ABSA Cup sets up Red Arrows, MUZA for mouthwatering clash

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ZAMBIAN football lovers cannot wait for what promises to be an epic clash of talent, experience, stubbornness and shear zeal when reigning FAZ/MTN Super League champions Red Arrows clash with in-form MUZA FC, in the ABSA cup quarter final on Saturday next week.
 
Lusaka’s Woodlands Stadium will be the venue of of quarter finals where army-sponsored side Green Buffaloes will also battle Forest Rangers, while current MTN Super League leaders Power Dynamos will go up against National division one side Mufulira Wanderers.
 
In the other quarter final match, Green Eagles will face Trident FC.
 
The four teams that will progress to the semi finals will battle it out on April 8 and 9, while the final will be played on May 13, 2023.
 
Meanwhile, as the teams and their technical leaders will be focused to crash their opponents for the glory, Absa Bank has put a smile on them by announcing an extra motivation factor of K400,000 increment, on top of last season’s K4 million sponsorship of the Absa Cup.
 
Absa Bank Zambia managing director Mizinga Melu revealed on Wednesday that the K4.4 million sponsorship package will cover prize money, match expenses, media and advertising costs as well as rights fees.
 
With an increase of K400,000 to the last year’s sponsorship, the champions of this season’s Absa Cup will now walk away with K700,000 while runners-up will get K350,000.
 
Players that will be awarded the golden boot, golden glove and, player of the tournament as well as coach of the tournament will also pocket K25, 000 each.
 
The sponsorship has also made it possible for teams to get K15, 000 for every match played in the tournament while the the travel grant from out of town matches have been increased from K20, 000 to K30, 000 for teams travelling out of town.
 
For teams that will be playing in their hometown, they will receive K20, 000 each.
 
By Moses Makwaya
 
Kalemba March 3, 2023

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