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U-17 Women National Team start preps for COSAFA

 Lucky Mwewa Chama | 23 September, 2020

Zambia Under-17 Women National team Coach Kangwa Kaluba says his technical bench has summoned 45 players to camp.

The team which commenced preparations for the 2020 Cosafa tournament slated for South Africa next was taken through the paces by Coach Kaluba at Barca Academy.



Kaluba said he has roped in half of the players from the 2019 inaugural Cosafa tournament while the other half comprised first timers.

He noted that most of the players were not in good shape arising from the Covid-19 induced break from all football activities.

“The majority of the players are not in good shape. We all know the reason, the league has not been active due to the Covid challenge.  We could see that the majority of our girls are struggling,” he said.

“From the list we have, we have half the team from last year and the other team is new. The under-17 has a four year project and one of the goals is to produce quality players that will graduate to the senior team.”

Kaluba also stated that the Women Under-17 is a four year project and one of the goals is to produce quality players that will graduate to the senior team.

He further said the team would be aiming to do better than last year’s third place finish in Mauritius.

Cosafa has set up a tentative calendar subject to the covid-19 situation in the region that will see the under-17 women tournament played from October 15-25.

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