Former Zambia coach, Herve Renard has told the
Chipolopolos to forget the 2018 World Cup group B contest as they are no match
for Nigeria, Algeria and Cameroon. Renard who is now Morocco’s coach stated
that he does not see Zambia making any impact in the group. They have already
lost a match at home to the Super Eagles.
Zambia has had a lot of talents and will have
talents for a long time to come. If you
have to achieve something at international level, you need team spirit but we
need to start a new process of rebuilding the national team,” Renard told the
Post of Zambia.
It will take some time. The next target should not be to
qualify to the next World Cup. You need time to rebuild something very strong,
build a strong team. People are sometimes not patient, but they should be
patient; the talent is here, the skill is here too, so what we need is to start
all over. “I saw their (Chipolo-polo) game against Nigeria and they played well
in the second half but they were down 2-0 already. “At international level,
when you have teams like Algeria, Nigeria and Cameroon, it’s very tough. People
need to be calm because it will be very tough in the qualifiers.
Zambia might
do well but these teams are very tough, they are the three of the best big five
teams in Africa…for Zambia, it’s too much,Renard who led the Chipolopolo to
their first ever Africa Cup of Nations win in 2010. Zambia sit at the base of
Group B with no point having lost their first qualifier at home to the Super
Eagles.
N.J
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