locals say they will light up its few chic bars and nightclubs with a big party should their football team‚ Zesco United‚ beat Mamelodi Sundowns in the Caf Champions League semifinal. NDOLA - Ndola is a sleepy mining city 10km south of the border with Congo-Brazzaville.But the locals say they will light up its few chic bars and nightclubs with a big party should their expectations materialise that their football team‚ Zesco United‚ will beat Mamelodi Sundowns in Saturday night’s Caf Champions League semifinal first leg match.Ndola is Zambia’s second-largest city after Lusaka‚ and one of its wealthiest as it sits at the heart of the country’s mining copperbelt where most of the nation’s income is generated. It was the increased input by Ndola-based mining power utility Zesco to the team that it sponsors and finances that saw United become a force in Zambian football after their promotion to the Premier League in 2003‚ and subsequent treble of a league title and two cups in 2007.Ndola itself‚ isolated in the north of Zambia‚ is rustic‚ and has the feel of an outpost‚ just before crossing the border to Congo.Population 470 000‚ it consists of three or four-storey office buildings and businesses in a quiet CBD‚ surrounded by spacious residential areas.It will wake up from its slumber should Zesco‚ who have beaten continental heavyweights Al Ahly and Asec Mimosas on Levy Mwanawasa’s good footballing surface in the group stages‚ repeat that feat against Sundowns.TMG Digital..