Cast a Wide Net, Grant Advised

Published

11 months ago

02/01/2023

A local coach has asked Zambia’s new AFCON qualifying coach, AVRAM GRANT, to call in a wider variety of players for the games that will resume in March of this year.

According to NEBART PHIRI, GRANT will have a lot of options and the squad will have much-needed competition with a large pool from which to choose.

According to PHIRI, the nation has a large number of skilled athletes who should all be given an equal chance to compete for a spot on the national team rather than all being the same faces.

Grant is one of the top coaches in the world, according to PHIRI, the coach of River Plate Football Club, therefore having him lead the Chipolopolo is a win for the nation.

In an interview with ZNBC, PHIRI stated that the Israeli national needs assistance in order to lead the Chipolopolo to an AFCON qualifying after missing the previous three competitions.

In the back-to-back AFCON games in March, Zambia will play Lesotho.

To allow African nations to compete in the 2022 Qatar World, which Argentina won, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) postponed the 2023 AFCON until 2024.

The third and fourth group stage games were therefore moved, and they will now be contested from March 20–28, 2023.

The Fifth Group matches will take place between June 12 and June 20, 2023, and the final group stage matches will take place between September 4 and September 12, 2023.

Manchester City charged by FA over player conduct in Spurs draw

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10 hours ago

05/12/2023

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Manchester City have been charged by the Football Association with failing to control their players during Sunday’s 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. Several City players surrounded referee Simon Hooper late in the game after he stopped play when Jack Grealish was through on goal for a foul on Erling Haaland in the build-up, having previously waved play-on.

“Manchester City have been charged with a breach of FA Rule E20.1 after their players surrounded the match official during the Premier League fixture against Tottenham Hotspur,” the FA said in a statement on Monday.

“It’s alleged that, during the 94th minute of the fixture, the club failed to ensure their players do not behave in way which is improper.”

City have until Thursday to respond to the charge. They slipped to third in the standings after the draw, three points behind leaders Arsenal and their next fixture sees them travel to face Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Source: eNCA

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Football

Joao Felix gives Barcelona home win over Atletico Madrid

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1 day ago

04/12/2023

Nancy

Barcelona‘s Joao Felix scored in the first half to secure a hard-fought 1-0 home win against his valiant parent club Atletico Madrid in a compelling LaLiga clash on Sunday.

The Portuguese, on loan at Barca, netted with a fine finish over goalkeeper Jan Oblak from a counter-attack in the 28th minute and the hosts held on against Diego Simeone’s side.

Barcelona moved above Atletico into third place on 34 points, four behind leaders Real Madrid and Girona. Atletico are fourth on 31 points with a game in hand.

Source: eNCA

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