AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Zambia has solely performed one Women’s World Cup match and are already all the way down to their third-string goalkeeper.
Hazel Nali was dominated out of the Women’s World Cup solely days earlier than Zambia’s event debut with a torn ACL.
She was changed by aid goalkeeper Catherine Musonda, however the backup picked up her second yellow card – which primarily equals a pink card and disqualification for the subsequent match – when she tripped Japanese striker Riko Ueki within the waning moments of Zambia’s 5-0 tournament-opening loss.
Nali was a star for the Copper Queens with 18 profession worldwide appearances and the one Zambian keeper who performs outdoors the nation.
So the job went to Eunice Sakala, who changed Musonda forward of Japan scorinh on the following penalty kick and last whistle. Those last minutes have been the worldwide debut for the 21-year-old, who should carry the load Wednesday in opposition to Spain in Auckland.
The Spaniards are ranked sixth on this planet, and contemporary off a dominating 3-0 win over Costa Rica to begin their event. They would be the hardest competitors Sakala has ever seen – she is used enjoying within the lesser-talented Zambian Premier League.
“There’s nothing that we can do apart from using the players that we’ve got,” Zambia coach Bruce Mwape stated Tuesday. “We have Eunice as a replacement against Spain.”
Mwape wasn’t clear who would substitute Sakala within the nightmare situation Zambia wanted a fourth keeper, however 18-year-old keeper Leticia Lungu was referred to as as much as the nationwide workforce after Nali went down.
“There is also another (goalkeeper) who is on standby,” Mwape stated. “She’ll be on the bench. If anything happens, we still have another goalkeeper to replace.”
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