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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Money is good in Zambia. Football that side is very competitive but for me, as a goalkeeper, there are few challenges when it comes to the pitches as I have to dive. But I don\u2019t have a choice I just need to adjust and adjust, even though the pitches are a bit hard and bumpy.But there are certain grounds [Pitches] that are right, but most of them are hard and bumpy.<\/p>\n

I think for them because they grew up there, they are used to everything you see, but for me, it\u2019s different because I have been playing on the lawn since academy level.So, getting used to such conditions made some people in Zambia think I was a crybaby. I struggled a lot the first three months before I started playing regularly, but I\u2019ve been getting used to it lately though it is still difficult.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Money is good in Zambia. Football that side is very competitive but for me, as a goalkeeper, there are few challenges when it comes to the pitches as I have to dive. But I don\u2019t have a choice I just need to adjust and adjust, even though the pitches are a bit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-37411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zambia","tag-zambia"],"yoast_head":"\nCHIBWE EXPLAINS TO SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIA WHY HE STRUGGLED TO ADAPT IN ZAMBIAN LEAGUE - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Money is good in Zambia. 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