Zambia prepare for Ivory Coast showdown

Copper Bullets hope to banish memory of 1993 plane crash in Gabon in which 18 of their players died.

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Africa Cup of Nations finalists Zambia have arrived in Gabon ahead of Sunday’s final against Ivory Coast. 
 
Gabon is a country associated with the darkest day in Zambian football history when a 1993 plane crash killed 18 Zambian footballers off the country’s coast.

Now the team is hoping for a fairytale ending to their run in the competition, when a new continental champion will be crowned on Sunday.

Al Jazeera’s Robin Adams reports from Gabon.

Source: Al Jazeera

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