MUKWIMA CHILALA writes
@SunZambian
ALL is set for the Zambia soccer national women team this evening as it opens its campaign in the COSAFA tournament with a tie against Mauritius to be played at the Wolfson Stadium in Port Elizabeth South Africa.
Team Coach Beauty Mwamba has declared the team ready for their opening fixture against the Islanders.
Mwamba said that her players had prepared adequately and everyone was enjoying a clean bill of health.
She said Margret Belemu and Lushomo Mweemba who had picked injuries had fully recovered and resumed training.
“We have told the girls to take each game seriously, every team is competitive and our group is tough,” she said.
“The group we are in is tough, we can’t underrate any team. We have lost to Namibia before at the 2014 AWCON and we have equally beaten them before. Botswana has also improved in terms of both their men and women teams,” she said
Mwamba urged her team to utilise the COSAFA tournament to market themselves for opportunities to play in Europe.
“Cosafa is a good platform, look at Barbra Banda, Misozi Zulu and Rachael Kundanaji they were all spotted at the COSAFA,” she said.
The trio who ply their trade in Europe will however not be available for the COSAFA due to their club commitments.
Mwamba said the team was also aiming at replicating the men’s senior team that recently won the COSAFA trophy that was held in Durban last month.
Zambia is placed in Group B alongside Mauritius, Namibia, and Botswana.
