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Back home, Chilengi faced undue criticism for the penalty miss and claimed he would have been forced him into early retirement had Zambia failed to win the trophy. "Knowing my fellow countrymen, it would have been a sing-song and possibly a cause for ones' suicide," he said.<ref>Mulangi, Victor "We had to win final or die" ''Times of Zambia'', 20 December 1984, p.8</ref> | Back home, Chilengi faced undue criticism for the penalty miss and claimed he would have been forced him into early retirement had Zambia failed to win the trophy. "Knowing my fellow countrymen, it would have been a sing-song and possibly a cause for ones' suicide," he said.<ref>Mulangi, Victor "We had to win final or die" ''Times of Zambia'', 20 December 1984, p.8</ref> | ||
In April 1985, Zambia faced | In April 1985, Zambia faced Cameroon in a World Cup qualifier in [[Lusaka]] and Chilengi led them to a 4–1 romp. When the Zambians travelled to Yaounde in two weeks time, the Lions recalled all their big names such as Roger Milla and Louis Mfede with the locals predicting a 6–0 white-wash. To the dismay of a packed Stade Ahmadu Adhijo, Zambia took the lead when Chilengi thundered homen a 7th minute free-kick. Although Mfede equalised in the 31st minute through another free-kick, the Zambians defended comfortably and saw out the tie on a 6–2 aggregate. Afterwards, Chilengi said football is about trying your luck sometimes and he did just that and it went in. | ||
He then led the Zambian team to | He then led the Zambian team to CAN 1986 in Egypt where Zambia narrowly lost the first game 3–2 to Cameroon, drew 0–0 with [[Algeria national football team|Algeria]] and went into the last game against Morocco needing a win to advance from the group. However, Merry Abdel Karim's goal, which went in after a deflection off Chilengi put paid to Zambia's hopes. | ||
Once again, Chilengi bore the brunt of fans' criticism and decided to quit football after some fans went as far as making abusive phone calls to his wife Annie. After talking to his family and top officials from Buffaloes' sponsors Zambia Army, Chilengi rescinded his decision and decided to go back to the pitch to 'face more insults,' as he called it. He stated that he had about two more years before he could hang up his boots.<ref>Ngoma, Mike "I won't quit yet – Chilengi" ''Times of Zambia'', 27 March 1986, p.10</ref> | Once again, Chilengi bore the brunt of fans' criticism and decided to quit football after some fans went as far as making abusive phone calls to his wife Annie. After talking to his family and top officials from Buffaloes' sponsors Zambia Army, Chilengi rescinded his decision and decided to go back to the pitch to 'face more insults,' as he called it. He stated that he had about two more years before he could hang up his boots.<ref>Ngoma, Mike "I won't quit yet – Chilengi" ''Times of Zambia'', 27 March 1986, p.10</ref> | ||
