Ghana should fall @ Levy

THE stage is set for two giants in women football to clash.
Tonight, Zambia will take on Ghana in a 2024 Paris Olympic Games third round return leg at Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola.
Copper Queens won 1-0 in Accra last Friday and they need to finish the job in front of a partisan crowd.
We expect Copper Queens to attack from the first whistle so that the ball can hit the back of the net as many times as possible.
The best form of defence is attack and skipper Barbara Banda, Rachael Kundananji, Rachael Nachula and Kabange Mupopo, among others, should take turns in shooting at goal.
There is no need to defend because they are carrying a slender lead.
Ghana are an experienced side who could spoil Zambia’s party if handled with kid gloves.
Having tasted the Olympic Games stage in 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, there are several benefits for Copper Queens that come with qualifying for global competitions.
Players get the much needed exposure while others get to sign lucrative deals with foreign clubs.
It was because of featuring at the FIFA World Cup that Kundananji attracted the interest of United States of America outfit Bay FC.
Bay splashed US$860,000 for Kundananji to become the most expensive player in the world in the history of women football.
Such are the deals Zambian football needs and we are sure Kundananji’s move will open doors for other players to secure lucrative contracts across the world.
Copper Queens haveunfinished business at the Olympic Games having lost twice and drawn once four years ago.
Zambia lost 10-3 to Netherlands, drew 4-4 with China and went down 1-0 to Brazil to bow out with a point.
It was at the same tournament that Barbara Banda made history by scoring six goals in back-to-back matches.
We are sure Banda is eager to return to the Olympic Games stage so that she could break more records.
We expect the players that will make the starting line-up to teach Ghana a football lesson.
With supporters making noise in the terraces, Copper Queens will be inspired to take the game to the Ghanaians.
The 12th player will be important in destabilising Ghana’s system of play.
To the supporters, they need to sing the Chipolopolo anthem from start to end so that Copper Queens could emerge victorious.
We need to see the 40,100-capacity stadium filled to the rafters.
All the best to Copper Queens, and remember to keep them in prayers.
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