Nkana defender Christopher Munthali has
received a late call up to the provisional squad of the Zambia National Football Team.Munthali brings the number of players in called up to 24.
Acting head coach Wedson Nyirenda confirmed to fazfootball.com that Munthali had been recalled following a review of his performance for Nkana in the Barclays Cup semi-final against Zanaco on Saturday.
“Munthali will join us once we have finalised the
formalities of sending a release letter to hiclub,”
said Nyirenda.
The defender has not been invited to the national team since January when he was part of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) squad in Rwanda.
The coach had yesterday stated that door was still open
for more players to join the camp.
“After watching the Barclays semi-finals today, I think we will add one or two players to the list. But as of now we have invited 23 players,” said Nyirenda at Arthur Davies Stadium in Kitwe.
He will join 23 other players in Lusaka in
preparing for next month’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Group B qualifier with Cameroon
