Katongo says wrong decisions haunting Chipolopolo
DIANA CHIPEPO, CHISHIMBA BWALYA
Lusaka
CHIPOLOPOLO coach Milutin ‘Micho” Sredojevic seemed in a hurry to move past the disappointment of failing to make it to the Africa Cup of Nations by switching focus to the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.
But for most people associated with the national team, there is no need to rush there yet. Thursday’s 3-all draw against Algeria, which meant Zambia missing out on the Africa Cup of Nations for the third consecutive time, needs introspection. And now.
“We need to know that Zambia was once a champion,” 2012 Africa Cup winning captain Christopher Katongo said. “We didn’t want to have a proper transition but decided to drastically get rid of all the people that made it after years of toiling.
“We were thinking that the under-20s would do it but we got it all wrong. I said it earlier that we needed a very good transition but all the wrong decisions we made have come back haunting us.
“Experience is experience, there are no two ways about it. It doesn’t mean that I am bigger than
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