After going down 0-5 to Brazil, the country's
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We welcome the confrontation with Zambia. Although Zambia's strength is limited, the first match with 3-10 defeat to the Netherlands recorded the worst loss in the team's history, but from the overall strength of the comparison, China's
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A win seems logical. However, for a strong showing in the tournament, it is important to keep an eye on goal difference and also be wary of the threat of Zambia's number one player, Barbara Banda. The woman, who scored a hat-trick for the Netherlands, is in hot form and has been a huge shock to even the Netherlands, who are ranked third in the world in women's soccer.
Zambia, as one of the first countries in Africa to promote
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movement in the country, which was established as early as 1983
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National team. At the time, the entire African
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The movement is still in its infancy. Zambia is not only in the African
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The sport is at the forefront of its development, with Umbro sponsorship in 2003, and national team coverage often features in the country's most widely circulated newspaper, with exposure comparable to that of the men's national soccer team.
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The earliest international tournaments date back to 1994, but the results have not been good, with the current world ranking at only 104th. Despite not making it to the
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The World Cup finalists, and the Olympics for the first time, have not fared well at the Africa Cup of Nations either, making only three appearances in the 13 editions of the tournament, stopping at the group stage in 2014 and 2018, apart from 1995, when they reached the last eight. This time around, they were able to advance to the Olympics thanks to weak knockout round opponents, winning back-to-back matches against Zimbabwe, Botswana and Kenya along the way, and squeezing out a second consecutive trip to the final with an away goal difference
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Cameroon in the World Cup.
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Most of the starters are from the local league, with three players staying overseas. Midfielder Nachura and striker Mbanga play for La Liga's
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League's Zaragoza, while 21-year-old striker Barbara Banda plays for Shanghai Nongshang Bank in the country's Women's Super League.
Banda, who is just 6'6" tall, has played in La Liga
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The league's Logroño played for two years, scoring 16 goals in 28 appearances.She joined Shanghai Nongshang Bank at the beginning of 2020, and despite the delay in the start of the Women's Super League until the end of August due to the impact of the Xinguan epidemic, Banda won the Golden Boot award with 17 goals in 12 games, scoring twice as many goals as the Silver Boot, Temva (9 goals).
Southern Africa at the end of last year
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At the tournament, Banda scored a hat-trick; she also scored to help her team win a warm-up match against Chile at the end of November. Going into 2021, Zambia was scheduled to play three warm-up matches, but only the April match against South Africa was able to be played, with Banda again opening the scoring, but the team ultimately lost 1-3. Subsequent matches against Kenya, England
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The warm-up matches were all canceled due to the outbreak, which had a serious impact on the Zambian team's preparations.
In the African qualifiers for the Olympics, Zambia's offense relied heavily on 24-year-old midfielder Grace Chanda, who fired in 2/3 of her team's goals (8) to become the tournament's Golden Boot. Chanda also assisted Banda for the 2nd goal in the opening match against the Netherlands.
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Opportunities to play against national teams from outside Africa are rare. In the Olympic opener against the Netherlands, three goals had been conceded in the opening 15 minutes, but Banda quickly scored a consolation goal for Zambia. In the first half, Zambia conceded six goals in a row as the Olympic
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The lowest ranked team in the 16-team world rankings was completely outmatched by the world's third-ranked Dutch team, and ended up losing 3-10. However, Banda scored two goals before the end of the game in the Dutch
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completed a hat-trick of goals, although this was in contrast to the Dutch
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Replacing the top scorer had something to do with the starting center back, but it was enough to prove her individual ability.
With Zambia's strength, our
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A win shouldn't be too much of a problem, but imagine the Netherlands
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It will still be difficult to swipe enough goals as well as guard against the threat of Banda. Fortunately, Jia Xiuquan has long been concerned about Banda and made it clear after the draw that the Zambian striker must be given special attention.
