FAZ to reinforce Copper Queens technical bench

Football Association of Zambia, FAZ President Andrew Kamanga has said his association wants to reinforce the Copper Queens technical bench.

Following Zambia’s 2-1 home defeat to Morocco in the first leg of the final of round of Paris 2024 Olympics qualifier, there has been an outcry from the fans on the possibility of reinforcing the Bruce Mwape led technical bench.

“From where we stand as FAZ, the issue of the technical bench is a matter we have been looking at.

“We will have the opportunity to evaluate the performance of the technical bench after these Olympics qualifiers,” Kamanga has been quoted by Micheal Miyobab

“We will be looking to reinforce the technical bench because the team has already qualified for the next Women’s Africa Cup.

“The last one they did well and came out third and even qualified for the World Cup,” FAZ Chief Andrew Kamanga said.

“If you remember when going to the World Cup we played some high profile matches against Ireland, Switzerland and Germany.

“We also reinforced the bench by bringing in a technical adviser but of course for the next WAFCON we need to go a notch higher which is better than the third position we finished last time so if we are aiming to attain that level we also have to make sure that the technical bench as well as the players are adequately prepared for the task ahead,” he said.

The Copper Queens face Morocco on Tuesday in Rabat in the second leg.

[Micheal Miyoba]