Buffaloes win Charity Shield
- Saturday, March 6, 2010, 18:43
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Kennedy Chola was brilliant!!!!!
A Linekar Mwikisa extra time goal propelled Green Buffaloes to win the Samuel ‘Zoom’ Ndhlovu Charity Shield to give coach Aggrey Chiyangi his first career silverware as a coach.
Buffaloes stepped the game in the second half after a poor 45 minutes which Zesco United dominated. After a goalless 90 minutes, the game went to extra time. And it was the brilliance of Kennedy Chola that gave Buffaloes the all important goal.
Chola picked up the ball in his own half and beat a cluster of Zesco United before unleashing a defence splitting pass to Mwikisa who slotted it home to give the soldiers the lead. Four minutes later, Zesco suffered a major blow as substitute Innocent Mwaba was given marching orders for stamping a Buffaloes player.
The red-card rejuvented the Ndola side but buffaloes packed the bus and tried to play counter-attacking football with the Chola, John Musukwa and Mwikisa being the main axis.
Reactions from Coaches
Fighton Simukonda (Zesco United)
“We created a lot of chances in the first half but football being the way it is, it can be cruel. Congratulations to our friends Buffaloes.
“This was our first test (after spending 9 days in Tanzania) and now we know were we have to polish up (before playing Worri Wolves of Nigeria).”
Aggrey Chiyangi (Green Buffaloes)
“Our boys did what we planned, we capitalised on Zesco United’s mistakes and scored.”
“I am new to the team but not football. Football is the same…In football we speak the same language.
Message to the fans
“Our fans should support us . We ‘re trying to build a strong team.”
Misheck Lungu (Green Buffaloes Captain)
“We were better than Zesco and I think we deserved to win.”
Green Buffaloes: Davy Kaumbwa- Chilambwe Kelvin., Misheck Lungu,Brian Chileshe, Joe Lungu- Dears Kakuta (Nathan Sinkala), Buchizya Mfune, John Musukwa, Kennedy Chola- Reuben Tembo (Edward Museba), Linekar Mwikisa
Zesco United: Chansa Kabwe- Rodgers Kamwandi, Billy Mwanza, Percy Kisonge, William Chinyama- Jackson Mwanza, Kondwani Mtonga, Siloni Jere, Clifford Chipalo- Derick Kabwe (John Ching’andu), Arthur Kaseloki (Innocent Mwaba)
Red Card: Innocent Mwaba
Man of the match: Kennedy Chola- He was simply awesome.
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yah congrants Bro. Chiyangi and also well done Bro. Nyirenda, great coaches … well well well … that is football keep it up Buffalo … never dispair Zesco … counting on you to deal with all CAF opponents … good for Zambian football … Chola the Ken keep it up and match towards a personal to holder position in the Chipolopolo Camp … thanks all and GOD bless th Republic … Shalom
Weelee buffalos!
congrats G. B. F C
well done znbc for showing the match live please continue with other future games
shani bane ukufuta ama comments, anything unethical in my comments? kindly guide me so that change for the better, thanks
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Whn i luk at names of player in 3 teams zesco untd,zanaco and charity champions am already jumping this time around CHAN is ours come what may .
Ok let me nt b jealous of boys in green cöngrats to bufaloes.
Whn i luk at names of player in 3 teams zesco untd,zanaco and charity champions am already jumping this time around CHAN is ours come what may .
Ok let me nt b jealous of boys in green cöngrats to bufaloes.
Chiyangi is the first zambian coach i have heard say somethng to soccer fans it sounds fan.
i thot ua giving us a feed of chola’s assist to bufaloes goal,zamfut au ok.
U almst took me off the topic.Cheer out next time boy.
@Asilikale
HOW TRUE IS IT THAT KALABA HAS JOINED TP MAZEMBE? AND WHERE IS MATINBA KONJI WORKING NOW,THOT I HEARD HIM DOING A COMMENTARY ON A FRENCH LIG GAME.PLIZ INFOR
Congrats to Buffaloes though it seemed Zesco were the book favourites.
ITS NICE TO HAVE THOSE TWO COACHES FACING EACH OTHER IN BIG TEAMS . THEY ARE WINNERS, AS PLAYERS THEY WON THE THEN NELSON MANDELA CUP WITH POWER DYNAMOS FC OF KITWE.
@kabs
kalaba joining T.P Mazembe? Come on, is this some kind of a Joke….
hope buffaloes mean busines dis time around.do they a team dat cn win them da league? We wait n c.
Kalaba’s bragging rights: Don’t force me to join Zamalek
STEPHEN PHIRI reports:
ZAMBIA midfielder Rainford Kalaba has insisted that he will not join Egyptian side Zamalek.
Portuguese side Sporting Braga loaned Kalaba to Zamalek for six months.
Kalaba said in an interview in Ndola yesterday that he has told his agent to withdraw the six months contract with Zamalek.
“ I do not want to go there. No-one can force me. I am old enough to make my decision. I did not get any ngwee from Zamalek. What I know is that Zamalek paid Braga for the loan,” he said.
Zamalek are demanding a US$25,000 refund, which they paid as part payment to Braga for Kalaba to shift. Kalaba said he will be training with Zesco United.
“Since I am not going to Zamalek, I will be training with Zesco United. I have three months remaining before the loan expires and thereafter I will go back to Braga to hear whether they want me or not,” he said.
Kalaba signed a five-year deal with Braga, which expires in 2012.
He also said he had some personal problems to sort out here.
Kalaba had a good outing at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola where the Chipolopolo were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Nigeria.
He was voted man-of-the-match in the 1-1 draw with Tunisia and went on to contribute a goal in the 2-1 win over Gabon.
Kalaba refuses to go to Zamaleki.
Talk about feeling to big for your boots. Kalaba thinks he can just decide when he wants or doesn’t want to go back to Braga. He is good but for him to think he is good enough to call the shots with a professional club like Braga goes to show his lack of reasoning power. If he does not want to play for zamalek well and good but for him to think he can just sit in zambia and go back to braga when he feels like it is just him having a bloated head. Do these boys ever have conversations with players who have gone through the system to end up chibuku drinkers. He should take his BMW and drive down to the copperbelt and have a quick chat with Elijah Litana, Harrison Chongo etc and when back in Lusaka have a chat with Emma Zulu. After that he should sleep over those conversations and weigh out if having a bloated head is the route to take in his career and think about the consequences thereof.
By the way congrats to GBFC, going by the poll, the majority didn’t think you would pull it off. Congrats!!!!!
Kabala u claim 2b big 2mak yo own decisions bt wat u r doin suits a small boy’s behavour.
That boy does not understand the meaning of his contract… Wat a shame if thats how our boys behave abroad we could be blacklisted.
In separate developments… A nigerian player, Idahor, passed on in sudan over the weekend after collapsing during a game. He died on the pitch
FIFA slams petition against FAZ
By Sports Reporter
FIFA Southern Africa development officer Arshfold Mamelodi has said the on-going petitions against some FAZ executive committee members are ill-conceived and if not checked would retard the development of football in Zambia.
Mamelodi said while the petitioners had a constitutional right to seek the removal of executive members, such action had the potential to bring disorder in the running of the game.
Speaking at Press briefing at Pamodzi Hotel yesterday Mamelodi, who was in the country to conduct a two-day review of how FAZ was implementing professionalisation process, said petitioners should take actions for the good of the game.
He wondered why the same councillors who ushered in the Kalusha Bwalya-led FAZ executive were now calling for their removal barely two years after voting for them.
“As FIFA we become uncomfortable when such things are happening to our affiliate associations. We will not tolerate actions that may negate football development. All the actions must go towards football development as it were,” he said.
Mamelodi said if the petitions were worthy their pinch of salt, the people behind them would have been asking for the removal of the entire Kalusha executive and not just a few members.
He said should the petition be allowed to stand, the removal of secretariat employees must not be tolerated because they were only answerable to their employers, in this case FAZ executive.
He added that in view of such tendencies among its affiliate federations, FIFA was seeking a speedy review of the constitutions in its football family so that such detrimental issues like petitions are only tolerated where necessary.
Mamaelodi said the FAZ constitution must conform with the FIFA statutes and that its review was being looked at as a matter of urgency.
He said FIFA will send experts to work with the team that FAZ has put in place on the constitution review while also ensuring that the national governing body attains a level of professionalism in the running of the league.
If the local league was run at a professional level, he said, Zambia would reach the ‘promised land’.
He said FIFA was satisfied with the leadership of the FAZ executive and the strides Zambia had made in the last two years culminating into the good performance of the Chipolopolo at the Orange Africa Cup of Nations in Angola.
Mamelodi said the Information Technology (IT) equipment that was donated to FAZ yesterday would take Zambian football to leaps and bounds.
Kalusha received the equipment on behalf of FAZ at a ceremony that was attended by the entire FAZ executive and secretariat staff.
By Times of Zambia
Petitions ill-conceived – FIFA
By ROBINSON KUNDA
FIFA has said petitions to impeach some Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) executive committee members are ill-conceived and can derail the development of football in the country.
And FIFA has said it will move quickly to help FAZ change the constitution because the current one has room to create disunity and is not in conformity with FIFA statutes.
FIFA southern Africa development officer Ashford Mamelodi said at a press briefing in Lusaka yesterday that the current FAZ executive was on the right track to develop football.
Mamelodi said the councillors have put in office a strong executive committee and FIFA is happy with the progress the Kalusha Bwalya-led executive is making.
“How do you petition one section of the group and leave others? My suspicion is that these petitions are ill-conceived because if you want to petition, it must be the entire executive because these people work together as a team.
“When someone is singled out, then it becomes suspicious because you have to ask ‘who did the audit of the committee?’” Mamelodi said.
He also wondered how councillors could review the performance of the general secretary when he was working under the executive committee.
Mamelodi said there is need to educate people on what FAZ is doing rather than concentrating on issues that can retard football development.
Medical Stars chairman Alex Mambwe has petitioned the removal of FAZ general secretary George Kasengele, treasurer Boniface Mwamelo and Julio Chiluba while Amakumbi proprietor Simataa Simataa has petitioned the removal of Kalusha.
Police Blue Eagles have also petitioned the removal of vice-president Emmanuel Munaile and committee member Pivoty Simwanza.
And Mamelodi said FIFA will help FAZ to urgently change the constitution because the current one is not in conformity with the FIFA statutes.
He said the current FAZ constitution has room to create confusion in the association.
“You just have to look at the FIFA constitution to realise the serious deficiencies in the current FAZ constitution. It (FAZ constitution) has to be amended because it has the potential to affect the development of football,” Mamelodi said, without specific reference to areas which need amendment.
He said FIFA will send an expert to help FAZ review the constitution and hoped that the association will co-operate with the world soccer governing body.
He said there is need for FAZ to come up with a strong constitution that will be in conformity with the FIFA statutes.
Meanwhile, FIFA donated office equipment to FAZ to help speed up the professionalisation process.
Mamelodi said FIFA had noted that the association was facing challenges with information technology (IT) equipment and decided to donate computers and other equipment to speed up the professionalisation process.
He said FIFA donated the equipment because it is satisfied with the progress the Kalusha-led executive has made.
He said FAZ has done a lot to improve the game and the Chipolopolo’s performance at the Angola 2010 Africa Cup is enough evidence.
“We have a lot of confidence in the current FAZ executive that was elected two years ago and that is why we are even bringing this equipment here.
“If there were big cracks that can pull down FAZ executive, FIFA would have held on to the equipment but we know that the executive is moving in the right direction,” he said.
He, however, said his sentiments did not mean that FAZ is perfect because the association can improve further.
Mamelodi explained that FAZ has fulfilled most of the promises it made such as employing a communications officer and setting up the technical department which FIFA had demanded.
“As FIFA, we are very satisfied with the football leadership in this country and Zambia is the first country to merit this donation towards professionalisation because it has done most of the things FIFA demanded.
“In fact, there is a saying that ‘if you do, FIFA will do,’” he said.
He said FIFA will continue visiting Zambia to push for professionalisation of football, especially the Super Division.
He said the FIFA team left Lusaka yesterday confident that FAZ is capable of developing football in the country.
Zambia Daily Mil
Kaleya Real Bombers join Kalu petition
By George Zulu in Mazabuka and Augustine Mukoka in Lusaka
Mon 08 Mar. 2010, 06:20 CAT [180 Reads, 0 Comment(s)] Text size Print
FAZ Division two South side Kaleya Real Bombers vice chairman Mubita Muyenga has backed Amakumbi’s petition to remove association president Kalusha Bwalya for abrogating the constitution.
And football administrator Patrick Kasoka has summoned a meeting for all the 12 Livingstone-based affiliated clubs to discuss the petition of five FAZ executive committee members and two secretariat staff.
Meanwhile, Livingstone mayor Dras Neves has written FAZ to dismiss the petition of committee member Keegan Chipango.
In an interview yesterday, Muyenga said the failures at Football House were an embarrassment and had brought the name of the game into disrepute.
He said a good number of teams had resolved to support all the petitions targeted at removing Bwalya and the entire executive committee in order to bring sanity to Football House.
“Actually, the petition to have Bwalya and others removed is long over due and we are happy that our colleagues have put forth such a petition because if they did not, we would have done it, so we shall support all the petitions, starting with the one to have George Kasengele, Julio Chiluba, Boniface Mwamelo and of obviously Erick Mwanza removed,” he said, adding, “We need to have a Football House which puts interest in improving soccer in the country.”
Muyenga said Bwalya had failed to manage Zambian football.
“There is nothing that he can, for now, point at to be the success Zambia has scored apart from his personal glory, and his reputation. Actually, he is being questioned by everyone, why promoting anarchy at Football House? It started with Kalu himself in South Africa where he beat a journalist and it is now Kasengele doing it in the presence of everyone and that is what FAZ has been turned into,” said Muyenga.
He said failure by Kasengele to follow the laid down financial rules and regulations of the association in acquiring vehicles was a serious breach of the constitution.
“It is like this executive supports corruption but they should know that we are resolved as clubs in the province to support all the petitions because there is no malice in them, we have been conducting meetings to have this dirty FAZ executive reviewed and removed on March 27, “ Muyenga added.
And Kasoka, who represents Faagros Lockers despite the team’s merger with new sponsors, said strategic meetings would be held across Southern Province to endorse the petition seeking the removal of Bwalya, Kasengele, his deputy Julio Chiluba, treasurer Boniface Mwamelo and Chipango.
He said Monze United’s Albert Hamutowe, Webby Chazangwe and Muyenga would coordinate other teams in the province.
Kasoka said all the 38 clubs in the province would adequately be sensitised about the grounds on which some FAZ executive committee members had been petitioned.
“In Livingstone, I’m inviting chairmen and club secretaries of the 12 teams at 17:00 hours tomorrow today at Busiku Sports Club,” he said. “The strategy for the province is in the interest of football, it is their constitutional right to strategise and ensure things are corrected.”
Kasoka said the province would not recognise the Livingstone Pirates’ interim committee because it was unconstitutionally registered ahead of the March 27 meeting.
“After the strategic meeting in Lusaka, we have resolved to petition individuals in FAZ and make sure we correct the situation. No body owns football, this is the people’s game and we are entitled to express ourselves,” he said.
Kasoka advised Southern Province clubs to ignore Opper Hamiyanze’s statements.
“Hamiyanze is now clubless and valueless to the province,” he alleged.
Meanwhile, Livingstone town clerk Neves has asked FAZ not to consider the petition to remove Chipango from the executive committee.
Pirates chairman Aggrey Njekwa, whose executive committee was allegedly illegally dissolved by Neves, has petitioned Chipango for breaching the FAZ constitution.
“Kindly be informed that Mr Njekwa is no longer chairman and therefore has no mandate to act on behalf of the club. His committee was dissolved on 9 February, 2010 under the provisions of the club constitution, which allows management to dissolve the executive committee,” Neves stated.
“Mr Keegan Chipango, who has been targeted by Mr Njekwa, is not a member of LPFC executive committee as alleged. Mr Chipango is an ordinary supporter just as he is a supporter of other football clubs. Mr Chipango held the position of trustee of LPFC in 2007, which position he relinquished in March 2008.”
Neves stated that an eight member interim executive committee chaired by Daniel Mwitumwa would manage the affairs of the team which the council sponsors to the tune of K250 million annually.
“Our position is that the petition submitted by Mr Njekwa is of no consequence, as it does not have the backing of the LPFC and council as its sponsor,” she stated.
Amakumbi has petitioned Bwalya for breaching 12 constitutional provisions while Medical Stars launched the campaign for Kasengele, Mwamelo and Chiluba’s removal with another petition from Police Blue Eagles wanting Emmanuel Munaile and Pivoty Simwanza out.
The Post
Was just wondering why the Post can not report something positive on FAZ. Does it mean that everything FAZ does is negative? Are the Post journalist (Mukoka and team) more educated, enlightened or have the know how than their colleagues at Times of Zambia and Daily Mail who try to balance their news? Well, only time will tell.
Yes time wl tell kasoka shouldnt bring confusion in l/stone.wats his interest in all dis?
Zesco has to improve because the way they played against buffaloes ,i wonder if they will go far in the confederations cup.Aggrey is doing a good job at buffaloes.
Indeed, ZESCO’s performance was not to the expecetd standard. They have to improve if they have to go far in the tournament. I am especially worried with their frontline. It is all most non existant.
Simata and the Post newspapers have gone too far and if we are not careful, the same louse reports and acrimony we read on the front pages about MMD and PF will now become the order of the day in the back pages and the looser will be football.
believ me,kalaba is right not to go to north africa.you may see there national squad doin great but not with clubs(treatment to foreign players)kalaba need de contract to play,need money too but dats not de issue.de real is thing is dat kalaba needs to play football in a club where his mind ll rest.more important is mental satisfaction.dat place is hell to foreigners.kalaba ll jst be welcomed by real racism.im sure kalaba heard about d other side of zamalek after he had already put a pen on paper.fred mwila jr and agogo played there,angolan flavio was with ahly bt what did they archiv?arab clubs dnt keep their word.dnt think kalaba is bad boy or has now got enough cash,NO.its not just easy as u may think to face all shit treatments to carry on.plz excuse d young man,he s reasons to stay away bt reporters are jst too much in a hurry to get d truth from him.gud luck man laba.