{"id":52309,"date":"2023-11-21T19:27:25","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash"},"modified":"2023-11-21T19:44:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T19:44:24","slug":"chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash","title":{"rendered":"CHIPOLOPOLO CAPTAIN LUBAMBO MUSONDA READY FOR NIGER CLASH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Zambia\u2019s skipper Lubambo Musonda is confident that his team is ready to face Niger in their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Speaking during a pre-match press conference in Marrakech, Musonda said that the team is in high spirits and looking forward to the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe team is ready; it is in high spirits. You could see that even when we played our last game that we wanted to win and have been working hard and putting in all the work,\u201d Musonda said. He added that the team is determined to give their best and win the match. \u201cWe are looking forward to tomorrow\u2019s game and we will give our best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musonda also expressed his happiness to be back in full training and available for selection after missing the team\u2019s last game due to an ankle injury. \u201cI was out in the first game recovering from an ankle injury but now I am back in training, and I feel better and now working on getting back stronger in the team. I am looking forward to tomorrow\u2019s game and the rest is for the coach to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zambia is currently in first place in Group E with three points, followed by Tanzania with three points, Morocco who are yet to play a match are on zero points Niger with zero points, and Congo Brazzaville with zero point while Niger lost their opening match to Tanzania 1-0, and they will be looking to bounce back against Zambia The Chipolopolo will face Niger on Tuesday at the Grand Stade Marrakech in a 21:00 hours (Zambian time) kick-off.<\/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\u2019s skipper Lubambo Musonda is confident that his team is ready to face Niger in their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifier. Speaking during a pre-match press conference in Marrakech, Musonda said that the team is in high spirits and looking forward to the game. \u201cThe team is ready; it is in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":52308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[234,235,233],"class_list":["post-52309","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":"<!-- 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>CHIPOLOPOLO CAPTAIN LUBAMBO MUSONDA READY FOR NIGER CLASH - Zambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Zambia\u2019s skipper Lubambo Musonda is confident that his team is ready to face Niger in their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup ...\" \/>\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\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CHIPOLOPOLO CAPTAIN LUBAMBO MUSONDA READY FOR NIGER CLASH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Zambia\u2019s skipper Lubambo Musonda is confident that his team is ready to face Niger in their upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash\" \/>\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=\"2023-11-21T19:27:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-21T19:44:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/sm_1700583033.211756.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\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\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"CHIPOLOPOLO CAPTAIN LUBAMBO MUSONDA READY FOR NIGER CLASH\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-21T19:27:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-21T19:44:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zambia\/sites\/35\/2023\/11\/sm_1700583033.211756.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zambia\",\"Zambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/chipolopolo-captain-lubambo-musonda-ready-for-niger-clash\",\"name\":\"CHIPOLOPOLO CAPTAIN LUBAMBO MUSONDA READY FOR NIGER CLASH - 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