29/03/2026
FAZ -ARGENTINA INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: Last Contingent of Chipolopolo Arrives in Buenos Aires, Squad To Hold Training Session this Evening
The Zambia National Soccer Team will hold its first full training session in Argentina this evening at 22:00 local time (03h00 Zambian time) as preparations gather momentum for Tuesdayās historic clash against World champions Argentina.
The first and larger contingent of the Chipolopolo Boys who arrived in the early hours of Friday after a long haul via Ethiopia, Uganda (refuelling), and SĆ£o Paulo, dedicated their first morning in Argentina focussing on light gym sessions to ease into the new environment and adjust to the time zone.
The 2012 African champions will train at the Complejo Pedro Pompilio, a training facility for the famous Argentine club Boca Juniors.
The training session will give the team a feel of elite South American football conditions ahead of the Tuesday encounter.
The team is camped at Efe Hotel and Cowork in the heart of Buenos Aires.
Head coach George Lwandamina emphasized the importance of adapting to match timing.
āThe game will be played at 22:00 hours, which is 03:00 Zambian time. It is important that we get accustomed to those timings.ā Lwandamina said.
Meanwhile, FAZ President Keith Mweemba has arrived in Argentina with a smaller contingent of mainly non technical staff that did not travel with the initial group.
The delegation includes Kalusha Bwalya, who is Vice Chairperson of the FAZ Technical Committee, Strikers Coach Noel Mwandila, Team General Manager Charles Chakatazya, FAZ Head of Media Nkweto Tembwe, Assistant Equipment Manager Jimmy Ndhlovu, Head of Security Cephas Munjunga and defender Owen Mwamba.
Mweemba explained the travel arrangement, explaining that the desire is always to travel as one group, but there are issues beyond FAZ control.
"We prioritised players and technical staff to maximise the number of people in the first groupand gain maximum preparation time in Argent