The president of the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) has announced that the senior national squad of Zambia would go to Ghana on Wednesday for a training camp to assist them to adapt to West African weather conditions.
Andrew Kamanga said FAZ anticipates preparations to massively increase when most international leagues conclude, freeing up some foreign-based players for the team.
The Chipolopolo will kick off their Group H campaign on June 3 against Ivory Coast before hosting the Comoros Islands on June 7 at National Heroes Stadium.
"With the team leaving for Ghana for an international camp to help acclimatize to conditions in West Africa on Wednesday, we expect that preparations will go a gear up,” Kamanga said.
“Most foreign leagues have come to a close, freeing up some foreign based players for national duty. We expect that our players will join camp early to fully utilize the time that is remaining for preparations. It is worth noting that we have seen some great performances from foreign leagues that we hope to see replicated on national duty,”
“We have been doing everything to ensure that preparations are on course. The local players have clocked a week in camp with the foreign based players expected to join starting from today onwards,” he ended.