2023-07-24 16:24:59
“He wants to sleep with almost everyone on the team”, “they have to say yes to everything” or “he constantly makes them see that he is above them, and not in the hierarchical relationship of a coach with his players”, are two examples of phrases denounced by footballers -in the words of their entourage who wanted to keep both of them anonymous- who were in the Zambian team before the World Cup to refer to Bruce Mwapehis coach, defendant, as revealed by ‘The Guardian’ two weeks agoof sexual abuse.
However, little or nothing has changed. He is still on the bench for a team that opened this week in the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, with a comfortable 5-0 defeat against Japan, and the Spain’s second rival in the group stage. Out of sight…
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The Zambian Federation, which raised the accusations to the country’s police and FIFA, continues to look the other way, as it decided not to touch anything at the moment, although it assured -as ‘The Guardian’ also pointed out- that “we have not received formal accusations but we are going to take it seriously and act accordingly once the case has been resolved”. Meanwhile, FIFA, for its part, does not want to rule on an open investigation.
To the testimonies provided by the British media, SPORT add the two mentioned at the beginning of this text. They assure that it is something that “is not punctual, it has been happening throughout all these years”, the five that it has been Give it to him on the bench since he took the helm of the women’s team in May 2018.
She also comments that “they wanted to silence them, that’s why they are no longer here, and they threatened to punish them if they opened their mouths” and that “they don’t want to touch what is working [Zambia está disputando el primer mundial de su historia y, en el momento en el que se publicaron las primeras informaciones de este caso, los resultados en los partidos de preparación estaban siendo correctos] and facing the gallery they have another discourse”.
denial with satire
Questioned about it at the press conference prior to his World Cup debut, the Zambian coach tried to dodge the question. “Anything to say about the accusations?” asked the journalist. “What is it about?” He said between laughs. Give it to him. “The allegations published by ‘The Guardian,'” she insisted. And she laughed again to finally change the subject: “No comment.”
Furthermore, it is not the only such case in Zambia. According to information from the aforementioned media, the U-17 coach, Kaluba Kwanwa, is another of those investigated. And, meanwhile, they continue on the bench as if nothing had happened.
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