Zambia win "written in the stars"

Zambia win "written in the stars"

February 14, 2012
By ESPNsoccernet staff
Zambia coach Herve Renard believes his team's surprise victory over Ivory Coast in Sunday's African Nations Cup final was "written in the stars".

• Zambia: Kings of Africa

Nineteen years after a plane crash that killed 18 members of the Zambia squad in Libreville, the Chipolopolo returned to the capital of Gabon to record the most famous victory in the country's history.

Renard's side took favourites Ivory Coast to extra-time and then won a dramatic penalty ...

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