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AAG: Siasia names 18 for Zambia clash

Coach of the U-23 national team, Samson Siasia, has declared that even though the battle of Luasaka will be a herculean task, his wards are condemned to win so as to book their ticket to the men’s football event of the 11th All-Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville.

Siasia said this before releasing the list of 18 players selected for the huge game holding at the National Heroes Stadium, Lusaka on Sunday. The team will travel on Thursday.

The coach insisted that if the Zambians could come to Abuja to get a draw, his wards have no option but to go out there and earn a win. He however frowned at the attitude of Flying Eagles captain Musa Mohammed, who took permission to leave the camp to go and collect his international passport in Lagos and had yet to return to camp.

Meanwhile, South Africa-based Zambia midfielder Mukuka Mulenga says Zambia must beat Nigeria on Sunday and qualify for the All Africa Games.

Mulenga, who missed out on Zambia’s goalless draw against Nigeria in Abuja, told Times of Zambia that the Under-23 team need to win the encounter and qualify as a way of compensating for failures by the other national teams.

The former Power Dynamos player, who joined camp on Tuesday, said he was confident that Zambia would produce a good result in Sunday’s match.

He said the match would be important because Nigeria would also be in Zambia with the aim of winning, especially as the winners automatically clinch a place at the September finals.

The selected 18 players are:

Goalkeepers: Daniel Emmanuel, Akande Abiodun

Defenders: Obanor Erhun, Oduduwa Segun, Amuzie Stanley, Atanda Sodiq, Mustapha Abdullahi, Iroha Chukwuebuka

Midfielders: Azubuike Okechukwu, Godwin Savior, Mohammed Usman, Sokari Kingsley

Forwards: Etebo Oghenekaro, Ajayi Junior, Onyekachi Peter, Awoniyi Taiwo, Ubong Ekpai, Bernard Bulbwa

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