SUDAN will not give us an easy game, Zambia coach Herve Renard has warned ahead of tomorrow’s Africa Cup of Nations in Bata.

Zambia and Sudan will clash this weekend for a place in the semi-finals of the 2012 Nations Cup, which has proved to be as open as experts predicted.

Sudan will be the underdog, but Renard also said it could also bite especially if they are taken for granted.

"If we want to go through the semi-finals, we have to be strong because they won’t give us an easy game," Renard said.

The meeting will be the first of two competitive encounters’ between the teams over the coming six months before clashing in a Brazil 2014 World Cup Group D qualifier on June 1 in Khartoum.

"Sudan is a team that fights for each ball. It may not be one of the best teams at the Africa Cup but it is one team that never gives up and it will be very, very difficult," the Frenchman further warned.

The match will mark Herve Renard's second successive quarterfinal appearance as Zambia coach after guiding it to the last eight in his first tenure in 2010.

As for Sudan coach Mohamed 'Mazda' Abdullah, he has guided the 1970 champions to their first quarterfinal appearance in 42 years when they last won the tournament.

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