ON WEDNESDAY AT A RESTAURANT
Moïse KATUMBI received medal and champion’s trophy
May 22, 2019
Double ceremony at the restaurant Le Boucher in the Golf area, one of the chic places in the city of Lubumbashi, on Wednesday, May 22 early in the afternoon. Decoration of the Chairman by the Linafoot committee and L1 trophy award during a reunion lunch offered to the Ravens.
«When we crown players of a team, why not awarding his president who devotes a lot of effort to guide his team... »These are the words by Bosco MWEHU, president of Linafoot, after putting the medal on the neck of the Chairman Moïse KATUMBI in his capacity as President of the champion team of Congo. Linafoot who did the same for the last champion could not depart from the rule ...
KALABA wanted a Champion’s League trophy
In turn, the players represented by their captain handed the L1 trophy to the Chairman. The Ravens would have wanted it to be the continental trophy, but too bad... said Rainford KALABA in his speech to the Chairman.
Without waffle, Moïse KATUMBI at the outset thanked the president of FECOFA, Constant OMARI, who remained constant vis-à-vis sports and personal relations between the two men during hardship period. Linafoot managed to organize a championship in a country full of talented players capable to take the DRC back to the World Cup one day. The boss of TPM urged the Congolese Government to grant substantial subsidies in favor of FECOFA.
Moïse KATUMBI: « We must start again… »
Speaking to his protected, the Chairman was quite clear: « I congratulate all players even if there is still a lot to do because you did not win the CAF Champion’s League. On this point, you have zero out of ten, because I am a very demanding president. We must start again by working hard to achieve it. I congratulate you all the same for your discipline ...» Naming foreigners who have become more Katangese than the boss himself, the Chairman paid tremendous respect to Ravens who, if they did not give what the club expected, nevertheless they fought in discipline by failing at the foot of the podium.