Victory cheers ‘Chicken’
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coach George “Chicken´ /ZanGamina has saiG. A first half hat-trick in a space of five min- utes by Lazarous Kambole silenced Swal- lows in their e-Swatini backyard.
But Zesco’s Tualification still hangs on a thin thread after Tunisia’s Etoile du Sahel and Primeiro de Agosto of Angola played to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.
Sahel who have already Tualified to the group on 11 points while Agosto have six
, Zesco with five and Swallows
League This champions means the have Zambian to beat the fixture Tunisian on August side in 28, the and last pray group for four. a to Lwandamina lads grab Speaking favour draw put the after or important up from beat a in the brave said Agosto. an Swallows game, three interview fight his points. to talised He was on Swallows happy the unstable team capi- defence. though “It we was managed not an to easy get game, three goals.. Our strategy was to press them high. We knew that they would make mistakes at the back and we would capitalise,” he said.
He however charged that there was no time for complacency as the team had a must win game on August 28.
He said Zesco still had a 50/50 chance to qualify to the quarter“Everything final. is possible in football, what is cardinal is to win the last game against Sahel. It’s not over, the target of going to the next round is still alive,” he said.
Meanwhile, swallows coach Thabo Vilakati expressed disappointment with his team’s performance.
“In all the five games we played so far in our group, this was the easiest of them all, we played good football. The experience of Zesco on our casual mistakes gave them the win on a silver platter. I am so disappointed,” he said.