before travelling for the reverse fixture scheduled for March 26 in South Africa.
Fashion and Daka who features for Glasgow Rangers and Leicester City FC respectively are joined by Lecce speedster Lameck Banda, Benson Sakala who stars for FK Viagem Pribram in the Czech Republic and Frankie Musonda from AYR in Scotland.
The five stars are part of the 16 foreign-based players Chipolopolo coach Avram Grant had summoned ahead of tomorrows’ Group H Africa Cup Nations match against Lesotho.
The South Africa-based Chipolopolo trio Roderick Kabwe, Toaster Nsabata (both Sekhukhune United) and Rally Bwalya (Amazulu) were the first batch of foreign-based players to join camp in Ndola.
The Tanzania-based duo of Clatous Chama and Kennedy Musonda joined the team on Monday before the five European-based joined the team to bring the tally to 10 foreign stars.
By publishing time yesterday Chipolopolo coach Avram Grant was waiting for the arrival of midfielder Edward Chilufya, Emmanuel Banda, Lubambo Musonda, Tandi Mwape, Kings Kangwa while defender Aime Mabika remains doubtful as his documentation is yet to be sorted out. Grant had summoned 16 foreign-based stars in his Chipolopolo squad which entered camp on March 19 in Ndola and got down to busine