Fellow Citizens.
Maka, maka you the football enthusiasts,
It’s not a cliché that football unites our nation. 
When we win, Zambia celebrates as one regardless of religion or group affiliations.
As we face Ivory Coast this evening, the nation will be heart and soul, head and shoulder, behind our boys.
Chipolopolo Boys, we are behind you!
Today we have a golden opportunity to qualify for the next AfCON, and it is doable.
We have beaten Ivory Coast before when it mattered the most.
Our Chipolopolo Boys find themselves in that position with Ivory Coast again, when it matters the most.
I have no doubt in my mind that history will repeat itself this evening when our Boys will rise to the challenge and beat Ivory Coast to secure their place at the next AfCON.
Let’s go boys!
I would have loved to personally cheer you in Levy Stadium, but I will watch and cheer you from Lusaka.
Good luck Chipolopolo !!!
Edgar Chagwa Lungu
Sixth President of Zambia.
