Federation of Zambia Association (FAZ) President Andrew Kamanga is not giving up after the Coppers Queens lost their second Group fixture 6-5 against Australia.

“A sombre Monday salutation to our beloved football family. This week’s interaction comes off the Copper Queens Olympic assignment that ended in a 6-5 loss to Australia in Nice,” said Kamanga.

“It was a game that we definitely had everything going our way and had everyone on the edge of their seats. It is not yet time to provide a full postmortem of the Olympic assignment as we still have one more game to play against Germany in St Etienne on Wednesday.

“Our game against Australia has left us wondering what could have been, given the many opportunities we were ahead in the match. Like every game, we will be expecting that it is reviewed and rectify the mistakes before our final game against Germany.

“Mathematically, we still have a chance to sneak into the quarterfinals as one of the best losers. Other than the motivation to make it into the quarterfinals, we will also be obliged to redeem our national pride with a win on the final day of Group B matches.”

Kamanga added: “One of the positives in the Australia game was our ability to create and bury chances. We were also delighted to see our captain, Barbra Banda earn another record with a tournament hat-trick. She took her record of Olympic Games hat-tricks to three which is a world record.

“The milestone should inspire our athletes to be world beaters. Overall, the team requires everyone’s support to recover from the two losses. We can rally behind them to wind up with a win against Germany. We will be back with a postmortem in the aftermath of the tournament and provide direction from this point onwards.”