Thursday 21 April 2016
Ex-Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez 'was a genius but cold and unfair — I wanted to PUNCH him'
- In his new book, Kop hero Jerzy Dudek lifts the lid on what life was really like under Spaniard who returns to Anfield as the Magpies' manager this weekend
Dudek claims in his book that poor man-management by Benitez almost drove him to violence
Jerzy Dudek was one of the stars of the Miracle of Istanbul, his wobbly legs routine helping Liverpool win the 2005 Champions League final in a penalty shoot-out after coming from 3-0 down at half-time against AC Milan.
That was manager Rafa Benitez’s finest hour with the club. But, ahead of Benitez’s return to Anfield with struggling Newcastle on Saturday, Dudek reveals in his entertaining autobiography why wanted to HIT the Spaniard... and claims he wasn’t the only one.
Jerzy Dudek: A Big Pole In Our Goal (RRP £18.99, £14.99 on sportmediashop.com — ebook also available), published Friday April 22 .
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Rafa Benitez is truly passionate about the game.
He has a great knowledge of football. He’s not a fool who comes out with theories that are all talk. His problem is that he’s not a great ‘people person’ so always encounters problems when managing a group because he is very cold and hard-faced in how he makes decisions.
He kept a distance between himself and his players – like there was an invisible wall there – but it didn’t stop him from being a genius of a coach.
After the Champions League triumph, I felt he was treating me unfairly, but that’s how Rafa operated. He did everything so coldly, almost inhumanely, because he saw things as business.
He had to protect his interests, but it was hard to be on the receiving end of it. when I returned to Melwood I had a new rival - Jose ‘Pepe’ Reina, a Spanish international, had been signed from Villarreal for a reported £6million.
I wasn’t happy and went straight in to see Benitez, who tried to calm me down.
“It doesn’t mean that I’ll let you go."
“You don’t buy a player for so much money to leave him on the bench... Should I look for a new club or will you take care of selling me?”
“Okay, let’s wait for serious offers. Then we’ll start to talk money. We’ll find a good solution for everybody.”
I loved being at Liverpool, but Benitez clearly didn’t want me.
I’d been the hero in Istanbul so could I now just be a fire-fighter who waits for the moment when a fire needs fighting?
If this was Poland, the media and fans would have demanded that I play, but I didn’t have that support in England.
Then rumours started that I was earning between £60,000-70,000 per week and Benitez wanted me off the wage bill.
I wondered if someone had made this story up to try and turn the Liverpool supporters against me. I was confused, so I spoke about what Benitez was up to.
The main interest was from FC Cologne, so I told Benitez I wanted to go there.
He said it would be a good move for me, adding: “We’ll definitely help you, we’ll do whatever it takes to make a deal.”
The negotiations started. I was in touch with Cologne regularly and they told me Benitez wouldn’t speak to them. I got more and more frustrated with him until transfer deadline day when I finally boiled over.
As soon as training had finished, I stormed over to him and ripped my gloves off in an aggressive manner. I was so angry that the lads said later the aggression was pouring out of me. I raised my voice.
The lads could see I was fuming, so all hung around to see what would happen — footballers love seeing a bit of confrontation on the training ground!
I was furious with him, absolutely fuming, and in my head I could hear a devilish voice saying ‘Punch him in the face – punch him in the face and he’ll let you go to Germany’.
To be completely honest, I genuinely considered punching Rafa in the face. Then the consequences of doing so flashed through my mind. Would he let me go? Or would it just lead to a massive media scandal? Surely I couldn’t stay if I gave him a smack?
I don’t know how, but I managed to stop myself.
Punching a Liverpool manager who had won the European Cup only a few months earlier wouldn’t have looked too good on the CV, I guess, but I was still angry.
“You said you’d help me. You said you’d do everything to get a deal through. You didn’t mean it. You promised you would help me but now I have a concrete offer you’ve not kept your word.”
As I walked off towards the dressing room, Stevie walked alongside me.
“You wanted to punch him, didn’t you, lad? You really wanted to f***ing punch him...”
I explained to the lads in the dressing room how he’d promised to help me move but was now going back on what he said.
I worked under Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid and while no such thing as an ideal coach exists you’d be close to finding it if you combined his and Rafa’s qualities.
Mourinho had more respect in the dressing room because he was a more personable character who spoke to his players as people.
It was a different philosophy, but one that helped players to accept his demands in training more than they did from Benitez.
Most of the lads didn’t like it and Stevie was one of them.
I knew he had some issues with Rafa and twice it looked like he might leave Liverpool for Chelsea.
Rafa wanted him to leave – I think he thought he could buy three or four players with the money – but, deep down, Stevie didn’t want to go.
I know that the relationship between Stevie and Rafa was never the same afterwards and because Benitez had played games with me regarding a potential transfer I was on Stevie’s side, even if I decided not to say anything publicly.
Stevie once said to me that it would have been great if Mourinho could have taken over at Anfield when Rafa left.
I think it was after my leaving, when I came to Liverpool as a Real Madrid player in the Champions League. I remember those words well, even if it was just a casual conversation.
I think Liverpool could have improved under Mourinho. Stevie and Jose had a mutual respect.
It’s a pity that Stevie didn’t come to Real.
In my opinion, that move would have extended his career at the top level for at least two years and he would have learned even more by playing for Mourinho.
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Azam nguvu zote Ligi Kuu, Kombe la Shirikisho
BAADA ya kutupwa nje ya michuano ya Kombe la Shirikisho barani Afrika na Esperance ya Tunisia, kikosi cha Azam kimesema kwa sasa kinaelekeza nguvu zake kwenye michuano ya Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara na ile ya Kombe la Shirikisho (FA).
Mabingwa hao wa Klabu Bingwa Afrika Mashariki na Kati, Azam FC, walijikuta wakitolewa na Esperance katika michuano hiyo ya Kombe la Shirikisho Afrika kwa jumla ya mabao 4-2, baada ya juzi usiku kukubali kichapo cha mabao 3-0.
Azam FC wakicheza bila ya Pascal Wawa, Kipre Tchetche na Jean Batista Mugiraneza, walijikuta wanaruhusu mabao hayo 3-0 katika kipindi cha pili na kutolewa kwa matokeo ya jumla ya bao 4-2 kwani mchezo wa kwanza uliochezwa katika Uwanja wa Azam Complex, Chamazi jijini Dar es Salaam, Wanalambalamba hao walifanikiwa kuibuka na ushindi wa mabao 2-1.
Nahodha msaidizi wa kikosi hicho, Himid Mao, amewaambia mashabiki wao kuwa kwa sasa nguvu zao zote wanahamishia katika Ligi Kuu ya Vodacom Tanzania Bara (VPL) na Kombe la Shirikisho (Azam Sports Federation Cup) akiwaahidi kuwa watapambana kuchukua makombe yote hayo mawili.
“Matokeo yamewasikitisha watu wengi hata sisi wachezaji, lakini wanatakiwa wajue Azam FC ni timu changa sana na kwa sasa tunapiga hatua kubwa lakini hii haitufanyi tuvimbe vichwa kwani bado tuna deni, hivyo nafikiri inabidi tufanye kitu kikubwa zaidi kuweza kusogea mbele.
“Mashabiki waendelee kutupa sapoti kwani bado ligi ipo, FA pia ipo hivyo tutajitahidi kuweza kuchukua makombe yote hayo,” alisema.
Kikosi hicho kinatarajiwa kuwasili nchini leo ambapo kitakwenda mkoani Shinyanga kucheza na Mwadui FC mchezo wa nusu fainali michuano ya Kombe la Shirikisho (FA).
Azam FC iliyopanda Ligi Kuu miaka nane iliyopita, msimu huu ilikuwa ikishiriki kwa mara ya nne michuano ya Afrika hadi inafika raundi hiyo ilifanikiwa kuwatoa Bidvest Wits ya Afrika Kusini kwa jumla ya mabao 7-3.
Na Ezekiel Tendwa / Bingwa
The 19 richest football clubs in the world
19. Inter Milan (Italy)
2014/15 Revenue: €164.8 million
(£125.5 million; $187 million)
We begin with Inter Milan, not to be confused with its rival AC Milan, who it shares the 80,000 capacity San Siro Stadium with. Down two places from the season before, the club has the lowest matchday revenue of any club on the list, but sponsorship from Nike and Pirelli continues to bring in the money. A failure to qualify for any European championships in 2015/16 will hurt TV revenues.
18. Everton (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €165 million
(£130 million; $188 million)
Liverpool's neighbour and rival, Everton are having a disappointing season in the Premier League but fare well when it comes to money. Farhad Moshiri, a British Iranian businessman, has a 49% stake in the club. Broadcast rights, which accounts for 69% of the club's revenue, rose to £86.8 million last season, while ticket sales are at a ten year high.
17. Newcastle United (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €169 million
(£133 million; $192 million)
Newcaslte has a big fanbase, which means big money, but it stands to lose a chunk of that if it gets relegated from the Premier League this season. The club is owned by British billionaire Mike Ashley, who is disliked by fans, and the Sports Direct owner has suggested he'd like to sell up when wins its next trophy.
16. AS Roma (Italy)
2014/15 Revenue: €180 million
(£142 million; $205 million)
AS Roma is the fifth most supported club in football mad Italy, so the club has deep pockets. As it happens, it's using that money to build a new stadium this year, said to be inspired by the Colosseum.
15. Atlético Madrid (Spain)
2014/15 Revenue: €187 million
(£148 million; $213 million)
Another Club that's moving to a new, bigger stadium this year, Atletico Madrid enjoys royal patronage: Felipe VI, the current king of Spain, has been the honorary president of the club since 2003. Barcelona's recent dramatic drop off in form has also left Atletico in with a chance of winning La Liga this season.
14. AC Milan (Italy)
2014/15 Revenue: €199 million
(£157 million; $226 million)
Down two places from last year, AC Milan is one of many clubs on the list with a high profile majority shareholder — in this instance Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Matchday revenue in 2014/15 was €2.6 million lower than the previous year due to the club playing fewer home games, while the absence of any UEFA presence saw a drop in TV revenue.
13. Schalke 04 (Germany)
2014/15 Revenue: €220 million
(£174 million; $250 million)
Up one place from the season before, the "04" comes from when the club was founded in 1904 in case you were wondering. It has a well-known rivalry with German neighbours Borussia Dortmund, who we'll be seeing later on. Schalke have jumped on football's international appeal, with over 20 club media channels and region specific content in five languages, that helps shore up revenue from overseas.
12. Tottenham Hotspur (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €256 million
(£202 million; $291 million)
Tottenham has become a serious contender against Leicester FC for the Premier League title this season, but it was already raking it in last year thanks to a superb half decade. Taking pride of place as one of the world's oldest clubs — founded in 1882 — it's currently owned by the English National Investment Company.
11. Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
2014/15 Revenue: €281 million
(£222 million; $320 million)
Borussia Dortmund is massively rich, but it's also charitable: ticket sales from a 2011 game and €1 million from Dortmund's main sponsor Evonik went to Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims.
10. Juventus (Italy)
2014/15 Revenue: €324 million
(£256 million; $369 million)
Founded 1897 a group of young Torinese students, it's safe to say Juventus became bigger than any of them could have imagined. It's the best-supported football club in Italy, with over 12 million supporters — approximately 29% of the total Italian football fanbase.
9. Liverpool (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €392 million
(£310 million; $446 million)
Despite mixed success over the last few seasons, Liverpool fans are in an upbeat mood thanks to their charismatic new manager Jurgen Klopp. The Merseyside club are also in with a shout of winning the Europa League this year. The club is one of a number of Premier League teams to have caught the eye of American investors: at present, it's owned by the Fenway Sports Group, who also own the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
8. Chelsea (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €420 million
(£332 million; $478 million)
London club Chelsea has had a dreadful season, which resulted in the firing of manager Jose Mourinho, but at least its revenues are sky high, thanks in part to the club lifting the Premier League trophy last season. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003 and his continued investment has (mostly) kept fans happy since.
7. Arsenal (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €436 million
(£344 million; $496 million)
London club Arsenal boasts the fifth largest fanbase in the world on social media and is worth over $1.3 billion according to Forbes magazine. A lot of its success is down to its manager Arsene Wenger, who has served the club for almost two decades.
6. Manchester City (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €464 million
(£366 million; $$528 million)
Winners of the Premier League title in 2012 and 2014, Man City is owned by investors of the Abu Dhabi United Group who are seeking to turn the club into a dominant force in European football. Premiership glory looks set to elude the team this season, but there's always next year.
5. Bayern Munich (Germany)
2014/15 Revenue: €474 million
(£374 million; $539 million)
Down two places from last year, Bayern Munich continues to rake it in. The club counts former players Hopfner and Rummenigge as its President and Chairman respectively, who took them to championship glory last season. Matchday revenue grew marginally to €89.8 million, as average league attendances rose to 72,882 following approval to increase the capacity of the Allianz Arena to just over 75,000
4. Paris Saint-Germain (France)
2014/15 Revenue: €481 million
(£380 million; $547 million)
France's only club on the list is also one of the wealthiest in the world. It's currently owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, which has ploughed $340 million into the club since 2012, allowing it to buy some of the world's most expensive players, build its brand, and cement its league success.
3. Manchester United (UK)
2014/15 Revenue: €520 million
(£411 million; $592 million)
Fans may be missing the Alex Ferguson-led glory days, but the global brand of Manchester United still gave it the biggest revenues of any English club in the 2014/15 season. It's also one of the few clubs in the world to have gone public, debuting on the New York stock exchange in 2012.
2. FC Barcelona (Spain)
2014/15 Revenue: €561 million
(£443 million; $638 million)
Home of Lionel Messi — the world's best player in many people's eyes — Barcelona rises two places from the previous season. Its ownership structure is something of a cooperative: it is not possible to purchase shares in the club, but only membership. As of 2016, the club has 140,000 members.
1. Real Madrid (Spain)
2014/15 Revenue: €577 million
(£456 million; $657 million)
The biggest money making team of last season was voted by FIFA as the European club of the 20th century, and its fortunes are only getting better this millennium. Real Madrid has some of the world's most expensive players, including Cristiano Ronaldo, but its revenue to wage ratio is in good health thanks to high ticket, shirt, and TV rights sales. Expect it to be number one for many years to come.
Rafu yamwondoa Kessy Simba
- Safari ya Azam, Yanga yanukia
- Tippo adai watafanya biashara na timu yoyote
RAFU mbaya aliyoicheza beki mahiri wa Simba, Hassan Kessy dhidi ya mchezaji wa Toto African, Edward Christopher, imemsababishia kutemwa kuitumikia timu yake hiyo hadi mwisho wa msimu huu.
Kessy alimchezea rafu Christopher kwenye mchezo wao wa Ligi Kuu mwishoni mwa wiki iliyopita na kusababisha kutolewa nje kwa kadi nyekundu, huku uongozi wa Simba ukimuongezea adhabu ya kukosa michezo yote iliyobaki katika Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara.
Mbali na kusimamishwa kwa mchezaji huyo, tayari kuna tetesi za kuikacha klabu hiyo na kujiunga na kati ya klabu ya matajiri wa Bongo, Azam au Watoto wa Jangwani, Yanga, licha ya tetesi hizo kutokuwekwa wazi.
Inadaiwa timu hizo Azam na Yanga zilikuwa zinasubiri kumalizika kwa michezo yao ya kimataifa ya marudiano kati ya timu za Esperance na Kombe la Shirikisho na Al Ahly mchezo wa Ligi ya Mabingwa Afrika, ili zianze mchakato wa kumnasa beki huyo ambaye mkataba wake unaisha mwezi Juni.
Akizungumza na MTANZANIA jana, Kessy alisema bado uongozi haujampa taarifa zozote za kusimamishwa kwake.
“Sijapewa taarifa yoyote, lakini kama wameamua kunipa adhabu sawa nitaitumikia kwa kuwa bado ni mchezaji wao na bado nina mkataba nao, ila nikimaliza mkataba wangu mwezi wa sita meneja wangu ataamua kama nitabaki au nitaondoka,” alisema.
Kwa upande wa meneja wake Athuman Tippo, alisema wamepokea maamuzi ya uongozi huo kumsimamisha mchezaji wake na ataitumikia adhabu hiyo kama ilivyoamuliwa kwa kuwa ni mwajiriwa wao.
“Ataitumikia adhabu yake hadi atakapomaliza mkataba, lakini bado tunaendelea kusubiri adhabu watakayompa Vicent Angban na wasipofanya hivyo tutaendelea na msimamo wetu wa kuchukua hatua zaidi, tutakaa na mwanasheria na kupanga nini tufanye baada ya kipa huyo kujichukulia sheria mkononi kumpiga Kessy,” alisema.
Alisema hadi sasa bado hawajafanya mazungumzo na timu yoyote nyingine, lakini Kessy akimaliza mkataba wake atakuwa huru hivyo watafanya biashara na timu yoyote itakayomtaka.
Kessy jana alitangazwa na Mkuu wa Idara ya Habari na Mawasiliano wa Simba, Haji Manara, kuwa atakosa michezo yote iliyobaki katika ligi, akieleza alionekana kucheza rafu mbaya ambayo ingeweza kumsababishia kifo mchezaji huyo wa Toto.
“Kessy ameihujumu timu kwenye mchezo huo kwa rafu mbaya aliyoicheza, iliyosababisha kupewa kadi nyekundu kwani hakuwa na sababu ya kucheza vile alionekana kabisa ameinua mguu sijui ni makusudi au bahati mbaya, angeweza kumsababishia hata kifo Edward, hivyo tumeamua kumuongezea adhabu badala ya kukosa mechi mbili kwa kadi aliyopewa atazikosa mechi zote tano,” alisema.
Hata hivyo, mchezaji huyo mbali ya kucheza rafu hiyo iliyomuondoa Simba, alikuwa anaandamwa na jinamizi la kutoaminika tena Simba tangu alipoigharimu klabu yake katika mechi ya mzunguko wa pili wa Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara, kati ya Simba na Yanga iliyochezwa Februari 20 kwa kuokoa mpira kizembe ambao ulinaswa na mshambuliaji wa Yanga, Donald Ngoma na kufunga bao kirahisi.
Na Mwali Ibrahimu/ Mtanzania
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Saturday 16 April 2016
These stats prove Marcus Rashford is ALREADY Manchester United's most important attacking player
- The teenage sensation scored his seventh goal of the season against Aston Villa to continue a fantastic run since breaking into the first team
Marcus Rashford is having the season of his life.
Well, it is his first actual season as a top flight footballer, but the Manchester United starlet is absolutely smashing it since breaking into the first team.
He's already a huge hit with the Red Devils fans, not just for his goals but f or turning down Liverpool as a kid to wait for the nod from United.
And now he's one of - if not definitely - United's best striker. His latest goal was a clever finish against Aston Villa at Old Trafford, his seventh goal since his debut in February.
And thanks to Squawka Football there are some pretty damning stats that pretty much prove the 18-year-old is ALREADY United's best forward.
He's scored four goals from his last five shots, which is a stat Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial can only dream of.
Also he's now scored as many goals in the first half of games at Old Trafford (3) as the rest of his team-mates.
And when compared to lowly Aston Villa's scoring exploits this season...well, there's only one winner.
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Simba kushiriki michuano ya kimataifa
TIMU ya Simba imethibitisha kushiriki michuano ya Kombe la Nile Basin Championship, itakayoanza Mei 22 mwaka huu nchini Sudan.
Katika mashindano hayo mwaka huu, bingwa atajinyakulia zawadi ya dola za Kimarekani 30,000 sawa na Sh 65,697,000 huku mshindi wa pili akizawadiwa dola 20,000 (sawa na Sh 43,798,000 wakati mshindi wa tatu akipata dola za Kimarekani 10,000 (sawa na Sh 21,899,000).
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa iliyotolewa Dar es Salaam jana na Shirikisho la Soka Tanzania (TFF), mashindano hayo hushirikisha timu zilizomaliza ligi zikiwa nafasi ya tatu na kwa kuwa Simba katika msimu uliopita ilimaliza Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara katika nafasi hiyo, hivyo wamepewa jukumu la kuiwakilisha Tanzania katika mashindano hayo.
Mashindano ya Nile Basin yanashirikisha klabu kutoka katika nchi wanachama wa Cecafa ambazo ni Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Sudan Kusini, Tanzania Bara na Zanzibar
Kwa mara ya kwanza Tanzania iliwakilishwa na Mbeya City katika mashindano hayo yanayoandaliwa na Baraza la Vyama vya Soka Afrika Mashariki na Kati (Cecafa) mwaka 2014, ambapo wakiwa chini ya kocha wao, Juma Mwambusi, ilijikuta ikiishia hatua ya robo fainali.
Mbeya City ilifanikiwa kuingia katika hatua hiyo ya robo fainali kwa jumla ya pointi 4 nafasi ya pili lakini ikajikuta ikitolewa na Victoria University kwa bao 1-0 ambaye pia ndiye bingwa mtetezi wa michuano hiyo kwa mwaka 2014 baada ya kuwafunga AFC Leopards ya Kenya kwa mabao 2-1 katika mchezo wa fainali.
NA ZAINAB IDDY/HABARI LEO
Manchester City's Sergio Aguero rules out summer transfer back to Argentina — even if Blues lift the European Cup
- "It's been said I would go home if I won the Champions League. But I’m not going to go. I have several years left here" vows striker PLUS: Kompany fitness latest
Blue blood: Aguero says he's staying at Manchester City for years to come
Sergio Aguero has no intention of quitting Manchester City.
Sunday Mirror Sport revealed last month that Etihad bosses expect to keep the Argentina international beyond a contract that still has three years still to run.
And now striker Aguero himself has confirmed that he has unfinished business with the Blues - even if they go on to lift the European Cup this season.
The 27-year-old, who has said he wants to one day rejoin boyhood club Independiente in Buenos Aires, said: “It has been said that I would go home if I won the Champions League.
“But I’m not going to go.
"I have several years left here and the Champions League is getting closer.
“I don’t know whether it will be this year or not, but the team is improving in Europe and it has always been the dream. We are growing and there will be a few more chances for me after this year.”
City face Spanish giants Real Madrid in the semi-finals - and Aguero admits it will be a tough ask after the way the Bernabeu side hit back from losing the away leg 2-0 to overcome Wolfsburg in the last round.
But he would love to face his former club Atletico Madrid, who face Bayern Munich and City's boss-to-be Pep Guardiola in the other semi, in the final in Milan next month.
Aguero said: “I wasn’t really surprised when our match with Paris Saint-Germain had finished to discover that Madrid had got past Wolfsburg — Real have very good players who can score a goal at any moment.
“I was hoping for the best for Atletico against Barca because they have been playing really well and Cholo (coach Diego Simeone) has had a great few years there.
"It makes me happy to see them doing well because Atleti will always be a special place for me because it was my first club in Europe.”
City skipper Vincent Kompany could make a return to the team for the trip to Newcastle on Tuesday after recovering from his latest calf strain.
But the Belgium international defender has told friends that he won’t be back up to full fitness until the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals on Wednesday week.
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Yanga yarejea panapopendwa
Mfungaji wa bao pekee la Yanga katika mchezo wa jana, Simon Msuva.
TIMU ya soka ya Yanga jana ilimaliza mechi zake za viporo vyema kwa ushindi na kurejea kileleni mwa msimamo wa Ligi Kuu Tanzania Bara. Yanga iliibuka na ushindi wa bao 1-0 dhidi ya Mtibwa Sugar Uwanja wa Taifa, Dar es Salaam, ikiwa ni mchezo wake wa mwisho wa viporo vyake vitatu ilivyokuwa navyo.
Jumatano Yanga iliifunga Mwadui ya Shinyanga mabao 2-1 katika uwanja huohuo na kabla ya hapo Yanga iliifunga pia Kagera Sugar mabao 3-1. Kutokana na matokeo ya jana, Yanga imefikisha pointi 59 na imechupa kutoka nafasi ya pili hadi ya kwanza ikiiengua Simba yenye pointi 57.
Timu zote zimecheza mechi 24. Hata hivyo Simba inaweza ikarejea kileleni tena leo kama itashinda mchezo wake wa raundi ya 25 dhidi ya Toto Africans utakaofanyika Uwanja wa Taifa Dar es Salaam.
Bao pekee la Yanga katika mchezo huo lilifungwa dakika ya 47 na Simon Msuva kwa shuti la mbali kutokana na mpira wa adhabu ndogo aliopasiwa na Haruna Niyonzima. Adhabu hiyo ilitokana na beki Andrew Vicent kumchezea madhambi Deus Kaseke wa Yanga.
Yanga itajilaumu kwa ushindi mwembamba kutokana na kupoteza nafasi kadhaa za kufunga, ambazo washambuliaji wake wakiongozwa na Donald Ngoma walishindwa kuzitumia.
Nayo Mtibwa ilipata nafasi za kufunga, lakini umaliziaji ulikuwa butu kwa kushindwa kulenga lango ama kupiga mipira dhaifu iliyodakwa na kipa Deogratias Munishi ‘Dida’. Kipigo hicho kimeifanya Mtibwa ibaki nafasi ya nne ikiwa na pointi 43 kwa michezo 26 iliyocheza.
Yanga sasa itaelekea nchini Misri kwa ajili ya kurudiana na Al Ahly Jumatano mchezo wa Ligi ya Mabingwa Afrika, ambapo mchezo wa kwanza uliofanyika Jumamosi wiki iliyopita Dar es Salaam timu hizo zilifungana bao 1-1. Yanga: Deogratius Munishi ‘Dida’, Juma Abdul, Oscar Joshua, Kevin Yondan/Malimi Busungu, Nadir Haroub ‘Cannavaro’, Vincent Bossou, Simon Msuva, Thabani Kamusoko, Donald Ngoma, Haruna Niyonzima na Deus Kaseke/ Amissi Tambwe.
Mtibwa Sugar: Said Mohamed, Ally Shomari, Majaliwa Shaaban, Andrew Vincent, Salim Mbonde/Boniface Maganga, Shaaban Nditi, Shiza Kichuya/ Vincent Barnabas, Muzamil Yassin, Ibrahim Rajab ‘Jeba’/Henry Joseph , Suleiman Rajab na Kelvin Friday.
NA MOHAMED AKIDA/ habari leo
Didier Drogba akaribisha uchunguzi
Mshambuliaji wa zamani wa Chelsea Didier Drogba, amekaribisha uchunguzi ufanywe juu ya taasisi yake dhidi ya kile kilichoitwa "wasiwasi mkubwa juu ya udhibiti".
Gazeti la Uingeza limedai kuwa kiasi cha paundi 14,115 nje ya paundi 1.7 ilizochangiwa taasisi ya Didier Drogba kama hisani ndizo zilizosaidia Barani Afrika.
Tume ya taasisi hiyo imefungua kesi kufanya mapitio ya wasiwasi huo dhidi ya utawala la taasisi hiyo,lakini Drogda mwenye umri wa miaka 38 amesema hana mashaka, kwani kila kitu kiko sawa na pesa hizo zinaweza kutumika pale itakabidi kutumika .
Katika makala iliyoandikwa kwenye gazeti hilo linaeleza kuwa paundi 439,321 zilitumika katika sherehe za anasa za kifahari kutafuta fedha ambazo zilihudhuriwa na watu maarufu,na zaidi ya paundi milioni moja zimezuiliwa katika akaunti ya benki.
BBC Swahili
Jose Mourinho tells pals he WILL be Manchester United boss this summer — and lines up Gonzalo Higuain swoop
- The Special One explained to close friends and French giants PSG last week that he's Old Trafford bound and he wants Napoli's 32-goal striker to join him
Getting Higgy with it: Will Mourinho and Higuain be together at United next season?
Jose Mourinho is so adamant he will be Manchester United manager next season that he has lined up a move for £70million striker Gonzalo Higuain, writes Tom Hopkinson in the Sunday People.
Napoli rate Argentina international Higuain, who has already scored 32 goals for them this season, so highly they have slapped a £95m valuation on him.
But with only two years left on the 28-year-old's current deal, the Serie A title challengers are likely to drop the figure.
Former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter Milan boss Mourinho told French champions Paris Saint-Germain and close friends last week that he WILL take over at Old Trafford in the summer.
Louis van Gaal is not expected to hold onto the job, despite his side’s FA Cup quarter-final victory over West Ham.
And Mourinho is already working on targets, including Higuain and Benfica’s young midfield playmaker Renato Sanches.
The Special One was sacked for a second time by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich in December.
But unlike the first time he was dismissed from Stamford Bridge, in 2007, his exit package did not contain a clause forbidding him to work for another English club within two seasons.
Mourinho said during that second spell at Chelsea that if Abramovich dismissed him again he would stay in England, and he has long harboured hopes of managing the Old Trafford giants.
Now he believes he has got his wish with Van Gaal’s roller-coaster two-year reign drawing to an end.
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Waamuzi waibana TFF
KAMATI ya Waamuzi wa Shirikisho la Soka Tanzania (TFF), imesema kuwa haikubaliani na maamuzi ya Kamati ya Nidhamu ya kuwasimamisha waamuzi waliochezesha mechi za mwisho za Ligi Daraja la Kwanza kati ya JKT Kanembwa FC dhidi ya Geita Gold na Polisi Tabora dhidi ya JKT Oljoro.
Pia kamati hiyo ipo tayari kuwasaidia waamuzi hao waliosimamishwa wakituhumiwa kupanga matokeo iwapo watakuwa tayari kukata rufaa.
Akizungumza na MTANZANIA Jumamosi, Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Waamuzi, Salum Chama, alisema kuwa wakati suala hilo likifanyiwa uchunguzi na Kamati ya Nidhamu, hakuna mwamuzi yeyote mkongwe au aliyekuwepo katika kamati yao aliyeitwa ili kutafsiri mipaka na kanuni za kazi zao.
Alisema wao kamati ya waamuzi wamekuja kusikia maamuzi yakitolewa pasipo kushirikishwa jambo ambalo halipo kisheria lakini pia maamuzi yaliyotolewa hayakuwa na haki kwani hakuna ushahidi wa kutosha uliowakamatisha waamuzi hao.
“Kuanzia mwanzo hadi mwisho wa sakata lile hakuna aliyeshirikishwa katika kamati yetu, jambo ambalo kwa upande fulani si haki kwani na sisi tuna sheria na kanuni zetu ambazo tunazitumia uwanjani, lakini pia hadi hivi sasa hakuna ushahidi wa kutosha ni vipi wamekutwa na tuhuma za upangaji matokeo.
“Sisi kamati ya waamuzi, tupo tayari kuwasimamia bega kwa bega iwapo kama wenyewe wanaona hawakutendewa haki na wakakata rufaa, lakini wakiomba tuwasimamie katika hilo tupo tayari,” alisema Chama.
Hivi karibuni Kamati ya Nidhamu ya TFF chini ya Makamu Mwenyekiti wake Wakili, Jerome Msemwa, iliwafungia maisha kutojihusisha na mpira wa miguu mwamuzi wa mchezo kati ya JKT Kanembwa FC v Geita Gold, Saleh Mang’ola, kamisaa wa mchezo huo, Moshi Juma pamoja na mwamuzi wa mchezo kati ya Polisi Tabora dhidi ya JKT Oljoro, Masoud Mkelemi na mwamuzi wa akiba, Fedian Machunde, waliofungiwa kwa muda wa miaka kumi pamoja na kutozwa faini ya shilingi milioni kumi kila mmoja baada ya kukutwa na hatia ya upangaji matokeo kwenye michezo hiyo.
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The 13 highest-paid football managers in the world
13. Laurent Blanc — Paris Saint-Germain
2015-2016 Income: €8 million (£6.4 million; $9 million)
Paris Saint-Germain pays its players a crazy amount of money, and the same goes for its manager. PSG have won the last four domestic titles in France, but its Champions League performances haven't quite matched up to that run.
12. Carlo Ancelotti — unattached
2015-2016 Income: €8 million (£6.4 million; $9 million)
The only manager to have won the UEFA Champions League three times, he's due to start a contract with Bayern Munich at the end of the year — but he got £6 million in the meantime as the job was supposed to start this season.
11. Andre Villas-Boas — Zenit Saint Petersburg
2015-2016 Income: €8.5 million (£6.8 million; $9.6 million)
This Portuguese manager had short tenures at Chelsea and Tottenham before departing to Russia, which he'll also leave after a two-year deal worth more than £13 million. He's still the youngest manager to ever win a European title, earning it with Porto in 2011 when he was just 33.
10. Louis Van Gaal — Manchester United
2015-2016 Income: €9.5 million (£7.6 million; $10.7 million)
The Dutchman may not have had a great season at Manchester United this year, but he's still one of the most decorated football managers in Europe and continues to rake it in.
9. Brendan Rodgers — unattached
2015-2016 Income: €10 million (£8 million; $11.3 million)
After spending two years at Liverpool, Rogers was sacked by the club just 10 games into his third season there. Still, he got a nice payoff.
8. Arsene Wenger — Arsenal
2015-2016 Income: €11 million (£8.8 million; $12.4 million)
Having joined Arsenal way back in 1996, Wenger gets paid over £8 million a year to manage the Gunners. He's taken them to Premier League glory three times and won the FA Cup six times, though some wonder whether it's time for the team to get some fresh blood.
7. Luis Enrique — Barcelona
2015-2016 Income: €12 million (£9.6 million; $13.5 million)
Enrique won Barcelona the treble in his first season there, and his salary has ballooned accordingly. He also won the 2015 FIFA World Coach award for his troubles, which may see him even higher up the manager pay list next year.
6. Diego Simeone — Athletico Madrid
2015-2016 Income: €12.5 million (£10 million; $14.1 million)
Simeone won over a hundred caps playing for Argentina before becoming a very well-paid manager. Since coaching Athletico Madrid he's taken them to Europa League and La Liga glory.
5. Jurgen Klopp — Liverpool
2015-2016 Income: €13 million (£10.4 million; $14.7 million)
Klopp took Borussia Dortmund to great success before joining Liverpool in October last year, replacing Brendan Rodgers. Fans have taken his buckets of charisma to their hearts. This week he led Liverpool to an unlikely Europa League win against his old side.
4. Rafael Benitez — Newcastle United
2015-2016 Income: €14.8 million (£11.8 million; $16.7 million)
Speaking of Liverpool, Benitez was there for six years before joining a slew of clubs, including Inter Milan, Chelsea, and Real Madrid. He's now settled at Newcastle for a three-year deal that pays him handsomely.
3. Fabio Capello — unattached
2015-2016 Income: €16.5 million (£13.1 million; $18.6 million)
England fans will recognise Capello, who managed the national team between 2008 and 2012. He needs another job now, having just been sacked by Russia.
2. Pep Guardiola — Bayern Munich
2015-2016 Income: €16.5 million (£13 million; $18.6 million)
The Spaniard is the current coach of Bayern Munich, which has won the German league for the last three seasons. Manchester City will be hoping he works the same magic there, as he's joining for the next season.
1. Jose Mourinho — unattached
2015-2016 Income: €24 million (£19 million; $27 million)
The best-paid manager in football is one who was sacked earlier in the season. Chelsea dumped Mourinho after a bad start to the season, and rumours of where he'll go next continue to be one of the biggest talking points in football. In the meantime, continued pay by Chelsea and endorsement deals with Adidas, Hublot, and Alibaba have kept his bank account full.
