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MICHO SUMMONS EIGHT FOREIGN BASED CHIPOLOPOLO STARS

By Lucky Mwewa Chama | 13th March, 2020

 Chipolopolo coach Milutin Sredojevic said has summoned eight foreign based players for the Africa Cup of Nations home match slated for March 26 against Botswana.

Micho weighed in on the forthcoming back-to-back games against Botswana in the race for the Cameroon 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

“We will have eight professionals (foreign based) players for the Botswana game but we shall not reveal until their clubs are informed,” he said.

“But four will have their last competitive assignments at their clubs this weekend when that is in question we will try and get them to play in the friendly’s against Uganda Mali or Ethiopia not all the games but at least one so that it can help us prepare competitively against Botswana.”

Micho led the Chipolopolo in his first assignment at the helm of Zambia in an international friendly match against the Flames of Malawi at Nkoloma Stadium in which Zambia won by a goal to nil courtesy of Collins Sikombe.

Micho has been keeping an eye on the CHAN and Africa Cup of Nations qualification in his preparation and will gave local players an opportunity to impress before he picks his final team that heads to Uganda for the Three-Nation Tournament.

At the Three-Nation tournament, Zambia will play Uganda and Mali before trekking to Ethiopia to play their final test match ahead of the March 26 titanic clash with Botswana at National Heroes Stadium.

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