#Zambia NT

[olvaheiner]

[pinkyqil]

top 5 national teams

1. Nigeria nt

2. Zambia nt

3. Japan

4. Uswnt

Number five is partially nonexistent as of rn

[mchiti]

NOT IVORY COAST ASKING THE FRENCH FEDERATION IF THEY CAN BORROW HERVE RENARD (who's currently managing the french wnt) FOR THE REST OF CAN AFTER FIRING THEIR OWN MANAGER. KEEPING THE WHITE FRENCH MANAGING AFRICAN NTS LEGACY. After Zambia, Angola, Zambia again, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and now maybe Ivory Coast again...A WHOLE CAREER BUILT ON AFRICAN/MENA FOOTBALL. IN TEARS

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My Olympic Football Thoughts: 7/21/21

1) The Netherlands/Zambia game actually upset me because those are the games detractors point to as the reason why they don’t watch or support the women’s game. It’s okay, however, for the German men to thrash San Marino 13-0 every two years. Then people point to Zambia and say, “See, all the women’s teams are miles behind the US!” We’ll get to that later...

2) The goalkeeping in some of these matches today was beyond shocking. Yikes! 😮

3) Speaking of yikes...USA...are you kidding me?? That was the worst, and I mean the WORST I’ve ever seen them. Especially against a rival like Sweden, that is simply unacceptable. They’ve beaten us before, but never like this. I’m utterly speechless.

4) The Arsenal women represented against Zambia, the Gunners clearly came to play!

5) Brazil, if you’re not getting behind your women after this long I just don’t know what’s wrong with you. They perform well, they represented you proudly even when they had to pay their own air fare to get to a tournament. Support them and stop being stupid LoL.

6) Pia Sundhage (former US coach) is coaching Brazil and they’re off to a flying start...this is going to be interesting!!!!

7) Some of these teams looked really flat at the start of their games, wonder why that is. I know 2020 was a mess for training but this is quite unusual, hope it improves.

8) Christine Sinclair is a timeless treasure...like thin mints. 😄

9) Canadian goalkeeper Stephanie Labbé saved a penalty immediately after getting injured while making a save; you can literally see the black eye as her teammates surrounded her. I have no words for how bada** that is. 🔥🔥🔥

10) Lieke Martens, for reasons I’m totally unclear about, did not look happy today. 😂

Special Mention: Shoutout to Zambia’s Barbra Banda, who scored the country’s first Olympic goal and became the first African woman to score a hat trick at the Games! 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[missnewtuti]

Some thoughts after watching the match/tournament

Wooooo bronze baby hey a medals a medal and def better than Rio

Hats off to the Aussies, especially Kerr. I think we lose that game if Carpenter plays tbh (assuming we still don’t have Alyssa in that hypothetical)

BABY T!! She really solidified herself this tournament (yeah the penalty against CAN was a tough break but she was a bright spot in our back line overall). I think this is the beginning of her being a regular NT starter

Alyssa really solidified her spot as #1 this tournament, but I have no confidence in AD or Jane (sry love you AD but you in goal is not good for my heart rate). Ash should be back in the picture and behind her we should look to youth, maybe Bella Bixby idk

Glad Pinoe and Carli had a good last tournament game. I wouldn’t mind if Pinoe hangs around camp for a few more years cause the leadership (same with Becky but she probs has a lil more in the tank)

We need to invest in forwards! Mal! Midge! Idk let Crystal go off up top! Sophia Smith! Christen Press can stay. Viv and Kerr are here to stay and I think Barbra Banda and Zambia could make some noise someday - we need to keep up

Im obviously biased but I really think Kristie Mewis was underutilized. Our midfield was rough this tournament but if we can develop a 6 we should actually be in pretty good shape. Can’t wait to see Cat more

[that-soccer-guru]

I remember watching the semi finals and finals of the 2019 WC but I didn't really get invested into woso until mid january 2020 so I'm kinda confused on how the qualifying process works (both for WC and olympics) Over quarantine I spent a lot of time watching uswnt games from mid/late 2018 leading up to the WC, and late 2019 games leading up to olympics but I'm still confused because there's like 3 training camps, a believing tournament thingy (?) and then a qualifying tournament. I guess with all the games and rosters moving around I get confused. How does the qualifying process work and is She Believes a part of the process or...?

Hey there, this is a great question. Everytime I say that you should expect a long ass post, so buckle up.

The number of camps and stuff does not really make a difference. Every national team can hold as many camps as they want, provided their players are released by the clubs. For players in the international market, teams usually won't release them except for FIFA dates (friendly games or qualifying events), because they don't want their players risking unnecessary injuries or strains. This is why for the US at least it's good that a chunk of their NT core plays in the nwsl, since the NT allocated players aren't paid or under contract by their league teams and can therefore be called up whenever USSF/the USWNT feels like it—horrible for the health of the league and a big reason why NT players do whatever the hell they want with their trades and make it miserable for their teams when it comes to trading season—but I digress.

Olympics qualifiers work like this: There's 12 teams in total. The hosts of the Olympics automatically qualify for a spot and the other 11 spots are up for grabs and they qualify through tournaments in their continental confederations:

1 goes to CONMEBOL (South America): the spot is decided with the winner of Copa America—more later on the runner up

2 to CONCACAF (Central and North America): through Olympic qualifier tournament.

1 to the CAF (Africa): with Olympic qualifier tournament—more later on the runner up

1 to OFC(Oceania): with the Nations Cup

2 to the AFC (Asia ft Australia): Olympic Qualifier Tournament, top 2 teams qualify—they also have one representative already with Japan being the host

3 go to UEFA: these spots are decided by who made it the furthest in the world cup. The current Olympic Gold Champions, Germany, won't be able to defend their medal since they got knocked out by Sweden. There's also a little part where Britain secured their spot BUT according to IOC rules of membership Britain doesn't qualify as a country, its the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Therefore, Scottish, Irish and Welsh players are available for the GB Olympic Roster, not just the Lionesses roster.

That leaves us with:

UEFA: the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands are qualified for the Olympics and gold medal winners Germany will have to watch from home.

CONMEBOL: Brazil won Copa América and therefore qualified for the CONMEBOL spot. The runner up, Chile, will go to a playoff game with the runner up of the CAF qualifying tournament.

CONCACAF: No surprises here, the US and Canada qualified through the Olympic tournament. This is NOT Shebelieves which is just a tournament the US hosts that has no bearing on Olympic standings.

CAF: Zambia placed first in the Olympic qualifier and earned their spot right away. The runner up, Cameroon, will move on to a playoff game with Chile.

OFC: New Zealand won the Nation's cup and therefore qualified for the Olympics.

AFC: Again no surprises, Australia qualified for the Olympics by placing first in the qualifying tournament. The 2nd spot will be a tie-breaking game between South Korea and China, and whoever wins will be the runner up for the AFC qualifiers and therefore the 2nd qualified for this confederation (third if you count Japan which, again, qualified automatically since they're hosting the Olympics)

CONMEBOL-CAF PLAYOFF: Chile and Cameroon are scheduled to play mid/late February to decide which team gets to go to the Olympics from these two confederations.

This thing is already getting long but every confederation has its own rules to qualify and certain number of spots, the host nation doesn't count towards the spots, and it works the same way for the World Cup Qualifiers which I know you kind of asked about but this seemed more pressing? if you want me to break that one down (and it's more extensive bc there's 32 spots, not 12) I Def can! Thanks for the question

[imperial-waterboy]

[zambiansoccer]

Chipolopolo boys striker, Moses Phiri has been ruled out of Sunday's International Friendly match against Sudan after sustaining a calf injury in Friday’s practice match against the same opponents. Zambia NT Doctor, George Phiri has confirmed. The team doctor has also reviewed that Cardiff City’s youngster, Ntazana Mayembe, and Kabwe Warriors duo of Prince Mumba and Lameck Siame all have been on medical watch list hence not fully participating in the team’s activities. “The other injuries which we have are three players who have hamstring injuries, and these are Roger Kola, Brian Mwila and our goalkeeper Mwenya Chibwe. However, we are managing them accordingly and may feature in the game tomorrow. Moses Phiri sustained a calf injury and has been ruled out of tomorrow’s selection because it is a bit severe.” Dr George Phiri, National Team Doctor. (Via: FAZ Media) #ZSUpdates #Chipolopolo https://www.instagram.com/p/CQBi5salKWo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[zambianobserver]

Electoral Commission Of Zambia (ECZ) Must Be Watched Carefully - Maiko Zulu

Electoral Commission Of Zambia (ECZ) Must Be Watched Carefully – Maiko Zulu

  By Maiko Zulu

The recent announcement by ECZ to scrap the existing voter’s register and have eligible voters register afresh in a space on one month should be resisted by well meaning citizens.

This is the same ECZ that said it will nt fund observers during the printing of ballot papers in Dubai and the same ECZ that complains of not performing to expectation because of being underfunded. One…

[mchiti]

Hi, but what happened with Hervé (I wasn’t prominently watching football😞) because I know everything that happened with Vahid Halilhodzic lol. Also what press where he mentioned it was his fault with hakim and what happened. If it’s okay to ask?

of course it's okay anon! but to be fair nothing major happened really! Renard was appointed coach in 2016 and in his very first game in march, a qualifier game for afcon, he dropped Hakim from the squad. Him not being even on the bench was quite weird because everything he did so far was very good (and he himself had joined 6 months earlier, so we were at the start of the journey really) but Renard implied something about it being "a very typical african match" whatever that means, and that he thought he was not suited for the game. Then Hakim played 20 minutes coming from the bench in the return leg but I guess he got a little hurt by it. He wasn't even at Ajax yet then but he was already doing very good, I guess Renard overlooked his qualities, he didn't even include him in the afcon squad the following year lol. But what I appreciate is that he's stated later in an interview that nothing happened within them, and that Hakim's behaviour was absolutely professional, and that he blamed himself for not taking the time to explain to him his reasons and being more open to him. I personally think the reasons were that Renard already had experience with african football - he did manage other teams before (zambia, angola, ivory coast, even an algerian club) he's like a full time traveller really - so he kinda overlooked this kiddo coming from the netherlands because he thought he was not best suited for african football yet lol. I'm not going to express a judgment on this approach but I want to say it's very "french manager managing african nt" behaviour loool. anyway they solved everything the following year, then 2018 wc happened and afcon 2019 and it was in great terms, and I appreciate he said hakim was very professional about it. + He's congratulated him on different occasions even when he wasn't coaching morocco anymore which I thought it was sweet so they are definitely in good terms [I was joking around before really]

[betweenandbeloved]

A Day in the Life

I have been in South Africa for almost 9 months and in that time, with all the blogs I have posted, not one of them has explained my daily routine! Here is a rough breakdown of how my days go!  Maybe it will give some more insight into some of the other blogs I post!

Every morning I wake up at 6 am. Now that winter is here, I am up before the sun! It also means, it is quite frigid in the morning when I am leaving for work. Most of the time I watch the sunrise on my morning taxis.

I leave the house sometime between 6:35 and 6:40 in the morning to catch my taxis. Walking down my street to the main road in Spruitview, I stand at the corner waiting for a taxi. When I can see one in view, I stick my hand out and point downwards to signal that I need a lift.  From there, my journey begins.

Monday through Wednesday I take the local taxi to Goldspot, the taxi rank in Vosloorus, where I catch a taxi to Dunswart.  Sometimes I am the last one in the taxi and we leave right away, and others there is a line long enough to fill four taxis that I stand in waiting for my ride.  When I eventually get to Dunswart, I wait in a line for a taxi to Bonaero Park.  This taxi usually has the same people in it, so we have become good friends.  I usually get to the office sometime between 8 and 8:30 depending on how long I have to wait for taxis, traffic, and if there are roadblocks (aka police trying to meet their quota for the end of the month).

At the office, I do a variety of things. On Monday we have morning devotion. The staff in the office takes turns leading the devotion and preaching. I have lead devotion three times and preached once.  ELCSA-DS shares the office with ELCSA staff, Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa (LUCSA) staff, and ELCSA-NT staff.  LUCSA is the regional expression of the Lutheran World Federation and brings together all the Lutheran churches in Southern Africa: South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, and Malawi.  ELCSA-NT is the German expression of the Lutheran church, but I do not know very much about them. The three organizations come together to pray and worship; it is always enjoyable to sing and hear different sermons each week.

I share an office at ELCSA-DS with Thuli, the administrative assistant.  During the day I do a variety of things depending on the time of year and what we have going on.  Typically I will check my email and the ELCSA-DS Facebook page and manage any social media posts for the week.  Over my time here, I helped with the planning and preparation for the Lutheran Action Against Gender Based Violence (LAAGBV) Consultation on a Competent Church, LAAGBV Victim Empowerment Workshop, LAAGBV Volunteer Training. I created a social media plan at the beginning of the year to help provide direction for managing social media during the year. I traveled to Swaziland to learn about programming there for HIV and AIDS and Community Development, as well as provided write ups of the experience and information gained. I went on an initial site visit to Nkandla and helped write a project proposal draft for a community development project there. With Ashmeer I attended LUCSA’s Migrant Workshop to learn about the challenges and obstacles countries face when dealing with migrants and refugees.  I am also the go-to person in the office for computer help.  While I have had a lot of downtime between these activities, it has allowed me time to reflect on all the different ways I have learned and grown from my time in this office.  I am excited to continue learning about ELCSA-DS and all the ways they work to better the lives of individuals in Southern Africa.  Working in this office has been a true blessing and learning experience.

I leave the ELCSA office at 3:40 to catch my taxi home.  This taxi goes from Bonaero Park to Dunswart and has all the same people every day. I have formed friendships with them and if I miss a day of work, they always ask where I was. When I get to Dunswart I head over to the “6 Taxi” which takes me right to Spruitview.  I get home usually around 5:15 if I catch the first taxi home.  All in all, by the time I get home, I have usually spent anywhere from 3 to 4 hours on the taxis.  It is quite exhausting! 

On Thursday and Friday, I leave my house around 6:35 - 6:40 depending, and catch a local taxi to Eastfield. I cross through the passage and across a field towards Ayanda Pre Primary School.  On my way, I occasionally pick up a fat cake (fried dough traditionally eaten for breakfast) and greet the taxi drivers.

Each time I am at the school, I rotate between all the classes so I can continue bonding with and getting to know all the children.  The kids range in age from 3 months to Grade R (6 years).  I have grown to love every single one of the kids and I love walking around the school going to collect my hugs and seeing my favorite kids.  I love the Grade R kids because they are so smart, usually listen, and are very talkative.  My second favorite class is the 5 years class because they just always want to play.

My days at the preschool vary in terms of what I do depending on the class I am in. In Grade R, I help with handwriting and math practice, as well as grading assignments (which is my FAVORITE!). With the 5 years, I help out where I can when the kids are working on projects and singing rhymes. In 4 years and 3 years I spend a lot of quality time helping dish out food for all the kids and keeping the classroom clean. 2 years and younger I really just play with the kids and am an extra hand for the teacher.  I love my time at the preschool.  Through interacting with the teachers and staff members I have learned a lot about different levels of schooling and education in and around the townships.  The kids have taught me more than I even know what to put into words.

My favorite thing that I learned at the preschool is a song they love to sing. It goes like this: There was a big fat mama, washing the clothes with a wickey wickey here and a wickey wickey there, that’s the way we wash our clothes. The song has lots of hand movements: for “big fat mama” the kids put their arms out to mimic a large person and when they say “wickey wickey” they move their hands to mimic washing clothes but they put their whole body into it. It’s just the cutest thing ever - I will try to get a video sometime.

I leave the preschool around 3:30 in the afternoon when my friend Linda picks up and transports the Spruitview kids home. The car ride home is always a hoot. I usually sit with Linda’s daughter Lindokuhle and one other baby, Siyanda, on my lap while we pack in roughly eight kids to the back seat. Lindokuhle and Siyanda are as much in love with me as I am with them; they now get jealous if I pick up one of them and not the other.  The kids in the back talk the whole time and when I get out at home they all shout “BYE TEACHER!!” and wave at me. For real, I cannot express how cute these kids are and how much I love them.

My evenings consist of working out, reading, and watching my favorite soapie (soap opera) Isibaya. We eat dinner sometime between 7 and 9 depending on who cooks, what we have, and what time we start cooking.  On Tuesday evenings I usually go to choir practice from 6-7:45. Since I wake up so early, I am usually in bed by 9 listening to a podcast or reading a book and journaling.

So there you have it! That’s what my days and weeks looks like. There is never a dull moment and there is always something going on! I will try to get a post up about church in the next few weeks! It’s crazy how fast time is flying here. I often forget to share the little things because they have become routine to me. That’s one of the amazing things about a YAGM year - the opportunity to experience and recognize the little things in life such as taxi rides, playing soccer with children, and greeting friends on the street.

I can’t believe I have left than a month left, but I fully intend to enjoy every second of it and make as many memories as possible.

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[imperial-waterboy]

[olvaheiner]

il fallait bien au moins un but gag dans cette CAN et COMME PAR HASARD ça tombe sur la RDC mdr

RD Congo 1 x 1 Zambie - 23' Kings Kangwa

CAN 2023 - 17/01/2024 - Groupe F - 1ère Journée

[ghno1bloggamedia]

Hate it or Love it, the underdog is on top

Zambia 2012 African Champions

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