Former African footballer of the year Kalusha Bwalya described what happened at the Glo / CAF awards gala in Ghana as crazy after he saw Chipolopolo strong man Stophira Sunzu presented with the award but later stripped of it because there was a mistake.
Sunzu, who was basking in the limelight after being crowned as the best player based in Africa for the year 2012 got a shock when the nominees were called back towards the end of the ceremony and the show hosts apologized for the mistake and they stripped him of his title and relegated the towering AFCON gold medalist to 3rd position in his category.
“They announced Sunzu had won but when the show was almost through, [the] MCs apologised for mistake!! Its crazy. Seems like a conspiracy”, Kalusha stated in a tweet. The FAZ president and former chipolopolo captain was attending the ceremony and received the national team award on behalf of the Chipolopolo.
Sunzu who has shown outstanding performance for both club and country has in the year under review been instrumental for the Chipolopolo in winning the Africa cup of nations tournament in which he completed all the games.
CAF??????????????? The award all had Sunzu’s name only to say it was a mistake
He also played a key role in qualifying the team to the 2013 AFCON tournament as well ensuring that Chipolopolo stay on top of the 2014 world cup qualifying group after he bagged man of the match awards and an accolade in 3 of the 4 competitive games he has played for Zambia in the post AFCON success.
He again made defending look easy when Chipolopolo bagged the Mandela challenge cup in November in a game he collected the man of the match award.
Egyptian Mohamed Aboutrika who has now won the award twice was rewarded for his key role for his club in continental football despite there being no league matches in Egypt as the Egyptian national team again faltered in qualification.