{"id":30222,"date":"2022-08-31T21:54:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T21:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia"},"modified":"2022-08-31T22:12:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T22:12:28","slug":"bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia","title":{"rendered":"Bruce mwape expects a tough match against Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Zambia Women\u2019s National team head coach Bruce Mwape says tomorrow\u2019s game against Namibia will be a tough encounter for the Copper Queens given that they struggled the last time they met Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>Mwape\u2019s lasses edged Namibia in the final round of qualification for the 2022 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations where went on to win bronze. Mwape however believes that the experience the Copper Queens gathered from Morocco will help them a great deal in this tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow\u2019s game against Namibia won\u2019t be easy because the last time we played Namibia we struggled a bit but with the experience our players got from the AFCON, I am sure we will be able to change the way we played last time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t take it lightly, we will go flat out from the first whistle to the end. What we want is a good result, We want maximum points.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have included some young players in the squad. We want them to express themselves and see if we can add them to our World Cup preparations,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Skipper Barbra Banda returns to the Copper Queens set up after missing the WAFCON and Mwape believes she could be the one to lead the team to the final as the team has set a target of winning the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBarbra Banda is a very serious player, She doesn\u2019t like to lose. Am sure since she missed the WAFCON she wants to show the soccer fans that she can still deliver and take the team to the finals. Our target is to get back home with the trophy,\u201d Mwape said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tournament is important to the team as it will help us assess the players and give us a launching pad for our World Cup preparations.\u201d Meanwhile Striker Ochumba Oseke Lubanji is confident the team will go all the way and win the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Ochumba who was Zambia\u2019s top goalscorer at the 2021 COSAFA Women\u2019s Championship has called on the fans to rally behind the team so that they can bring home the trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have very high morale in camp just like we had in Morocco, we are winning this Cup. This Tournament is very important to us because it\u2019s part of our preparations for the World Cup. No matter what may come, we want to take this Cup home. We only want your support because it is what will make us bring the title back home,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Copper Queens first match in Group B will be against Namibia tomorrow afternoon at 15h30 at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium, with their second match coming up against Lesotho three days later while their last group match against Eswatini is set for 6 September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. Zambia Women\u2019s National team head coach Bruce Mwape says tomorrow\u2019s game against Namibia will be a tough encounter for the Copper Queens given that they struggled the last time they met Namibia. Mwape\u2019s lasses edged Namibia in the final round of qualification for the 2022 Women\u2019s Africa Cup of Nations where went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":30221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17,16],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-30222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bruce mwape expects a tough match against Namibia - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zambia Women\u2019s National team head coach Bruce Mwape says tomorrow\u2019s game against Namibia will be a tough encounter for t ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bruce mwape expects a tough match against Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zambia Women\u2019s National team head coach Bruce Mwape says tomorrow\u2019s game against Namibia will be a tough encounter for t ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Zambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T21:54:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-31T22:12:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_17-630fdcb772c2f.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bruce mwape expects a tough match against Namibia\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-31T21:54:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-31T22:12:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia\"},\"wordCount\":482,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2022\/08\/postQueueImg_17-630fdcb772c2f.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/bruce-mwape-expects-a-tough-match-against-namibia\",\"name\":\"Bruce mwape expects a tough match against Namibia - 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