Zambian Women’s National Team Goalkeeper Hazel Nali Remembers Her Former Teammates With Lovely Gifts

Zambian Women’s National Team Goalkeeper Hazel Nali Remembers Her Former Teammates With Lovely Gifts

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:08 PM
  • Zambia finished third at the recently concluded Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco
  • The Copper Queens, against all odds, defeated the Super Falcons of Nigeria in their third-place match to claim bronze
  • Goalkeeper Hazel Nali has remembered her roots as she bought new football boots for her former teammates

The goalkeeper of the Zambian women’s national team, Hazel Nali, remembers her roots as she bought new football boots for her former teammates at Nchanga Queens FC in Zambia.

Eight years after leaving the club based in the northeastern areas of Chingola in Chingola District of Copperbelt Province, Nali deemed it fit to reunite with her former teammates.

Hazel, who now plays for Turkish women’s super league side Fatih Vatan Spor, was key in the Copper Queens squad that qualified for the Olympics and FIFA World Cup for the first time ever in Zambia’s football history. They also won bronze at the recently concluded AWCON.

Hazel Nali, Zambia, Africa Women's Cup of Nations
Hazel Nali gifts her former teammates football boots. Photo: Pablo Morano
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Meanwhile, the She-polopolo of Zambia emerged third at the recently concluded 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco following their 1-0 win over the Super Falcons of Nigeria.

The lone goal of the encounter came in the 29th minute after the ball came off the woodwork to hit goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie and into her own net.

Despite a number of substitutions from the Nigerian bench, the Super Falcons failed to hit the target; that was how it ended; Nigeria 0-1 Zambia.

Upon returning home, each member Zambian women’s national team were spotted being given a military escort while going around the city of Lusaka after the 2022 WAFCON.

Morocco’s Prime Minister calls each member of the country’s women’s team

Sports brief earlier reported that Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch of Morocco spoke with each member of the country’s women's national football team following their achievement at the just concluded 2022 Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Rabat.

It was the first time the Atlas Lionesses reached the final of the tournament, but they lost to South Africa in the final.

Banyana Banyana defeated Morocco 2-1 in the final of the 2022 Women's Africa Cup of Nations that was held in front of a full house at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.

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Babajide Orevba
Babajide Orevba is a CAF accredited Nigerian journalist and HOD of the Local Desk with over 10 years of experience in media landscape.He studied NCE Political Science/Social Studies, AOCOED.
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