WOMEN’S Under-17 coach, Carol Kanyemba, says her team was not well received in Morocco but channelled the negative reception into positive energy to halt their host’s World Cup aspirations. The Copper Princesses clinched a spot at the eighth edition of the U-17 World Cup with a 3-1 aggregate win over the young Atlas Lionesses of Morocco. Zambia will make a return to the global event 10 years after its last appearance at the fourth edition of the tournament, which was hosted by Costa Rica. Speaking on the team’s victorious return from Morocco yesterday evening, Kanyemba said her girls were superb in the qualifiers. “We’ve received massive support from the association and we owed it to the association to show our...

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