Lusaka - Zambia: Defending FAZ Super League champions Zesco United’s poor start to the season continued on Saturday when they lost 2-0 at home to nemesis
The status quo in Group D was maintained on Saturday after Zambia rallied to draw 1-1 with Guinea in their penultimate preliminary stage match in Limbe.
Guinea stay top, tied on 4 points with second placed Zambia but with a better goal difference, regardless of the other come of the late kickoff between Namibia and Tanzania who head into their fixture on zero points.
Both sides had decent chances in the opening half that ended 0-0 with two falling Zambia’s way firstly when Emmanuel Chabula who turned his back on the ball in front of an obliging goal.
Then in the 41st minute, Clement Mwape’s intentions of stomping the ball in were a millisecond slower than Zachariah Chilongoshi’s cross that was parried for a corner by Guinea goalkeeper Moussa Camara.