Clatous Chama explains his side of the story
By the ZamFoot Crew | October 6, 2020
Zambia national team midfielder Clatous Chota Chama has finally come out to explain his side of the story following the revelation by Chipolopolo boss Milutin Sredojevic that the Tanzania based midfielder was dropped after he missed two flights.
Chama who took to social media to explain his side of the story says he did not miss two flights as he was informed that he should not come when he was preparing to travel earlier this morning with his second ticket.
The Simba SC midfield ace explains that he was booked an impossible flight given that he was playing a game on Sunday away and the flight was at 03:00 on Monday. He says he could not make it as the game was in Dodoma, 8 hours away and the team had no plans of fly the team back to Dar es Salaam after the match.
BELOW IS THE FULL STATEMENT
Good evening lads!
I wish to state my side of the story over the National team call up the saga in relation to reporting dates and travel arrangements.
I didn’t want to speak out in this but I feel like there’s a need to do so.
First and foremost you all need to know and understand that I and the coach together with the football association of Zambia FAZ are on good terms.
I didn’t have time to listen to the coach today on his press briefing but I did talk to the team manager about all this.
The truth is that I didn’t miss two flights and I talked to the coach before our game in Dodoma and explained to him that it wasn’t possible for me to make it on the first flight that I got coz it was at 03 am on Monday and our game was at 4 pm on Sunday in Dodoma. The distance from Dodoma to Dar is 8 hrs and either way the team had no arrangements for us traveling all the way back to Dar after the match.
I got My second ticket for today and departure time was 8:45 pm in the morning and while I was preparing for my trip, I was told that I should not travel around 3 pm.
I don’t agree with many Zambians who believe that I don’t have discipline. But I didn’t miss any of the two flights that I got.
Thank you so much I wish the Zambia 🇿🇲 National team nothing but the best and success, (patriotism 💯)
Stay blessed and I leave you all with this verse. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8.
Usiku mwema