BRILLIANT DRC NATIONAL TEAM.

Congo DRC has won African Cup for local African players for the 2nd time in history. This cohesive team has added the second trophy after wining such trophy in the year 2009. But we can see the importance of having a very competitive internal league in a country. The teams like TP Mazembe, AS Vita, DC Motema Pembe are the strong foundation of this team. It was a wonderful game against Mali at the Amahoro Stadium in Rwanda. In 2009 Congo DRC played against Ghana in the final and Ghana was defeated by 2-0.

The Congolese tactician Florent Ibenge has become a true hero as
his technics left the Mali national team helpless after a 3-0 defeat. This double win of CHAN trophy has become like the AFCON trophies of the once called Zaire. Zaire won AFCON in 1968 and in 1974.

TANZANIA VODACOM PREMIER LEAGUE

 

1.  SIMBA SC. 1 KAGERA SUGAR 0.

 

Simba played in Shinyanga in a very tough game since the host team Kagera Sugar was playing confidently to secure a win. It was the youngster Ibrahim Ajibu who netted in the winner in the 45+ th minute. Ugandan international striker Hamis Kiiza hit a cross which was well finished by Ajibu. In the 1st half the match ended 1-0. In the 82nd minute, Ibrahimu Ajibu missed the penalty shot. At the end of 90 minutes the result was 1-0.

 

 

Simba players celebrating.

Photo by: bukobasports.com

 

 

 

2.  YANGA THRASHES JKT RUVU.

 

It was another entertaining match on both teams although the match was mostly one sided in terms of techical play and goals scored. Yanga got their first 2 goals in the first half. After missing so many chances Simon Msuva scored the opener in the 12th minute of the 1st half. Few minutes before half time, Issofou Boubacar scored the 2nd goal. The other two goals came in the 2nd half.

 

 

3.  AZAM WINS AT HOME.

 

Azam FC had another match played at their home ground of Chamazi Complex. The visiting team was Mwadui FC under the coach jamuhuri Kihwelu (Julio). The match was not that much easy and it took only 18 minutes before Azam scored their only goal. The goal scorer for Azam was the Ivorian International striker Kipre Tchetche.

Azam Players Celebrating

Photo by: presstz.net

 

 

 

 

 

LEICESTER CITY APPROACHING THE TROPHY.

It might happen just like other events on this world. Not so many people would predict Spain to win the World Cup in 2010. No one expected that The ancient Greece would come to an end. No body was predict a defeat of 7-1 when Germany outweighed Brazil in 2014. I hope very very few people predicted about Leicester City to be in top four. Do you believe that Man City was defeated at home 3-1 by Leicester City?

Last Saturday Leicester City FC showed us that money is not everything. You don't compromise team-work for expensive squad. The players of Leicester City are very cheap compared to Man City's squad. The team spirit of Leicester City is a complete learning package for most teams in the UK Premier League. Ettihad is not an easy place for most visitors. The courage  showed by Leicester City was marvelous indeed.

See all the goals here.

SIMON MSUVA - TOP SCORER IN TANZANIA

Simon Msuva. Photo by: www.sondablog.com

For about two seasons we have seen the top scorer who is not a native player. In 2012/2013 we had Kipre Tchetche from Ivory Coast as the top scorer. In 2013/2014 season we had another player called Amiss Tambwe from Burundi who scored a total of 19 goals in that season. In the current finished season we have a native player Simon Msuva as a top scorer. He has helped Yanga FC to win the trophy this season. 

This might be a revolution in Tanzanian football because we have a permanent problem of creative strikers who knows how to make things happen near or far from the goal. We have many native strikers who don't have desired skills in front of the goal.

Simon Msuva have assisted many goals for his team this season and he worked very hard in the right wing. He knows how to position himself in the penalty box and he can see where is another temmate so he can give a killer pass to him. His creativity made him go for trials in South Africa with one of PSL club Bidvest University FC.

We can expect many good goals in the next season from Him.

Msuva in between Ngassa on left and Niyonzima on the right hand side.
Photo by: www.goal.com

BARCA OUTWEIGHS PSG TO QUALIFY.

It was another time to play with PSG after a week in France. This time PSG enjoyed the presence of Zlatan and Verratti who missed the 1st leg in France. The game started with a lot of pressure from PSG to try to reach Barca's final 3rd, but Barcelona continued to deny them even a chance to make any shot on target for the whole period of 1st half. Imagine a possession of 45% against 55% of Barcelona, and this means that Barca still dominated a game more than PSG. 

At half time Barca had 4 shots on target while PSG did'nt have any. Neymar's goals in the 1st half marked a clean sheet of Barcelona and PSG was pushed out of UCL this season. The presence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic did not rescue PSG. PSG will have to try the next time if at all they want to win the UCL trophy. 

But will Barcelona reach the final?

WILL BAYERN MUNICH GO THROUGH?

Tonight Bayern Munich will have to play a very hard game against FC Porto. FC Porto is not among the favourite teams to take UCL trophy but it is a very well organized team. They normally spend less on players and they shape them well to sell them to big teams after some years. The youth system at FC Porto is one of the best in Europe. Imagine the players like Quaresma and Martinez, without forgetting Yacine Brahimi all of them at their best level. 

The absence of Ribery and Robben marks a very difficult time at Bayern in general. thiago Alcantara is back after a very long time in injuries but he is not yet back to his highest performance. Thanks to the away goal which was scored by Alcantara, only to find that there is a huge mountain to level and qualify. Pep will have to solve this challenging homework this night if Bayern has to qualify.

FC Porto squad: Photo by: uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

FC Bayern Squad which played Porto. Photo By www.sportskeeda.com

Jackson Martinez rounds Neur to score

Quaresmaaaaaaa.....Goaaaaaaal. Photo by www.mirror.co.uk

Quaresmaaaaaaa.....Goaaaaaaal. Photo by www.mirror.co.uk

Can Guardiola push out Porto?

MAN U BEATS MAN CITY 4-2

Manchester United is on fire. The reds have seriously overwhelmed their rivals Man City for a total of 4 goals by 2. They have outweighed Man City in a very special way. No one could believe so easily that Man City was so struggling to contain the game at Old Trafford. Smalling was in his form during the game. Juan Mata continued to prove that he deserves to appear regularly in the squad. Yaya Toure did not manage the pressure brought by Man United mid-fielders. The combination of Ander Herrera, Valencia, Rooney, Mata and Young was very strong and ambitious. Eliaquim Mangala was just like a spectator without contributing anything useful for Man City. Chris Smalling finished a book of goals for the match to make it 4-2. Man City will soon struggle to remain in top four teams if they don't change their footballing style.