Less than 10 days from the start of the World Cup Australia – New Zealand a serious complaint for alleged sexual abuse, shakes Zambiaone of the selected ones who will be participating in the World Cup.
the british medium The Guardian published the crude story of one of the soccer players, whose identity was kept confidential for security reasons, who reported alleged sexual misconduct by bruce mwapetechnical director of the senior team, and kaluba kangwac, in charge of the Sub 17, as well as the complicity of the Federation so that it does not come to light.
“If he (Mwape) wants to sleep with someone, you have to say yes. It’s normal for the coach to sleep with the players of our team.”the player maintained, and assured that the team received threats to prevent the facts from becoming public knowledge.
“They are being threatened with punitive action if they dare say anything. The Federation turns a blind eye because the women have had good results. It is his way of showing success and a good image to the public and authorities. But behind the scenes, it’s very ugly“, commented a source close to the African team.
From the Football Federation of Zambia, for their part, they tried to evade responsibility although they announced that they will investigate what was reported. “Although we have no record of official complaints from anyone about weapons, we consider that they are very serious and We have opened an investigation on the matter.“said the federation general secretary, Adrian Kashalait’s a statement.
Zambia is in Group C of the 2023 World Cup
The African team will face in Group C Costa Rica (July 22), Spain (July 26) and Japan (July 31st). In their last friendly, they turned the game around for Germany and beat them 3-2 as a visitor.
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