SONS OF THE SOIL! MASTER & CHISA SCORE! In a round up of some Zambian players in foreign lands, Rainford Kalaba and Chisamba Lungu shined brightest. Kalaba contributed a goal as a T. P Mazembe side also starting with Given Singuluma beat Al Hilal 3-1 to move within spitting distance of reaching the semi-finals of the Orange Champions League. Mazembe who lead Group A with 10 points did not name Kabaso Chongo and Jonas Sakuwaha on the bench. In Russia, Chisamba Lungu struck a 59th minute equaliser as his Ural FC side were held to a 1-1 home draw against Krasnodar. Chipolopolo assistant skipper Stoppila Sunzu returned from injury to help Sochaux beat fellow French Lige 1 relegated side Ajaccio 2-0 in a Lige 2 match . Sunzu lasted 87 minutes. Nathan Sinkala played 78 minutes as Grasshoppers Zurich played out a 1-1 draw away at Luzern in the Swiss top flight. Coach Michael Skibbe took off the Zambia anchorman after Grasshoppers went a man down in the 76th minute in a tactical move to preserve a precious point. In a pre-season friendly, new Southampton coach Ronald Koeman brought on Emmanuel Mayuka for the last 13 minutes as the Saints lost 1-0 against Bayer Leverkusen. On Wednesday, Roger Kola could not prevent his Israeli side Ironi Kiyrat Shmmona bowing out of the Europa League losing 3-2 on aggregate to Dinamo Moscow. Kola had scored in the first leg that ended 1-1 in Moscow but Shmonna surprisingly lost 2-1 at home in Isreal. As posted earlier, Collins Mbesuma had a fine match on his debut for Mpumulanga Black Aces who drew 1-1 with Blomfontein Celtics in the first match of the new South Africa Premier Soccer League.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 17:14:22 +0000