THE Zambia national football team has fallen victim to a game of Russian roulette after traveling to Moscow for an international friendly over the FIFA window. Avram Grant’s men were given an unforgiving battering by the Russians yesterday evening, as Maksim Glushenkov ran riot for the hosts on the right wing. The wide attacker tormented Kebson Kamanga and Kabaso Chongo for the hour that he was on the pitch in what resembled a game of men against boys. Had he not been withdrawn by his coach Valery Karpin, the winger may have certainly done more damage after finding the back of the net on three occasions, in the 8th, 53rd, and 58th minute. Ilya Vakhaniya and Aleksey Batrakov added two...

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