Veteran commentator Liwewe lashes out at Zambia's reliance on one player
Posted On Monday, 15th October 2012
Dennis Liwewe is an experienced Zambian commentator
Veteran Zambia commentator Dennis Liwewe has warned the Chipolopolo that over reliance on one player to steer the national team could lead to the downfall of the African Champions.
The African champions struggled to qualify to defend their African Cup of Nations title on Saturday as they needed the lottery of penalty kicks to eliminate Uganda without Jacob Mulenga and Rainford Kalaba
Zambia coach Herve Renard said that the absence Mulenga and Kalaba led to their 1-0 defeat to lowly Uganda before lady luck smiled on in shoot-out.
But the experienced commentator has hit out at the comment of the Frenchman all the players in the squad should be up to task even in the absence of some players.
“Never, never should we rely on one player for the team to perform,” Liwewe, the 76 year old, who has traveled with the Chipolopolo teams of yester-years throughout the world, stated told ZNBC.
“We have all the 23 players and they should all be able to perform; not because so and so did not play so we did not play well.
“We cannot be relying on one or two players,” Liwewe said in apparent reference to the absence of Jacob Mulenga and Rainford Kalaba during the 1-0 defeat to Uganda in Kampala.
Liwewe’s remarks come in light of the remarks by national team coach Herve Renard who was quoted in one of the daily tabloids stating that Zambia missed Kalaba.
“We missed Kalaba, we missed Jacob Mulenga, on a pitch like this. Rainford Kalaba is one best Zambian Player. You can ask any coach in Africa; they know Kalaba.
“When you are not playing with Rainford Kalaba like the quarter finals in 2010, it’s not good news, but the most important thing is to be strong”, said Renard.
Zambia scraped through to the finals of the Africa Cup of Nations to be held next year in South Africa after dispatching of Uganda via a penalty shoot out which ended 8 – 9 after the two teams ended level on aggregate.
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Before the 2010 AFCON Ghana lost half of our senior and most seasoned players to injury, yet Ghana placed second, lost to Egypt 1-0 in the final. That is the mark of a footballing nation. If we miss five players we can find five replacements who can rise to the occasion. A nation in which even our women can secure a trophy at World Cup competitions. Zambia you must respect Ghana, if you do we will show you the way to the top, just like a beloved senior brother will do to a younger sibling. Do not over-hype your one-time achievement. Learn from the masters.
Shut up,how far did Zambia go after losing entire team in ’93…we lost 2-1 to the then SUPER EAGLES of yesteryer in the 94 AFCON final in Tunisia.
shut up
Mr liwewe is right, renard up your socks. You shall pack your bags if you keep playing chris katongo,isaac chansa and jamanga these guys not fit at all. Katongo was a ghost he should have been subsituted at half time.
You are a Gayanan mascarading as a Zambian…you can’t even spell Chamanga…you busted silly punk!!!@Born in Zambia.
And FAZ we want tough friendlies. Its your fault the team is lazy!!!!!
Selection is a headache in ghana..
We cn still beat you wth our CHAN squad.
Ghana has been without Essien, a Real Madrid player, for 4 years. In that time we made it to the final of the African cup, quarter final of the world cup and, Semi Final last year(After losing the player we designated as his replacement(Prince Boateng)! That my friends is a footballing nation!!
Ghana lets just wait its only 2mths time n we will see,it wil be good if we meet you in the second round n remember it would be the 4rth defeat in a row you wil be suffering at the hands of Chipolopolo in competitive matches…lets wait!
Yet with all em players what have you won???? Zero,nada,niat. Its like a man sleeping with a wife and she aint getting pregnant, and there comes the zambian sperm penetrates where you failed for 34 years. Its a boy!
@Ghanaman & Africanus Ghanaman says:Ghanians pliz we stop.ok let me tel u ur a great footballing nations yes.bt if u expect zambaians 2 jst cum n bow 2 u dat wil never happened u can even win the world cup if un want.so if u start putting provocative comments they wil cum n insult u n they never fail at all.so lets jst be objective.we know u got a lot of good player n selection is a problem ghanaman and so is winning Liberia presidential cup.
Yet with all em players what have you won???? Zero,nada for 34 years. The last time ghana won tha afcon pigs could fly, cell phones where fiction.
@Born in zambia hehehehehehe Pliz lets not go dat route again.ghanaian i warned u
Please Zambians, dont try to compare your self to us Ghanaians interms of success in trophies. remember without histry, the nation cannot develop. that is why we have won that cup on 4 occasions. watch and see, it can take you up to the next 100yrs to win that 4times.Go to fifa web site and look for our achievement. please untill you won that cup i never saw you on our website and i never head a Zambian commenting on Ghanaian football.
i will like to advise all Ghanaians commenting on this site to respect themselves and let those Zambians be for ones. they ca never be our rivery team. it is just a 9 day wonder. Long live Ghana, Long live African football
We all there ,going 4 it wth 16 teams participating n i tell u i will be the first to congratulate ghana if they cn win it..but remember this is 2 times the # of teams participating dan the one you lastly won 3 DECADES ago.
@ zambian,what were you doing…..?
didn’t notice.
@city wat do u mean???
Everyone in Ghana is a footballer both men and women..I just can’t wait 4 one more chance with the chipolopolo..ebaafee gbeyeee…
You zambians are not on our level. Check the major european sites when they are mentioning african giants u are left out. Just like Greece was neva considered a major football nation just cos they were lucky to win one trophy. How many trophies have u won. Have u even participated in a Fifa tournament before. Have your women won anything in football. Have you won an olympic football medal b4, have any of your players won the euro champs league b4. Have you won any fifa tournament b4. U guys are trying to be our rivals bt u guys can’t cos u are not on our level. U guys think we cant win in sudan. U think we are bad away losers like you. We have won 2 nil for the past 2 yrs in sudan. Our players always say playing sudan is like playing home. Hmm u guys will smell pepper in kumasi. U simply have no idea wt awaits u.
And you lost 2-0 to Liberia,Mali wired you 2-0 4 months ago…you see u overate yourselves too much ghana.
U zambians shld come back when u have won the nations cup 4 times. When u have won Fifa u-17 world cup twice. When u have won Fifa u-20. When u have won olympic bronze in football. When u have won bronze in womens football. When u qualify to the world cup twice. When u qualify to the quarterfinals of world cup. When 5 of ur players win euro champions league. Come back When a zambian player play for real madrid, bayern munich, juventus, a.c millan, inter millan, ajax, arsenal, chelsea, f.c porto, a.s roma, dortmund. Even the team ur best player plays for f.c utrecht .do you know who the captain is. A ghanaian. It will take u guys 50 yrs to achieve this. So u caretaker champions shld come back when u have achieved even half of this. Then we can call u our rivals. Till then go and look for your co equals and argue with them.
This is good stuff, arguing and debating with facts and not being ignorant and calling names, We are all Africans and I am proud we are respecting each other on this site. This is great keep it up African brothers!
And u guys are always saying since 30 yrs we have not won it . How many yrs did it take zambia to even win one cup. Aah! I guess since independence. At least we have won it 4 times whether 16 teams or not we have won it 4 tymes. And u keep saying we use over age players why dont zambia use their senior team and lets see whether u can even get out of the group stages of u-17 cup. It pains me to have to do this cos i have zambian friends who are studying in ghana and others i met in london. As africans am always happy when other country does something gud. We in ghana are delighted that zambia football is picking up after the air disaster which shock africa. Bt u guys need to respect the likes of ghana, nigeria, cameroon, eygpt, cotedivoire who have projected african football to new heights and whose players continue to shine daily in europe . And is our hope that one day zambian players who be able to take advantage of the opportunities created by these great nigerian, ghanaian, ivorian players in europe . So that one day we will see a zambian playing for real madrid, chelsea, a.c millan, juventus so that pple in u.s.a, haiti, will not think of zanzibar or zimbabwe instead of zambia.
Sudan is going to play 2 unqualified players in their match against Ghana all in the anger of the back door points Zambia went for.That will mean 3 points awarded to Ghana and when Zambia visits Kumasi,we will put icing on the cake by not only scoring them with a big goal margin,but also breaking their malnourished skinny legs and allow the marrauding supporters of Kumasi descend on them like bees!!If i were Zambia,i will be wearing a steel helmet!!
Lesotho are also waiting 4 u after you turn off power 45 mins…they’l give you a run 4 yo money!
That dude up there who said am not zambian your mad!! Am in chingola ryt now, am bemba by tribe. And so what if i mispelt chamanga?? The dude is whak! Aliba lazy mambala ulya! And the team played like crap we gota accept that!
Why we took so long to win the afcon is that we lost an entire super star of a team to death. How many countries in africa have ever lost an entire team in a plane crash??? If the players didnt die most of them would have retired in the 2000s we would have the world cup with team. Even before ghana new what europe was we where beating italy at the olympics 4 nil. Zambia has always being a above average team. Ghana maybe was slightly better in recent years but now we are also very good. See you in south!
South africa here we come …….Ghana again will be beaten by Zambia whether they like it or not. This time Nigeria inclusive. Go Zambia Go !!!!!
Hahahaa u funny we have always beaten lesotho in their own backyard. And when u beat italy wat did u win? Wood? We won bronze in olympics and nija won gold thats great soccer nations. Not one who is happy cos he beat u-23 ltalian team and did not win even a wood. U guys i said come back when u win the nations cup 4 times, when u win fifa u-17 twice.when u win fifa u-20. When 5 zambians win euro champs league. When u win a medal in womens football. When zambian players play for juventus, chelsea, bayern, reak madrid. When u go to world cup 2x and qualify to quarter finals. Come back wen u even win half of wat we have won. Then we can call you as our rivals just like nigerian, eygpt, ivory coast, cameroon. Till then go and argue with sudan and Dr. Congo. Aaa my bad! The Congolese are even saying u are not on their level cos they have won it twice and have played in world cup b4. Ooh so zambia is not on same level with congo how much more GHANA.
where was zambia wen ghana was nicknamed africa brazil,the entire team u lost which of them cud b compared polo,osei kofi,abedi ayew pele n broda kwame ayew,tony yeboah,tony baffoe n many others so broda’s som of ur players see the above mentioned names as their mentors and 4 history get lost bcos u can’t compare urselves to any of our ranks.lets contribute to help our various teams nt to rival each oda.long live ghana and africa football
Their star man mayuka is swtichn butt cheeks on da bench.
@D.d u are too much u hit the nail on the head
The last time Ghana won Afcon with 8 participating there were no cell phones…Hmmm ancient lol
You Ghanaians shudn’t even boast. A great team can’t stay for decades without winning a continental trophy. The fact that u were good then doesn’t mean u r gud now. Don’t dwell on past glory. Break this long drought if u have to retain your glory, for now Zambia is better than u guys. if u check your records properly, when last did u beat the Chipolopolo?