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Zambia coach Herve Renard says Collins Mbesuma has been humble despite not playing

Mbesuma's humility impresses Renard

Posted: 2012-01-24 12:54

Zambia coach Herve Renard says Collins Mbesuma has showed great humility in camp at the Africa Nations Cup, despite him being overlooked for the first match.  

The Golden Arrows striker was an unused player in Zambia's opening Africa Cup Group A game against Senegal on January 21 in Bata, which Chipolopolo won 2-1.
 
Renard said he was impressed with the maturity displayed by Mbesuma after the decision not to start or play him in Zambia's opening match against Senegal.
 
"I told Collins Mbesuma that he will not play in the evening (Against Senegal)," Renard said.
 
"He was one of the first players in the morning (after the game) who set the tempo in the singing of the songs for the team."
 
Renard reiterated that team unity was important if Zambia was to go far in the Africa Cup as the team seeks its second successive Africa Cup quarterfinal appearance.
 
"Sometimes a player wants to play but it is difficult. With team spirit like this you can go to war," he said.
 
Meanwhile, Zambia faces their former 2012 Africa Cup Group C qualifier opponents Libya on January 25 in both sides' penultimate Group A match at the Estadio de Bata.
 
Renard's side leads Group A on 3 points, Equatorial Guinea are second on the same number of points while Libya and Senegal have zero points in third and fourth places respectively. 

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Dooba OPC: 2012-01-24 14:35

Zambia should really hold a 10 hour brainstorm session about the "tru colour" their national team should take. Over the years they have donned the green jerseys, the red and white jerseys, the green and red jersey, the gold (not just yellow, but true gold like Bafan's first jersey), then they took the white and yellow, then took the yellow and green, now they are wearing orange.

Some serious centralization is needed Kalusha, this is your first task towards unity. I like Zambians (and Malawians) because they are the most humble people in Africa, unfortunately humility and being a shoe-maker rarely pay the bills, but drugs do- as we witness the terror of the most arrogant and hated of Africans (most west Africans I mean!)...

wizatainment: 2012-01-25 06:49

to dooba opc
my friend our national flag has orange, green, black and red? almost all african countries have all those colours so its a matter of wat uniform to wear wen we play wit for example, senegal who sometimes don green or white at times. libya have abandoned thier green that was used during gadaffi's era.