Tout Puissant Mazembe

TPM leave Zambia without having scored a goal in two fixing matches on its camp training in Ndola. In front of Buildcon FC, on Wednesday (March 29^th), at the Levys Mwanawasa stadium in Ndola, the Ravens remained silent in a very high-level match. The team returns to its stronghold on Thursday March 30^th to prepare the reception of DCMP at the opening of the play-offs of the D1.

350 minutes of ineffectiveness in front of the opposing goals ... Of what the Ravens have produced against Buildcon FC, it is worth noting that it is not only the forwards and offensive midfielders that are to be indexed. But we must emphasize the quality of resistance of local opponents. The quality of the two Zambian opponents that complicated the task to the TPM. Two weeks before the opening of the Zambian championship, where the season's schedule is flexible and respected, the teams are at work for what they showed before the Ravens.

Buildcon FC, an African team!

This Wednesday, March 29 at 6 pm, it was before a young team but very seasoned given its squad, which is made up of Cameroonian, Ugandan, Ivorian, Nigerian, Kenyan, Ghanaian, Malian, Congolese and Zambian internationals, all having played in major clubs of the continent! The goalkeeper NGOKENE, Narcisse EKANGA, Jonas SAKUWAHA, Fidèle BOSANDJA, Patient MWEPU are among those "Galactics" that the TPM has faced

With regards of what they are showing in recent weeks, bad starts of the matches, Ibrahim MOUNKORO and his defense are fine with a through ball that Clifton MHESO and yet well placed on the left, cannot conclude. Instead of striking instantly, the Kenyan winger opts for a back pass that Salif COULIBALY clears (4^th).

The time to come back and attempt the assault will last 7 minutes, Rainford KALABA failing at the second post on the first Ravens' corner kick played by MIKA. The Zambian Maestro is at the end of a crossing ball of his compatriot Given SINGULUMA, placed at the tip, but his rifled volley is diverted in extremis and put in corner by the goalkeeper (11^th).

Impeccable in the game... but

Calm in the game, the men of Pamphile MIHAYO and David MWAKASU will show all their technical and tactical abilities but without finding the way of the opposite goal. Trésor MPUTU very involved in the midfield, isn’t far from scoring on two occasions (24^th and 26^th), he first crushes his shot at 16m and made a bad choice after a very nice collective sequence of play! Trésor is injured by studs on his right thigh to in 32nd: on a counter-attack led by Given SINGULUMA, MPUTU tries the ball to shift to Rainford KALABA who will wipe out two defenders and bump on the excellent goalkeeper NGOKENE!

It's on one leg and holding his thigh that Trésor leaves 5 minutes later! Quickly taken care of by the medical staff, "Touré" will undergo thorough examinations within hours to determine the injury and the length of unavailability. According to the medical doctors, nothing is too serious for the number 8.

Likewise for the first half, the second period will be the true copy, the Congolese control in the game but only for scraps of opportunities. Even the entries of Meschack ELIA, Patou KABANGU, Adama TRAORE and Ben MALANGO in the offensive area will not bring any punch in this sector. Despite their physical and technical involvement, it is a new goalless penalty that sanctions the second and final game of the ravens during the six days of the Zambian traineeship

Return to Lubumbashi this Thursday evening to put yourself in the shoes of the play-offs with the DCMP reception on Sunday at 15:30.