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Under-fire Zambia captain Katongo vows to play on despite World Cup fears

Posted On Saturday, 2nd February 2013
Striker Christopher Katongo vows to play on for Zambia despite their disappointing early exit and failure to defend their title.

Striker Christopher Katongo vows to play on for Zambia despite calls for his axing

Striker Christopher Katongo vows to play on for Zambia despite their disappointing early exit and failure to defend their title.

He made the vow even though many Chipolopolo fans are calling for his axing claiming his presence could affect their chance when they face talent-laden Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers later this year.

Katongo has been under-fire after Zambia’s disappointing 2013 Africa Cup campaign in South Africa where they failed to advance from the group stage.

“When we won the Africa Cup, I was a hero. Even when we are eliminated early from the tournament, it is my burden as captain to be pointed fingers at,” Katongo told the Zambia Daily Mail.

“I know the coach has his own role but I am the captain on the pitch and I should take the blame as captain.”

Katongo has turned from hero to zero back in Zambia after also failing to score a single goal in the two games he played.

Coach Herve Renard altogether dropped him from Zambia’s crucial final Group C game against Burkina Faso on January 29.

That match ended scoreless and confirmed Chipolopolo’s Africa exit after finishing third on three points, two less that Burkina Faso and Nigeria who both advanced to the last eight.

“I want to be among the Zambians who want to be successful,” Katongo said.

“I have to be there in bad and good moments.”

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READERS COMMENTS

  1. kantoose says:

    We Ghanaians love you katongo. old soldier never die. But tell your zambian forumites to pay respect to whom respect is due.

  2. Charles mensah says:

    I like your patriotic spirit.

  3. This are fools.was he(katongo) the only player sent 2 the tournament.senseless people.

  4. STUPID GHANAIAN says:

    In football that is the spirit. Let our players do the same in case we bomb out of the tournament. Patriotism.

  5. Papadinho says:

    I really like his fighting spirit. Good luck Zambia

  6. zambia is our toilet hole says:

    KATONGO,YOU ARE A HERO AND WILL ALWAYS BE A HERO NO MATTER WHAT THOSE FOOLISH ZAMBIANS WOULD SAY AGAINST YOU.THEY ARE NOT EDUCATED SO THEY TALK PRIMITIVELY .GOOD LUCK TO YOU.ANYWAY TELL YOUR SENSELESS ZAMBIANS THAT GHANA HAS MADE IT AGAIN AGAINST THEIR MOST FANCIED TEAM.GHANA 2 CAPE VERDE 0.THEY MUST CONSOLE CAPE VERDES TEAM NOT TO CRY AS I WARNED PREVIOUSLY.HAHAHAHAHAHA GHANA ALL THE WAY……..

  7. Ghana serious suspect in 2013 says:

    With your below par display against such a tiny Cape Verde team, ghana i seroius pity you against the might Chipolopolo. Your pride is your greatest fall you urgly dirt things

    • zambia is our toilet hole says:

      IF CAPE VERDE SHOULD PLAY ZAMBIA.THERE WILL BE CHAOS IN ZAMBIA AS THEY WILL TEAR YOU APART AND DISMANTLE YOUR TEAM TO END YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ANY COMPETITION .CAPE VERDE NEVER LOOK TO PLAY USELESS TEAM LIKE CHEAP POLO POLO.THEY DON’T WANT MASS FUNERAL IN ZAMBIA AS YOUR COUNTRY MEN WILL SEEM TO KILL ALL THE PLAYERS AS THEY HAVE STARTED ON KATONGO.KATONGO IS IN GHANA NOW TAKING REFUGE.DIRTY LOOKING ANIMAL-SHAPED ZAMBIANS.PRIMITIVE PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY COMPARE THEMSELVES TO SOMALIA WHERE SOMALIANS ARE BETTER OF THAN THEM.COUNTRY FULL OF DOUBLE DECKER PEOPLE.

    • zambia is our toilet hole says:

      KATONGO IS THE GREATEST MAN IN ZAMBIA IF CAPE VERDE SHOULD PLAY ZAMBIA.THERE WILL BE CHAOS IN ZAMBIA AS THEY WILL TEAR YOU APART AND DISMANTLE YOUR TEAM TO END YOUR PARTICIPATION IN ANY COMPETITION .CAPE VERDE NEVER LOOK TO PLAY USELESS TEAM LIKE CHEAP POLO POLO.THEY DON’T WANT MASS FUNERAL IN ZAMBIA AS YOUR COUNTRY MEN WILL SEEM TO KILL ALL THE PLAYERS AS THEY HAVE STARTED ON KATONGO.KATONGO IS IN GHANA NOW TAKING REFUGE.DIRTY LOOKING ANIMAL-SHAPED ZAMBIANS.PRIMITIVE PEOPLE WHO CAN ONLY COMPARE THEMSELVES TO SOMALIA WHERE SOMALIANS ARE BETTER OF THAN THEM.COUNTRY FULL OF DOUBLE DECKER HEADPEOPLE.

  8. Alomo says:

    Mark my words-”Ghana will never choke against 10 men Ethiopia: the lowest ranked team in this tournament.

    I salute you ole soldier Katongo- you deserve respect from those you’ve served.

  9. Akati says:

    Zambian fans take your football crises elsewhere.

    We’re capable of managing our own internal affairs.

    You hypocrite Zambian fans first take the log out of your own Chipolopolo and then you will see clearly the speck in others’.

  10. alomo says:

    Mark my words, “Ghana will never choke against 10 men Ethiopia, the lowest ranked team in this year’s tournament.”

  11. Adam...Ghana says:

    hahaha…infact you(zambians) dont deserve to be arguing with we(Great Ghanaians)..we dont talk to people seem to have animals senses..leave your captain alone..you really deserve to be kicked out of the tournament since you never humbled yourself down after God helped you to win the cup…where were you fucking zambians when we GH started playing football?you were by then a clot of filthy blood in your mother’s womb…see you dont mess with GH b’cos we are black stars and would always continue to be the shinning stars all over Africa..our victory over Cape Verde is dedicated you anyway..HAHAHAHAHAHA

  12. zambia is our toilet hole says:

    HEY CYNICAL ZAMBIANS JUST FOLLOW THIS LINK AND YOU WILL BE MORE EDUCATED ON THE BEAUTIFUL GAME.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRjNbiguCBc
    ARTHUR WARTON.THE FIRST BLACK PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEGEND SINCE 1867 WAS FROM NO WHERE THAN GREAT GHANA.HAHAHAHA.YOU GUYS HAVE KNOW KNOWLEDGE ON SOME OF THESE THINGS SO JUST READ WIDE A LITTLE TO WIDEN YOUR HORIZON BECAUSE YOUR BRAINS ARE JUST TOO EMPTY SO YOU ARGUE PREMATURELY .THOSE DAYS WHEN YOUR GRAND FATHERS WERE NOT YET BORN,GHANA STILL HAD FOOTBALL THAT WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE INTERNATIONAL BODY EVEN HAVING ONE OF OUR OWN EMERGING THE FIRST BLACK PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEGEND BASED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AS AT 1867.TELL ME ,WHERE WERE YOUR GRAND PARENTS ,LEFT ALONE YOUR SO CALLED CHEAPOLOPOLO?NONSENSE.

    YOU CAN CHOOSE NOT TO VISIT THE WEBSITE BUT THEN YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE LOOSING .

    • Papa says:

      @Shit hole, you used to make me angry, but now you make me laugh. Who’s uglier between Ghanaians and Zambians? Look at Wakaso with his extended mouth which looks like the beak of a Flamingo. You have some ugly bastards in that Black Stars team. Some of your players have heads like the crank shaft of a motor vehicle. Hehehe!





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