Lucky Zambia escape with a dodgy penalty against Nigeria at AFCON
Posted On Friday, 25th January 2013
Emmanuel Emenike of Nigeria battles with Stoppila Sunzu of Zambia during the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations match
Nigeria were again pegged back by the defending African Cup of Nations champions Zambia in a 1-1 draw on Friday in a Group C match at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelpruit.
Both teams will now have to wait till their final group games to determine their fate in this competition as they are both on two points each, while Ethiopia and Burkina Faso will slug it out in the second game of the day.
This was the classic game of two halves – Zambia dominated the first period, but Nigeria stepped up after the interval.
Emmanuel Emenike gave Nigeria the lead in the 57th minute, when he was set up by Mikel Obi after he stole the ball from Chisamba Lungu.
Kennedy Mweene drew Zambia level in the 85th minute when he slotted past Enyeama after Ogenyi Onazi was adjudged to have brought down Emmanuel Mayuka.
Zambia were the livelier of the two teams in a goalless first half and created the better chances.
They enjoyed more of the possession with Southampton striker Emmanuel Mayuka’s header missing the target very early on, before Kalaba fired at the Eagles goal on 16 minutes off a Chisamba Lungu cross.
Six minutes later, playmaker Kalaba’s shot-cum-cross was clutched by Nigeria goalkeeper Enyeama.
Nigeria elected to play the long ball thereby cutting off the Zambia midfield to get quicker to goal.
Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi failed to score from the penalty spot in the 26th minute after David Nkausu brought down Ahmed Musa inside the box.
Obi’s effort beat a diving Kennedy Mweene, but came off the foot of the post.
On 29 minutes, skipper Enyeama was again called to duty when he had to dive full stretch to hold firmly to a Chisamba free-kick from outside the box.
In the 36th minute, big defender Stopilla Sunzu’s header off another free-kick screamed across the Eagles goal, before Chris Katongo then scoffed his shot at goal no thanks to the sandy Mbombela Stadium pitch.
Enyeama again came up big in first half stoppage time when he went down to deal superbly with a dangerous-looking Chisamba effort from the right flank.
Nigeria got off to a flying start immediately after the break as Emenike troubled the Zambia defence severally and it was not long before he would score his second goal of the tournament.
Emenike gave Nigeria the lead in the 57th minute, when he was set up by Mikel Obi after he stole the ball from Chisamba Lungu.
On 72 minutes, Enyeama saved off the feet of the exciting Kalaba as the Chipolopolo poured forward in search of an equalising goal.
Kalaba again set up substitute Collins Mbesuma on 81st minute right inside the box, but the big striker’s shot was too weak to trouble Enyeama.
Mweene drew Zambia level in the 85th minute when he slotted past Enyeama after Ogenyi Onazi was adjudged to have brought down Emmanuel Mayuka to see the game end 1-1.
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Where are those insubordinate zambian fans. It will take a miracle for them to make it out of the group. They can’t even beat a 10 man ethiopian team but burkina faso with 10 men were able to beat 11 men ethiopia. Whoa zambia is a shit hole indeed. They better watch out for pitropia and traore. Haha good luck Zambian losers.
cant wAIT FIR BURKINA VS ZAMBIA SO I CAN FINALLY SAY…HA HA BYE BYE ZAMBIA AND I TOLD YOU SO!…..BURKINA WILL BEAT ZAMBIA, TRUST ME. BURKINA N NAIJA GOING THRU…
Lol…where r those disrespectful Zambians?…Zambia is in trouble and there won’t be any luck this time around…Burkina will make sure u don’t make it to the quarter finals…hahaha losers and Ghana will also make sure u don’t make it to the World Cup 2014 watch…
This group is interesting. Apart from our group, I am enjoying this group the most, tension everywhere.
that is true pito! Zambia is in a tight corner…haha maybe caf will take away another team’s points and give them to Zambia. N9ija machine will surely bulldoze Ethiopia, and there is no way in hell that Burkina with one leg in heaven will allow Zambia to go pass them….time will tell!
BURKINA FASO VS ZAMBIA WILL BE A FINAL FOR THE BURKINABES. THEIR NUMBER 1 GOALIES IS OUT, SO IF THEY BEAT ZAMBIA, THE GOALIE COMES BACK. ALL CARDS ARE ERASED AFTER THE GROUP STAGE. BURKINA WILL PLAY ALL DIE BI DIE GAME
Forkn referee zambia should b packn their torn bags by now.how can gv zambia a penalty over wen there was hardly a contact and besides it wasnt even in da box..again zambia cnt make it out their group.u want to defend ur cup? Ok defend lets c,useless team u think footbal is about braggn.herve retard lacks ideas.i stil dnt know y nike wil sponsor zambia ah dis ppl are wack..mbesuma da guy wit da double decker head..looool nonsense..afcon champ for where,apuuu
LMAO double decker head
Bfaso 4 – Ethiopia 0, the cheating zambians and conspirators of Isa/Caf have thier work cut out for them.Zambia is now going home!!!!…Ethiopia have nothing to fight for again since they cant score 4-0 against Nigeria , Nigeria will thrash Ethiopia silly come next match and i dont see Zambia beating a resurgent Bfaso!!!..the least is a draw!…welcome home my cheating cheatpolopolo!!!!……as for Isa hayatou the criminal and match fixing head of Caf, Nigeria will not pay the $8.4m your son company is requesting from Nigeria to view Afcon.We are viewing it with the help of Dstv, you think you can bill Nigeria $8.4 while billing SA just $2m and the rest of Africa less!!!….you think nigeria is a place you will bring your corrouption attitude.All Nigerians are happy with the decision of BON not to meet your wicked criminal minded demand.Nigeria will surely qualify , if you like bribe the whole caf referees against us!! …all the west african brothers will qualify from the group!
I don’t like that isa hayatou guy n never will. He’s just a bunch of shit full of corruption, that’s why our football is still backward. Shame on him and his referees
I know the referee has gone crazy to. Give such apenality to zambia they will not qulify I know there next match will be tough against bokinafaso I pray nigeria should win with higher margin inshalla but super eagle coach shouLd try change formation after completion we should those boys back into team bcuse of there experience like martin adewenge taye tiawo kalu uche uche brother apam ogbuke if there realy playing very well in there various club we should call them back into team insofo also kaita
Steve,Never worry .As a Ghanaian I was really sad to see that crook ref. giving out a dubious penalty kick to those Chicken fucker Zambians.Injustice in African Football will never end.Anyway,What God has given,no human takes it away.God has his own ways of doing things beyond human understanding and that is why Zambians are finally hanging their own necks .They are in a very tight corner and all of the west African countries through our weight on Burkina Faso to DEMOLISH those opportunists so called 21st century African Champions.Ethiopia has nothing to fight for and I am sure Nigeria will do the do.I said it earlier on that Zambia is no team because the manipulations they made last year through sacrifices to win luckily has ceased .They only brag and even want to compare themselves to quality and world class teams like Ghana,Nigeria,Ivory coast,Cameroon,Senegal Egypt and South Africa.Anyway,they will be crashed out to let them learn how to call us Fathers next time.Go Go Go Go Nigeria and Burkina .Zambia pack and leave.All west African brothers will go ahead and qualify and any one of the west African teams win the cup is enough.God bless Ghana,God bless West Africa and God bless Africa.
I PERSONALLY DON’T GIVE NO SHIT TO ZAMBIAN FOOTBALL BECAUSE THEY ARE JOKERS.THEY CAN GO TO HELL FOR WHAT I CARE.THEIR BRAGGING IS A JOKE.THEIR LUCKY TICKS ARE IN DEEP SHIT.
WE HAVE SILENCED THEIR UGLY FANS …..HOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO HOOOOOO HOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO THIS TIME THEY SHOT THEMSELVES WITH THEIR OWN BULLETS .MAYUKA DANCE HAHAHA
You are are still bitter? We are beating Burkina Faso come tuesday!
MY FOOT.10 MAN ETHIOPIA EVEN PROVED THEIR WORTH HOW ABOUT SKILLFUL AND EXPERIENCED BURKINA TEAM?YOU ARE A JOKE TO YOUR COUNTRY.COME ON BE OBJECTIVE AND BE FREE.WHAT KIND OF FOOTBALL CAN YOUR TEAM PLAY?FUNNY ENOUGH.BURKINA 3 ZAMBIA 0
Frankly speaking these shitty Zambians have been riding on luck for far too long, OMG!! So are they worthy of champs? I don’t think so cuz their performance in the 2 games has been very abysmal, they’re pretty much a very average team.
Ooh and they say want to go and represent Africa @ the WC in Brazil? No way!! We don’t want another huge embarrassment for African football. They didn’t deserve the point from this game at all 9ija was the better team and deserved to win only for this crook Egyptian referee to avoid a dubious penalty to them ( chimp-polopolos ) latter on in the game. It was a very hash decision, the referee did a great disservice to 9ija. There is no way they can beat a highly motivated BF team that has a much stronger midfield and attack, Zambia is doomed. I see them going out of the group, their luck has finally run out.
There are 16 teams at AFCON and the vile of hatred spewing out of Ghana against Zambia is scaring. Poor refeering? and Ghana complaining? How about that yellow card against your golie which should have been a red when you were playing Mali? And why are you guys ignoring the fact that the goal Nigeria scored came off Obi Mikeal who had just fouled Chisamba Lungu to disposes him and the ref just waved play-on?
Zambia packing? In your dream. Infact, Zambia was praying for a Burkina Faso win win because that puts everything in their control. Beat Burkina Faso, and never mind what happens anywhere, Zambia qualifies. However, if Ethiopia had won, Zambia’s progression would have been contingent on many other factors.
Do you think BF can beat Zambia? Hasnt Ghana by now known how experienced Zambia is? Do you think there is a team at AFCON that can walk over Zambia? Ofcause, Zambia struggled against Ethiopia, but the reason is that Ethiopia’s game plan for the whole competition was to counter Zambia. They put in so much that they no longer have anything to offer.
We dont care what happens to Nigeria/Ethiopia, but we know Zambia will qualify as group leaders. Zambia and Nigeria will both be at 5 points, but Ethiopia’s points will not count being the lowest in the group.
Dont worry about Zambia, Niger want a firts win and they may just spoil your party on Monday.
BF WILL BEAT ZAMBIA. BF BEAT ETHIOPIA 4 NIL WITH 10 MEN. ZAMBIA DREW WITH 10 MAN ETHIOPIA…TELL KATONGO N HIS BREDRENS T START CHECKING OUT OF THEIR HOTEL ROOMS. NAIJA WILL BEAT ETHIOPIA HANDEDLY AND THE 2 WEST AFRICAN NATIONS WILL PROCEED QUIETLY. U WIN 1 TROPHY AND U TALK AS IF U ARE EGYPT….
NIGER CANT BEAT GH. EVEN IF AKWASI USES CHAN BLACK STARS GH WILL STILL BEAT NIGER…
ILLOGICAL LOGIC MY BRO..WAIT & SEE
ZAMBIANS ARE PIGS.THEY ARE GOING OUT OF THIS COMPETITION WHEN THE FACE BURKINA FASO BECAUSE BURKINA IS A MUCH MORE FORMIDABLE SIDE .ZAMBIA MOSTLY DEPENDS ON LUCK BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEIR LUCK IS OUT.THEY NEVER EXHIBIT ANY SKILLS IN PLAYING AT ALL.THEY USE THEIR ANIMAL-LIKE BODIES TO FIGHT LIKE DONKEYS BUT NO STYLE .KATONGO SHOULD GO TO MALI TO HELP SOLVE THE WAR THERE THAN BEING IN SOUTH AFRICA SAYING HE IS PLAYING FOOTBALL BECAUSE THAT ISN’T HIS FIELD.GOOD BYE ZAMBIA IN ADVANCE.BURKINA 3 ZAMBIA 0 NIGERIA 2 ETHIOPIA 1
Ive never seen so much hatred against TEAM like Zambia.Evry person wants Zambia out of the game…but i can tell you Zambia is gonna proove alot of people wrong in their last much.Nigeria in my analysis plays better football than Bakinafaso.We shall see!The hand of the LORD is still upon the champions.Like or not you re seening it but you are denying its power and existence!Some boby somewhere knows what am talkin.You call it luck!!no no no thats the hand of the ALMIGHTY!!!!haahahahaa!
It is not hatred… when you beat Ghana , and ivory coast to win the cup of nations last year, were you not all over the place? you said you were the best in the Africa, in the work. Kalusha was all over the place. what you are reading is called pay back. i watched your team play here in Uganda and had it not been luck you will not have even been at SA. You talk about the Lord, are you the only country that knows the Lord??? I hope you watched the power soccer BF played… go and joke, they will kick and break you off. Pray for luck to see you through, cus with football you can not go through.
SO IS THAT WHY ZAMBIANS ARE FUCKING /MATING CHICKEN TO DEATH?I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK SO THAT EVERY ONE CAN READ FOR VERIFICATION.
When you are Champions everybody wants to beat you. The zeal from Ethiopia in the first game was/is understable & so is the hatred and fury from Ghanaians, Ivorians and now Nigerians, whose ambitions we are record of blunting. Zambia is a christian nation; when its tough we leave the battle to the Lord. GOD is Zambian…
I hope its the good Lord… Looks like your the only country that knows the Lord… why has Israel not won the European and world cup? oh you know God more than Israel…
Hatrate for zambians!!! ANYWAY, GOD have always been on their side. we wait to see what the last round has for all teams..
Nigeria will beat Ethiopia, Zambia will beat BF; Both Zed & Naija qualify on 5 points against 4 points for BF. I hope we meet Ghana or Ivorians again in subsequent matches. Our team carried enough accessories to last the whole tournament & so shall be it!!
In My language there is a saying that when you weed thorns with your mouth, you do not get pricked. Keep tickling yourself and lough…
Be careful what you wish for…i actually liked you guys before you started talking so much trash on numerous websites
Chansa i agree with on two conditions; (i) Our captain Katongo is not in form. He needs to start or remain on bench (ii) Lungu is a great midfielder, he shoould never be allowed to drop in defence as happened in last 2 games.
Zambia is known is West africa.Ask any young boy 5yrs..they will confess that we know those Champions.All west african teams are very catious when they play Zambia…so come Bakinafaso you will see..and so many people are gona be disappointed especially Ghana people!because Zambia is beating beating Bakinafaso.Zambia has beaten Bakinafaso several times!!Check the records.Even this time they will do so.Jus like Nigeria Zambia has faced Nigeria several times.Zambia has sometimes beaten Nigeria before and vice versa ..so there is NO West African team that can scare Zambia they are all young boys!!!EVERYBODY knows this.This is hard to swallow!!but face it.Nigeria was defending in the first half why..because they know what Zambia is capable of doing. The GAME is still on!!!!!
YES,YOU ARE CHAMPIONS FOR ONCE AND THAT MAKE ALL ZAMBIAN MEN GO ASTRAY FUCKING/MATING CHICKEN TO DEATH?YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP IS A JOKE.I CAN SEND YOU THE LINK BECAUSE ALL MEN IN ZAMBIA HAVE BEEN EXPOSED.YOU DON’T LIKE SLEEPING WITH YOUR WIVES BUT ENJOY MATING WITH CHICKEN TO THE EXTENT OF KILLING THEM DURING THE PROCESS.WHAT ARE SHAME.OH,WE ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH ANIMALS AND THAT IS THE MEAN REASON WHY WE WANT YOU ELIMINATED BECAUSE WE CAN’T CONTINUE PLAYING WITH CHICKEN HUSBANDS.
Wow nanakash, i like ur last comment.
Ghanaians, dont you get goose pimples when you hear the names Mayuka? What does the Mayuka and Mweene names remind you apart from grief and fury? Chill, the tournament is still on…
MAYUKA IN FRENCH MEANS MAPUKA, A FUNNY DANCE IN IVORY COAST.YOU CAN CHECK.
Cheatfoolufoolus. Tell your zamfoot to post my comment. By the way who told you that we hate you? Is as simple as this- you don’t want to accept you won by luck and that the invincible were at work. That’s why all who sympatised with you in Gabon wants you to eat that pie called humility
You guys it seems dont know the meaning of luck. We beat your much fancied Senegal, we played our worst game against your Ghana and your Ghana are said to have played their best game against Zambia, but they still lost, then over 2hrs, your Ivory Coast couldnt score, and they were really panting at the end of the game and really playing for the end, and you say we were lucky?
Can I pose a challenge, tell me the last time a team from West Africa beat Zambia. Admittedly, we struggle against East Africa and North Africa, but not West Africa sir. Dont be fooled by the results we posted against Uganda, Ethiopia and Tanzania, we always struggle. Bring on you fufu eating boys and see how they will go out with bloodied noses.
Ivory Coast must be sweating because we may face them.
Okay ceasefire! God bless Africa!
Zambia has become a nightmare and a thorn to most West Africa Teams.Mark my words Zambia is not scared of any of these.Zambia takes them on as they come.Come Bakinafaso..Zambia will proove to Africa that they are Champions.Whether you like it or not they are going to the second round and Zambia will ONCE AGAIN beat the so called FAVOURIES!!Hahaahaha.We shal laugh at you!!! Just wait!!It was like this last year.People and the media wrote off Zambia..but again like David Zambia conqured the so called Goliath’s of this world.They are nothing!!Zambia is NEVER intimidated.The boys have character.They take you on as you are whether you are 200kg or more the boys will take you on.I love their courage!!NOW they are champions!!!Everybody is fighting to unsettle them but it WONT happen!!wow!! wow!!
Stolen Verdict… after this, i expert Zambians to shut up when it comes to football, it a shame.
Whether u like it or yes, Zambia will fly past BF with 1 goal and go all the way to the finals. Ghana, Nigeria or CV will NOT go that far! Watch Zambia go, u idiots!
… I EXPECTED PEOPLE LIKE YOU TO SHUT UP ..
zambians also have mouth to talk?well,this is new time in deed but i think all this talking will stop by wednesday morning.
If want to compare Ghana and Zambia. Consider this
The Zambian goalie can score penalties whilst your main strikers (Gyan) cant. Enough said.
By the way even at the club, the Zambian goalie is an expert penalty taker.
In a competition full of good teams u definately need that luck.
What will all u haters say when we beat bukina?let me tell u,we will still be here after tuesday to shame u juju believin west africans!
So much hatred from the under achievers from west africa, jealousy of the mighty bullets.In 2010 in Angola we were under such a situation but beat Gabon to go the next round. Zambia has beaten all west african fufu eaters- ghana, bfasso,ic,senegal,gabon,mali,congo,liberia,with all your fat like pig stars
YOU ZAMBIANS RATHER FUCK CHICKEN INSTEAD OF YOUR HUMAN BEINGS.LOOK AT THE WAY ZAMBIANS LOOK.NO AFRICAN NATION HAS UGLY PEOPLE AS ZAMBIANS.APELIKE LIVING BEINGS .YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED COME TUESDAY.
SHUT UP!! U IDIOTS! U FELD TO BEAT ZAMBIA, THAT WAS A CLEAR PENALTY. SUPER EAGLES IS A DISGRACE, TODAY THEY DONTS COMOT FOR NIGER, BECAUSE ZAMBIA AKA COPPER BULLETS! WILL BEAT BUKINA WATEVER YOU IDIOT! CALL THEM WILL LOSE. ETHIOPIA WILL HAMMER NIGER 4 NILL AND NIGERIA WILL CRY LIKE MANZI IBES SON CHUKWUEMEKA NDONU NDONU IDIOTS! GOO GOO ZAMBIA GOOO!HAAAAAAAAAAAAA.