Locals impress Micho

ONLY players who will meet the selection criteria, will

ma e it into the final s ad,

says Chipolopolo coach

il ttin icho Sredo evic.

icho said he was im ressed with the levels o

commitment shown by the

local stars a ter yesterday s

training session at National

Heroes Stadi m.

he Serbian said the

technical bench is closer

to achievin its tar et o selectin a ormidable s ad

which will help restore

Zambia s ootballin rowess.

icho said his first tar et is to reclaim the ride o the

nation by winning games to

ma e soccer ans ha y.

r oc s need to o towards reclaimin the ride o the nation by not allowin o rselves to be the nchin ba in a ro consistin o Zimbabwe, otswana and Al eria. r first aim is to reclaim the ride o the nation

by winning against Botswana

here and oin away loo in or a bi res lt which will move s rom the n leasin osition o bein last in the ro , icho said.

hen we achieve that we shall in ect o rselves with confidence to win. e want to o to the HAN oc sin on every sin le o onent first anzania, second inea and Namibia.

icho said his a roach to en a e both yo n , ex erienced and mat re layers who will lead by exam le will hel him find the

best team that will represent

Zambia and t rn the dreams o the ans into reality.

I thin yo are really blessed and i ted to have talented layers b t we have to as o rselves one im ortant estion, yes we have talent and ality layers b t do we now how to ma e res lts to ma e

people happy?

e want to do everythin to t rn that talent and ality into er ormance that will ive s res lts to ma e o r s orters ha y, icho said. He said all the ames Zambia is sched led to lay, incl din riendly matches

are important as they will help

assess the team be ore the HAN to rnament.

icho has named layers or a o r-day local

camp as he closes in on his

HAN and A rica o Nations alifiers s ads.

icho is ex ected to trim the n mber a ter the local

camp to remain with 30

layers. Zambia will lay

Malawi in an international

riendly next wee be ore de art re or anda or a three-nations to rnament, which will have hosts anda, ali and Zambia.