THE Copper Queens play a decisive game in the Paris 2024 Olympic qualifiers tonight. Trailing 2-1 in the tie, Bruce Mwape’s ladies have a mountain to climb against Morocco at the Prince Moulay El Hassan Stadium in Rabat. Not since overcoming a stubborn Cameroon to clinch qualification to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has the pressure been so much on Zambia. The Atlas Lionesses of Morocco have an impressive resume, they were 2022 WAFCON runners-up and reached the knockout stages at the 2023 FIFA World Cup. In the pre-match press conference, Mwape said the team would go all out and fight for a spot at the Olympics. “The game will not be easy because we are trailing 2-1 at the moment,...

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