“Vol get into bed with almost everyone on the team,” “they have to tell him that 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 sentences that denounce footballers – in the words of their environment who wanted to keep the anonymity of both – who were in the Zambia selection before the World Cup to refer to Bruce Mwapehis coach, accused, as revealed ‘The Guardian‘ two weeks ago, of sexual abuse.
However, little or nothing has changed. He remains on the bench of a selection that premiered this week in the Australia and New Zealand World Cupwith a comfortable 5-0 defeat against Japan, and the second opponent ofSpain in the group stage.
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The Zambian Federationwho raised accusations against the country’s police and the FIFA, continues to look the other way, because he has decided not to touch anything for the time being, despite the fact that he assured – as ‘The Guardian’ also pointed out – that “we have not received formal accusations, but we will take it seriously and act accordingly once the case has been resolved”. Meanwhile, FIFA, for its part, does not want to comment on an open investigation.
To the witnesses provided by the British media, the newspaper SPORT add the two mentioned at the beginning of this text. Which assure that it is something that “is not at all timely and that has been happening throughout all these years”. Specifically, five years they are the ones he wears Give it to him on the bench since taking the helm of the women’s national team in May 2018.
He also comments that “they wanted to silence them, that’s why they are no longer there, and they threatened to punish them if they opened their mouths” and that “they don’t want to touch what is working [Zàmbia està disputant el primer mundial de la seva història i, en el moment en el qual es van publicar les primeres informacions d’aquest cas, els resultats en els partits de preparació estaven sent correctes] and facing the gallery they have another speech”.
DENIAL WITH SATIRE
Questioned about this in the press conference prior to his debut in the World Cup, the Zambian coach tried to dodge the question. “Anything to say about the allegations?” the reporter asked. “What is it about?”, Mwape said with a laugh. “The accusations published by ‘The Guardian’,” he insisted. I he laughed again to finally change the subject: “No comments”.
Moreover, it is not the only such case in Zambia. According to the information of the quoted media, the under-17 coach, Kaluba Kwanwa, is another one of those investigated. And, meanwhile, they are still on the bench as if nothing had happened.
2023-07-24 15:34:08
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