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Français (Afrique)ALG : Vandalisme au niveau des nouveaux stades
Qui payera l’ardoise salée des sièges saccagés au niveau des nouveaux stades algériens ? Que feront les gestionnaires desdits stades pour éviter à l’avenir ce genre de situation qui a tendance à se répéter ?
Sur la chaîne 6 de l’EPTV (Chababia), des images montrant les nouveaux stades Algériens sous leurs beaux atours, tournent souvent en boucle, faisant rappeler les gros efforts consentis par l’Etat pour offrir des enceintes modernes et présentant toutes les commodités, que ce soit pour les acteurs ou bien les spectateurs.
Que ce soit Nelson Mandela de Baraki, Ali Ammar de Douéra, Hocine Aït Ahmed de Tizi-Ouzou ou bien Miloud Hadefi, d’Oran, ces stades sont devenus, depuis leur récente ouverture et exploitation, non seulement une fierté pour les algériens, mais l’antre des supporters pour faire vivre le football en mettant des ambiances qu’ils sont les seuls à en connaître l’art et le secret.
Les footballeurs également, puisqu’ils évoluent souvent sur de belles pelouses et dans une atmosphère enivrante et stimulante pour étaler leurs qualités et leur savoir footballistique.
Malheureusement, lors des récentes rencontres du championnat de Ligue 1 disputées à huis-clos, les caméras de la télévision algérienne n’ont pas réussi cacher cette image désolante : plusieurs trous béants dans les tribunes sont désormais visibles à cause de centaines de sièges saccagés dans toutes les enceintes.
Aucun stade n’a été épargné, même celui d’Ali La Pointe où seuls les fans du Mouloudia d’Alger y ont accès depuis le début de la saison puisque la Fédération algérienne de football et la Ligue de football professionnel ont interdit le déplacement des supporters des équipes adverses.
Malgré toutes les tentatives de sensibilisation entreprises par les différents responsables, ce fléau n’arrive toujours pas à quitter nos stades et les coûts des dégâts occasionnés par ces actes de vandalisme ne font que s’empiler.
Aujourd’hui, avec les supporters restent pratiquement debout durant pratiquement tout le match, chantant et sautant en même temps, et cela se fait forcément au détriment de la siégerie, désormais le maillon faible de nos stades, qui a dû mal à résister à la fougue de cette jeunesse débordante d’énergie !
Les mêmes scènes ont été vécues dans les stades remis à neuf, comme Chahid Hamlaoui de Constantine, Mustapha Tcahker de Blida et celui du 5 juillet 1962 qui a connu un drame l’année dernière avec la chute de spectateurs et le décès d’une vingtaine de supporters du MC Alger lorsqu’une barrière d’une tribune supérieure a cédé sous leur poids.
Si au temple Olympique, la siégerie a été refaite depuis et que les tribunes supérieures restent toujours fermées, dans les autres stades ce n’est toujours pas le cas. Pour le moment, on a juste constaté les dégâts puisque les sièges endommagés sont rassemblés en un immense tas dans un coin, et l’on attend l’aboutissement des procédures et surtout le déblocage des budgets pour remédier à cette situation déplorable.
La LFP a, à chaque fois, sanctionné les clubs dont les supporters ont été derrière les actes de vandalisme, mais sans plus. Alors que des sanctions financières à la hauteur du coût des dégâts auraient été préférables pour amortir les dépenses des structures gérant les stades qui, au départ, ont déjà du mal à rentabiliser ces équipements-mastodontes en béton.
Le ministère des sports, dont il a la charge entant que tutelle, sur les grands stades, devrait réfléchir sérieusement sur les voies et moyens, non seulement de mieux préserver ces infrastructures, mais surtout d’impliquer les acteurs dont les supporters sont coupables de vandalisme à supporter les ardoises salées des réparations.
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Ntsabeleng Backs Sundowns to Retain Betway Prem Title With Strong Form
Mamelodi Sundowns attacker Katlego Ntsabeleng says his side can successfully defend their Betway Premiership title if they can maintain their current run of form.
WATCH: Sundowns Storm Back to the Summit of Betway Prem
Mamelodi Sundowns secured a comfortable 4-1 victory over Chippa United at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Friday evening.
A result that sees the Brazilians return to the summit of the Betway Premiership with 53 points from 23 matches.
READ: Cardoso: It Was Not An Easy Match
Ntsabeleng has expressed his gratitude towards his teammates and club after claiming the Man of the Match award.
“It means a lot to get this award. First of all, I would like to thank the Almighty for just giving me the opportunity to express the talent he’s given me,” Ntsabeleng said on SuperSport TV.
“We all know playing for Mamelodi Sundowns, it comes with pressure, and when you get a chance you have to take it, and I think I’m doing my best at that.
“I think I started a bit slow, but as I got used to the team everything went well.
“I think it’s the things we work on in training, just shooting outside the box, creating space for each other, complimentary runs as you can see it’s all coming together now.
“It means a lot for the fans to come out in numbers. We need them, it’s a title race and it’s a difficult one this year because all the teams are going head to head.
“But, I believe we gonna come out on top if we keep playing the way we are.”
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Cardoso: It Was Not An Easy Match
Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Miguel Cardoso admits that the encounter was far from straightforward and reiterated his belief that there are no easy matches in the PSL.
WATCH: Sundowns Storm Back to the Summit of Betway Prem
The Brazilians claimed a comfortable 4-1 victory over Chippa United at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on Friday evening.
The win takes Sundowns back up to the top of the Betway Premiership standings with 53 points after playing 23 matches.
READ: Ntsabeleng Backs Sundowns to Retain Betway Prem Title With Strong Form
Cardoso praised his players for responding to his halftime message and showing the necessary commitment to regain control, secure the result, and maintain focus ahead of their next fixture.
“It was not an easy match, as I said before the match there’s no PSL matches that are easy,” Cardoso told SuperSport after the game.
“The question is the boys understood the message, that goal before halftime of course brought a little bit of insecurity.
“But the message was well passed at halftime, how we needed to be committed and try to take the game in our hands, score the fourth goal that would finish the game and happy for them.
“The boys at the end of the day gave a lot; the starters also made a mission so look forward and there’s another one already on Tuesday.”
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Where is ex-Kaizer Chiefs superstar Tsepo Masilela?
Tsepo Masilela was a rock-solid performer for Bafana Bafana, Kaizer Chiefs, UEFA Champions League club Maccabi Haifa and LaLiga’s Getafe. Since it’s an international break, we may as well have a look at what the former swashbuckling left-back is doing now.
Masilela was pure class
Whether he was scooping up accolades and silverware with Kaizer Chiefs or lining up for Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League, Tsepo Masilela was one of the most underrated left-backs around. Equally adept at defending his box or bombing forward into the final third, he was ahead of his time as a modern full-back. In 2014-15 with Chiefs, he was a pivotal piece of the puzzle, making 28 appearances in the league and supplying three assists. Let’s take a closer look at his playing career next.
A star at World Cup 2010
Masilela featured in all three of Bafana’s group games at the historic 2010 World Cup hosted on home soil. He was a half-time substitute for Lucas Thwala in the 1-1 draw with Mexico and started the two subsequent games against France and Uruguay. He’ll surely be cheering the boys on in the Americas this year.
Former Kaizer Chiefs man was at home in the Champions League
It all started on the local scene at Hellenic in 2004 when Masilela moved to Richards Bay after earning his stripes in Cape Town. A switch to Thanda Royal Zulu followed before his first big break with Maccabi Haifa. Masilela made 127 appearances for the Israeli giants between 2007 and 2011. In 2009/10, he plundered an incredible 13 assists to steer them into the following season’s UEFA Champions League, where he made six appearances. The next stop on his journey was with Spanish LaLiga side Getafe, where Masilela became a key figure despite only signing for the capital club on a season-long loan.
Back in South Africa
Tsepo returned home in 2012, just in time to be an integral member of title-winning Kaizer Chiefs teams in 2013 and 2015. After six years with Amakhosi, Masilela rounded out his playing days between 2019 and 2022 with AmaZulu. He has 46 caps to his name for Bafana Bafana.
Where is Tsepo Masilela now?
Speaking to Robert Marawa in April 2023 and reflecting on his career, he said:
“I’m blessed and I thank God. I played in AFCON, the World Cup, Confed, the CAF Champions League and the UEFA Champions League. I’m happy with the career I had. Blessed.”
In case you didn’t know, he’s the older brother of former Orlando Pirates captain Innocent Maela. Left-back talent is a family thing. According to reports, Masilela is now involved in the mining industry and mentioned in his chat with Mr Marawa that he was taking his UEFA C coaching badges.
Remaining Kaizer Chiefs fixtures this season
- Tue, 7 Apr: Orbit College vs Chiefs
- Sun, 12 Apr: Chiefs vs TS Galaxy
- Wed, 15 Apr: Magesi vs Chiefs
- Sat, 18 Apr: Polokwane vs Chiefs
- Sat, 25 Apr: Pirates vs Chiefs
- Tue, 28 Apr: Siwelele vs Chiefs
- Wed, 6 May: Sundowns vs Chiefs
- Sun, 10 May: Sekhukhune vs Chiefs
- Sat, 16 May: AmaZulu vs Chiefs
- Sat, 23 May: Chiefs vs Chippa
Ghana Premier League: Hearts of Oak chase first win in five games
Fresh from their 2-2 draw at home to returnees All Blacks, Hearts of Oak will lock horns with Young Apostles in week 28 of the Ghana Premier League on Sunday.
The Phobians returned to the Accra Sports Stadium and will look to make the best out of the remaining games of the campaign in front of their vociferous fans.
What you see on matchday starts here.
Mas-Ud Didi Dramani aligning minds before training.
Hearts
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Hearts of Oak head coach Didi Dramani has revealed what his team must do to ensure victory against Young Apostles on Sunday at 3:00pm.
Speaking ahead of the encounter, Didi Dramani stressed the importance of taking lessons from their last game against Swedru All Blacks.
Hearts have not won in five games
“I think that we have always prepared adequately and also learnt lessons from our previous games, and I hope that we have learned a lot of lessons from the previous game.
“More especially playing against a very transitional site.
“Young apostles are equally very transitional side. They run a lot. And I hope that we can, we can close up the spaces that exposed us in the last game.
“And then we can be more clinical and more purposeful when we break them up in our offensive play,” Didi Dramani told Hearts TV.
The 2000 CAF Champions League winners want to finish on a high this campaign despite failing to score in most of their games.
They share third spot with rivals Asante Kotoko on 43 points from 27 games.
Hearts of Oak’s last victory came on February 15 when they defeated Asante Kotoko 1-0 at the Baba Yara Stadium.
They have managed four draws and lost one in their last five encounters, results that have left the supporters asking questions about the team’s qualities.
Ghana Premier League: Week 28
Friday, April 3
Eleven Wonders vs Hohoe United(called off)
Saturday, April 4
Bechem United vs Medeama
Sunday, April 6
GoldStars vs Nations
All Blacks vs Dreams
Hearts of Oak vs Young Apostles
Heart of Lions vs Vision
Holy Stars vs Karela
Berekum Chelsea vs Aduana
Monday, April 7
Kotoko vs Samartex