Zambia survive to Tanzania in COSAFA U20

Defending champions Zambia rallied twice to survive defeat against Tanzania in their opening game at the Cosafa Youth Championship this evening in Gaborone, Botswana.

Guest team Tanzania took a 5th minute lead through Msuvan HappyGod. Evans Kangwa equalized 10 minutes later after turning in a cross from his Nkana team mate Reynold Kampamba.

However, HappyGod was back on the score sheet in the 25th minute. But Kangwa joined him on a brace three minutes later when he converted a penalty after Kampamba went down in the area.

Four minutes before the break, Tanzania took a 3-2 halftime lead through Hassan Kessy who whipped in the ball straight from a corner beating Charles Mweemba.

In the 44th minute, Zambia got out of jail after HappyGod failed to record a hat trick when he ballooned a penalty.

After a flurry of second half changes, Zambia equalized in the 84th minute through Alex Sichone whose free kick made sure the two teams shared the three points.

Tanzania and Zambia have one point each, two less than South Africa who beat bottom placed Mauritius 4-0 in the earlier Group C kickoff.


Lusaka times