U19 Boys Football

On Saturday the 3^rd of February the U19 boys went to Lechwe International School to play football. There were five schools present. Amano, Lechwe, Mpelembe, Trident and Kalulushi. Because of a delayed start we played games of 30 minutes with no half time. Our first game was against Trident, this was a bit of a struggle as we weren’t very organised and we were often under pressure and defending deep in our half for long periods of the game. We kept them out for a long period of the game but eventually they broke through and when they did they scored 3 so we ended up losing 3-0.

Our second game was against Mpelembe in which we were much more competitive and for most of the game it was 1-1 with Ilunga scoring for us. However, we made some very bad mistakes at the back and we conceded 3 late goals. So we lost 4-1.

Amano v Mpelembe - Samuel (5) captain

Taonga played well at left back for his first time

Our third game was against Lechwe and their confidence was really low and when Ilunga scored from the half way line it set the tone, as we 'destroyed' them 4-0, with Dalitso and Kaoma scoring penalties.

Our last game was against Kalulushi. In this game we really clicked and we settled into our game plan and this showed as Chanda scored, what we believe is the fastest ISAZ goal, which was after about 9 seconds (we think). After this we defended really well and hit them well on the counter and we scored 2 more, Musonda and Peter making the goals. So we ended up winning that 3-0. 

All together we finished 3^rd which is very encouraging because we played some good football. I want to congratulate the team and especially Musonda who bullied the other team’s defenders all day and Jackson and Dalitso who played really well. I also want to thank the team for their overall effort and I want to thank God for a good day that was injury free.

Report by S. Kirk