Zambia FA boss Bwalya happy to avoid Ghana
Posted On Wednesday, 24th October 2012
Zambia beat Ghana 1-0 at the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
By Ameenu Shardow
Zambia FA boss Kalusha Bwalya is relieved to be avoiding Ghana at the group stage of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
The African champions go into Wednesday evening’s draw for the tournament to be hosted by South Africa as one of the four top seeds.
This means the Chipolopolo will not come up against Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana and hosts South Africa at least until after the first round.
Despite the fact that Zambia beat Ghana on its way to winning the last edition staged in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, Bwalya is happy to be avoiding the Black Stars very early in the competition.
“It’s the first time ever that we are seeded and I’m happy with that,” he said.
“We will avoid the hosts (South Africa), Ghana and Ivory Coast – which are all tough teams.
“We won’t have added pressure as we attempt to defend this title. We played against Ghana in the semi-finals in Gabon and Ivory Coast in the final.
“It would be great to face teams we haven’t played in a while because that could be our motivation.
“It could lift our game because we don’t know much about those teams.”
Ghana have been looking for an opportunity to avenge the painful 1-0 defeat suffered at the hands of Zambia at the semi final stage of the 2012 AFCON.
The Black Stars again suffered another 1-0 defeat against the Chipolopolo in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers in the teams’ only meeting after Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.
Related Images
READERS COMMENTS
Live Radio
Live TV
RELATED NEWS
LATEST HEADLINES
VIDEO: Watch Derek Boateng's interview over Fulham move, club confirms deal
Watch the video of Ghana international Derek Boateng talking about his move on a one-year deal with the option of a second season.
Q&A: Adam Kwarasey talks about his desire to win the title with Strømsgodest
Strømsgodest Ghana goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey wants to win the Norwegian League title rather than seeking an adventure in Europe.
VIDEO: Interview of Derek Boateng speaking on move to Fulham
Ghana midfielder Derek Boateng has been speaking about his move to Fulham after months of unsuccessful attempts.
Fulham confirm signing Boateng on one-year deal
English Premier League side Fulham have announced the free transfer signing of Ghana international Derek Boateng.
People have the wrong perception of Mourinho - Michael Essien
Ghana midfielder Michael Essien has jumped to the defence of departing Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho – insisting he is not like the way many people think he is.
Revealed: Anxious Dwarfs fans wanted to whip players to keep them in check
Ebusua Dwarfs players could have been whipped with sticks by their fans if they had lost at home to Tema Youth, club spokespserson Paul Adjetey has revealed.LATEST HEADLINES
Categories
- Africa
- Archives
- AshGold
- Berekum Chelsea
- Dwarfs
- English Premier League
- Forum
- France
- germany
- Ghana Players Abroad
- Ghana Prem Lge
- Hearts of Oak
- Holland
- Italy
- Juniors
- Kotoko
- Latest News
- Latest news from Ghanabusinessnews
- Latest news from Ghanaweb
- Latest news from Myjoyonline
- Latest news from Peacefmonline
- Latest Videos
- Latest World Football Videos
- Live Score
- Live Scores
- Medeama
- Multimedia
- Nations Cup
- newswire
- spain
- Transfer News & Rumours
- Transfers
- Videos
- WATCH LIVE GHANA TV
- Women
- World Cup
- World Football
Ghana n ivory coast wil make sure ur attempt to defend da tittle fails dat is if u make if from ur group.
Come on man, change your user name. Have some respect for the champions, your African Kings, Zambia. You should be on your knees licking the boots of the champions.
Don’t listen 2 him its a mind game.all I know is they Will not beat us 4 the third time..orkortor nwu anomaa!
u r spot on. its a mind game, its not that they are really happy to avoid Ghana.
@Kuukuphily, We want to meet Ghana in the final so that the whole world can see that the new Sheriff on the block in Africa is Zambia. We want to meet Ghana when there will be maximum media coverage at the end of the tournament.
Kuukuphily, it’s not third time but fourth time. Remember 1996 SA AFCON third and fourth? All these are competitive games. Another 1-0 loss in SA AFCON 2013 will bring chaos in Accra.
we already beat you three times kuukuphily
Ghana must never lose to Zambia ever again. The Coaches and technical team must plan for this tournament every day from now until January. The first goal is getting the talent to get the job done. Call up the most fit players. That means active players that are playing 90 minutes for their clubs. Do not call up players just on past performance.
Every player that is called up must be of the quality to be able to step on the field and make an immediate impact. The Coach should call up only players that can play in the tournament because he cannot use the same players game after game until they run out of gas. In a tournament you have to have fresh legs to be competitive. There should be no doubt about any players’ ability to play once they are included in the final squad.
The Coaching and Technical team should set standards for the players to meet before the final call up.
Finally the team formation should be one that is going to be successful. In a tournament it is not necessary to entertain, the primary objective is to win. So the Black Stars have to go back to Milo’s approach of winning ugly. Do not concede any goals but take advantage of your opponents mistakes. Play defensive and counter attack. This is the only reason why Zambia was able to beat Ghana. The Coach needs to meet with his tech team and make a final selection as soon as possible then start working with them so they become a team and not just a collection of talent. The players have to be able to read each other instinctively and that will only happen if they are used to playing together even though they are seasoned professionals. Teams like Ivory Coast have been calling up pretty much the same players and they are getting to know each other and that will give them an edge.
Coach you can win this tournament. Select players that you believe can do the job for you. Select players that believe in what you are trying to do. Do not forget about Mahatma Otoo he won a major championship for you, he is a leader in Ghana for hearts. He should be among the local players called up if he meets the criteria. You need players with good character, good sportsman who are also competitive, great soccer players.
@Coconutman, You said:”The Black Stars have to go back to Milo’s approach of winning ugly.” Zambia in the past was known for playing beautiful, champagne football, but it did not get us trophies. We now play football with ruthless efficiency, discipline, tactical astuteness and dogged determination. That has paid dividends and am glad to know that you are now learning from us. Go Chipolopolo!
@Papa, Are you serious? Ghana learning from Zambia? Wow! that’s certainly without doubt the most damnedest thing I ever heard in my life. Its absurd to compare the huge pedigree of Ghana to that of small Zambia with regards to football and even to a larger extent all sports activities, Zambia is nowhere near Ghana.
In our two previous meetings, we played all attacking football because we consider your team a walkover. As a matter of fact, we play defensively and rely on counter attacks when we are playing big soccer wits like, the Brazilians, the Germans, the Spainiards etc in the World cup. Do you know why we do that? We play with caution because we have huge respect for them. For Zambian, even at your backyard, we played 65 percent of possession. you played defensively and relied on counter breaks because, you fear and will continue to fear us.
Thankfully, we will have the opportunity to put you where you belong. the months and years cometh thick and fast and we all wait to see when Ghana will kill that small zeal in you
@Gogee,You speak of the pedigree of Ghana. I should remind you that Ghana has not won anything at senior level in the last 30 years. Ghana’s achievements at junior level, like all African achievements at this level, are highly dubious because of rampant age-cheating. Even small Gambia has won a world cup at junior level due to age cheating like the Ghanaians. If you look at the head to head record of competitive matches between Zambia and Ghana, we have won more matches. So what do you mean when you say that Zambia is a small team. In fact, Ghana has only managed two world cup appearances at senior level and you speak as if you have made the same number of world cup appearances as Cameroun. I shouldn’t even have to remind you that Zambian football suffered for a numkber of years because we lost 22 players in a plane crash. Without that plane crash, zambia would have achieved a lot more. Zambians for your information fear North African teams and not West African teams like Ghana. You flatter yourself.
How long did it take Zambia to win her first AFCON? over 50 years.
funny Zambia been compare to Ghana..ZA WAT ,Who is their star player and he play 4 which team and where…Negative team with ugly anti football mentality…
papa thats a great comment. you are very factual.
Ghana HAS ONLY WON THE CUP WITH 8 TEAMS PLAYING. ZAMBIA WON IT WITH 16 SO DONT FLATTER YOURSELF THAT GHANA HAS 4 AFCONS, THOSE ARE OLD TOURNAMENTS WITH MOST TEAMS EXCLUDED.
Yes, we do not need Ghana in group stages. We need them in knock out stages since they are our perrenial customers. Who knows they can give us another Final birth in SA. Playing them in group stages is meaningless. Good pyschology by Great Kalu.
@coconut, ur comment is much longer than the article itself..
Learn sme summary pls.
U should b on ur feet headn to da pharmacy to get a condom..zambia wont make it out their group n u are thnkn of da final.da whole world would watch u in SA disgrace urself.
Why should I buy a condom as if I sleep with prostitutes you idiot. I am not as as promiscuous you.
He is a disgrace to Ghanaian people. Please my brothers in Zambia forgive him. His up-bringing was upside down hence his brain cells are not in the right position. He thinks, speaks and eat shit all the time. Actually, I know him, he is just a street boy and he is suffering from brain heamorregea due to excessive dagga smoking.
@papa U should b on ur feet headn to da pharmacy to get a condom..zambia wont make it out their group n u are thnkn of da final.da whole world would watch u in SA disgrace urself.
Change your username please! I suppose am wasting my time making this request because you’re obsessed with shit holes yourself seeing that you have a nature that is as repulsive as as shit holes. Gutter mentality!
It seemed you guy has experienced a lot of diarrhoea ever since those two whippings hence you don’t forget your big black shit hole of yours.
That’s what you were saying even in Equitorial Quinea and Gabon as well as Angola, but alas empty handed. Clever boys go as underdogs so that they do not attract much attention but in their hearts, they know what they are looking for.
No team has won AFCON without first kicking the ball on the pitch and into the net. But you before the draws are done, the trophy is already in Accra hence facing much opposition by any team playing with you.
I would love Drogba gets this one before he retires, he has done much for Africa. Viva Elephants, we shall support you all the way to the finals against Zambia again or Nigeria.
Wel ur women open their legs wae too easily which explains y da hiv percentage in ur country is soo high..Jus advicin not judgn..keep it safe boi..i hope u were pampers todae cause u myt shit in ur pants after da draw.
Hahahaha deep down u know u wil b disgracd in SA now u wanna support ivory coast n nigeria fool. Thumbs up to drogba but my country first unlike u,stick to zambia n let ivorians n nigerians support their teams dis is not the world cup.hahahahaha i thought u wantd to defend da tittle now u want ivory coast to win
Zambians do not respond to this dagga smoker of Accra streets.
We need constructive contributions.
I think the coach shd work on skriking force because that where our problem is,with defence and midfield I think we are ok but they should get a new skriker that can help Gyan upront
the most dangerous team to avoid believe it or not is in pot 4 CONGO DR. zambia and ghana should be careful. Tresor Mputu of TP mazembe and Mbokani of Anderlecht are world class and cause a lot of damage.
I think it is more sensible to debate with ghanain who hv genuine and factual point then this guy called zambia is a shit hole!.n bliv me Zambians u wont lose anything
Kalusha has joined the ‘AFRAID MENS CLUB’.But he shouldnt worry because they can run but they can never hide.We’ll cross path again at AFCON 2013 unless Zambia cowardly chickens out at the group phase.
Zambia is a shit hole!
hahhaha we talkin abt beta players n u here talkin abt mayuka of southampton?
nigger u crazy or wat! dat bench warmer is jux a tampoon.
oooohhhh zambians mak me laugh
At least Mayuka is not playing in the UAE unlike some Ghanaian players.
my friend mayuka could be sitting on the bench in england for various reasons but he certainly is a world class striker. If you compare his age and achievements to other strikers in southampton he is the best striker. he will eventually be in the first 11 mayuka is world class.
Let zambia is a shit hole! be let him be.am sure he wil figure it out
Why are the Apes here again?Seth Ampong ,A cold blooded Zambian stealing a Ghanaian name,Zambians now want to belong to Ghana but we never want you Apes.PAPA is the senior Ape who has no testicles.Ghanian brothers,lets leave these APES for they are really happy to avoid us and let them continue with their mouth mouth but if they are lucky,the group stage will be their highest achievement in the impending cup of nations.No world cup for them too because God revealed Ghana has fraustrated them already.They will see Caina but for their legs,will never step there.
You sewer rat, crawl back into your hole. All you know is to insult. You do not even offer intelligent opinions on football. This is a forum to discuss football issues you moron. You only discuss people you do not know. “Intelligent minds discuss ideas, but shallow minds discuss people”. I have never seen such foolishness in my life.
@sade zambia is a shit hole!
@seth ampong u are a useless zambian..u muunkeey.wat do u knw about soccer..i hope racist fool are wearin ur pampers if so get ready to shit in dem.pls stop sniffn coke its not gud fo u pls..pathetic zambia u ppl r a disgrace to african footbal n u wanna go to brazil..u startd suportn zambia dis year u retarded muunkeey..bring dat ur katongo n mayuka we cant wait,jus cant wait.
@zambia is a shit hole! Bingo!!!!!ur doing great how do u feel now hey???
@sade are u an asslicker?
You son of a Kumasi based Baboon. You were not born in a normal way but was popped out whilst your mum was urinating in a make shift toilet in the outskirts of Kumasi compound. Son of a bitch baboon. You are dirtening the Ghanaian people on this forum. I will come and kick your ass in the streets of Accra. You headless baboon with no fixed abode. You don’t even know your village and chief.
hahhaha do tink we care abt those 22 stupid motherfuckin zambians who died in a plane crash? are you sayin dat cos u want us to pitty u? nigger your shud hav aborted u cos u vry stupid lyk yor dad. suck my dick man
Another headless Ghanaian chicken! Where and how do they breed you people? How can you speak ill of the dead? There must have been an atomic bomb dropped by mistake in Ghana which was never reported, and which resulted in brain mutation where human brains regressed to the size of goldfish and chicken brains. A neurological lab needs to be opened soon in Ghana to investigate this plague of stupidity.
@seth ampong nigger u sound lyk sam1 who stays in gh bt i pitty u cos u sound lyk u feed on shit
It seems you like the shit. Beware, you shall mistaken your shit for porridge and you shall end up feeding your children with shit thinking it’s porridge. Learn to differentiate shit and porridge after smoking the hard stuff in the streets of the city.
@seth ampong hahahaha da zoo keepers are comin fo u,u muunkeey. U were adopted u fuckin fool u real parents left u on a dumpster n ur adopted parents keep beatn u lyk u stole somethng.hahahaha zambian rebel.u are already livin in ghana u asswipe u cnt stand da starvation in ur bantuland..retarded monkey hahahaha..u are a villager goin in n out of the farm am feeln gud in ma crib,wen it rains it leaks tru ur roof u broke bitch hahaha u probably wear da same clothes a whole week..asswipe…aaahaha bantu racist!
Too bad, I told you. Your mum mistaken her shit and fed you as cassava porridge when you were a kid nowander you like shitting all the time and you cannot forget the word shit. Leave Africa out your shit bastard.
hey zambians u shud bring yor mums n sistas to gh cos we also nid free sex wen we win matches
Hahahahaha hope u got a nice spot to hide u muuunkey..u wont hv any kids because no woman wil hv kids wit an ugly lukn monkey lyk u..hahaha I bet u are a beggar on the streets of accra I can help get a place to stay n wen I throw a party u can clean up afterwards u fuckin gay punk..zambian rebel u wil c wat a disgrace u are in soccer com january..hungry chimp
Wait wats dat smell oh no seth did u take ur bath todae?..u were bullied in skul punk dnt com here actn lyk a tuff guy..i dnt even thnk u are wel educated..zambias number 1 muuuuunkeey!
Oooohh my God, Ghanaians please can you spare africa with all these insults? This is a soccer forum and not what you have started doing to Africa. Actually topic is very far away from what you are washing out on this forum. PLEASE SPARE US PLEASE. THIS IS VERY SHAMEFUL TO AFRICA AS A WHOLE.
@papa u are a senseless young bastard..i think da bomb was dropped in zambia u ppl are fools u win one afcon n u keep makin noise..u were silent prior to afcon 2012..make an appointmnt wit a radio station n contribute der u fuckin chimp..i guess wat u jus said was praises not insults..u n I know zambians r da stupid ones u actually heard if a condom but u wnt use it..how hv u contriburd to makin africans around da world proud,wat records do u hv how many talents do u hv in various top leagues..has ur junior teams evr won a cup? afvice ur coach he is lackun ideas at da moment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fNVOwPdgo0
This for the ghaninas who think mayuka is a bench warmer his last goal before he joined the saints. Which ghanian scores like that?
@zambia is a shit hole!!!!! really dats wonderful am all that…?????so tell me…. u want to do sum.dnt be shy???
ZAMBIA WONT MAKE IT OUT OF THIS ROUND. THEY WILL LOSE TO NAIJA AND BURKINA FASO. JUST WATCH….WEST AFRICAN SOCCER IS THE BEST IN AFRICA
Mayuka is the reason Ghana were sent back home and some idiots think he is not good?
Ghana had one (ONE!) shot on goal in Zambia in the last meeting and u think ur strikers are world class?
Your strikers cant even score penalties when the Zambian goalkeeper can, what kind of strikers are those?
Mayuka had a Ghanian player behind him and was facing the oposite direction yet he managed to hit a ball with even power and precision and that ball went into the net finnishin off Ghana and sending them back home.
Thats class………… continue playing in europe and thinking you are good, we will keep beatin u and resigning ur players.
Because of Zambia, no team in Africa has respect for Ghana, we ve embrased u, exposed u, disgraced u, outwitted u, defeated u, conquered u, ouperformed u, and all the ist goes on…
Every team, even Niger and Malawi now belitle u coz Zambia showed them that Ghana is just a disorganized team which doesnt know that football is won by goals
Once again, these impoverished HIV ravaged pygmies are here wailing for attention from the only Black Star of Africa and beyond. You guys are not in the class to be our rivals. Spend your time educating your countrymen on how to use condoms and stop disgracing Africans with your ridiculous HIV statistics. A good football country does well at every level and gender. While you envious backward pygmies were busy hating on Ghana, our under 17 ladies were vintagely making Ghana and Africa proud like all our national teams do on the world stage. Something you jealous asses will never be able to even dream about. Guess i understand why ur average players do not make it on the world stage; its simply because you win once or twice and you think you are the best and go to sleep, while we believe its a process. Thanks to TP Mazembe, some of washed out players get to play some international football, else they will be wallowing in your impoverished HIV infested shit hole. In Africa Football is played in the west, esp. Ghana, while on the other hand HIV is worshipped in the zambia due to your primitive mindset. Fucking mangy pygmies and chicken fuckers!!!
Fools, even your first President was educated and enlightened in Ghana with our tax payers money. Ungrateful ingrates and apologies of the African race. If you pygmies care to know, more than five of our players were involved in european action this week, even countries like Kenya and Togo have players playing actively in europe. Tell that benchwarmer at that lowly southhampton to come play for Asante Kotoko in Ghana, maybe he can get some playing time. And who do i hear talking about our players playing in UAE? For your info, they play with better opposition than TP Mazembe does. These players have played at the highest level and have decided to go for the cash now. Money enough to buy your whole economy and feed you poor zambians daily. Even your only national football hero is constantly roaming on the streets of Accra, learning how to make your football better. You zambians came from the bush, you think like bushmen and you are bushmen. Go check your insignificant history! Bloody HIV infested pygmies!!!