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It can exclusively be reported that the 27-year-old Napsa Stars goalkeeper and veteran of four Africa Cup’s will not be part of the team in South Africa when the tournament kicks off on January 19.
“Kali (Kalililo) has been dropped,” a source familiar with the development said without giving any further details.
Kalililo has been replaced by Red Arrows goalkeeper Daniel Munyau who has already travelled to Johannesburg where he landed Monday morning to join the team.
The source said Renard had inquired from Arrows about Munyau availability after Zambia’s 2-0 loss to Angola in a friendly on Saturday.
The Arrows goalkeeper returns to the team after he was earlier dropped from the preliminary 26 member team that went into camp in Johannesburg on December 26.
Munyau was dropped despite a promising show in Zambia’s 1-0 away loss away to Tanzania on December 22 in Dar-es-Salaam in which he played the full 90 minutes.
The development means Mweene is expected to be deputised by Munyau and Joshua Titima of Power Dynamos.
MTNFootball.com