Mazembe meets FC Lubumbashi Sport this Saturday, November 30, 2024 at 2 p.m. at the Frédéric Kibasa Maliba stadium for the continuation of the classic phase in group A. Barely three days before their timid entry into the Champions League at home in front of Mouloudia Club d’ Algiers ended in a sad draw (0-0), the Corbaux can breathe new blood into this pivotal match which they will deliver in the elite championship.
Lamine N’diaye can finally launch his new picks. The Franco-Senegalese coach breathes after the long ban “not to register new players due to the unilateral dismissals of Ibrahima Diaby and Ousmane Diallo” which weighed on them, fell on Thursday. The happiness that the Bandiagwena technician will have against the Kamikazes this Sabbath is to take into his eleven young “freshest recruits.” His Mazembe which is faltering in front of the goal because of the departures of Joël Beya, Philippe Kizumbi, Glody Likonza and Fily Traoré can tempt the new blood represented and formed by Dylan Lumbu, Faveurdi Bongeli, Ibwa Isse (Defectors from Ceforbel and AC Kuya ).
Hence, Lamine acknowledges, that “after big matches, it is often difficult for players to get back on track. We have been watching over it ever since. »
Victorious for the Sang et Or of Samajesté Sanga Balende (1-0) last Thursday, Mazembe of Ndiaye “still needs to continue in the championship because it is very close. » Furthermore, he thinks that if “you win a match, you take a good step forward, if you lose a match, you stagnate or move backwards considerably, so we really want to play this match. We know that it is not going to be easy because against Lubumbashi sport, these are difficult matches to negotiate and we will little by little refocus ourselves to play this match fully. »
“The group that played in the Champions League is here, there is Ibrahim who has his sprain problem,” announced the coach at a pre-match press conference this Friday. It’s up to him to add: “We have the same group, and we will try to take the freshest ones to play this match fully. » Mazembe second in the group with 16 points will move ahead of Lupopo (18 points) in the event of victory. Lubumbashi sport for the Black and White is a cash cow: the four huge scores inflicted by the Champions of Congo last season in Ligue 1: (3-0, 8-0.5-0.3-0) are the symbol of a duel with the usual tastes. The Blacks and Whites set themselves up as a very strong turn for the Reds.
Jenovic Lumbuenadio
Belgium
