Linafoot: V.Club-Sanga Balende match announced in Kinshasa on Tuesday

Kinshasa, April 28^th, 2025 (CPA) – The National League soccer (Linafoot) announced on Saturday that the match between V.Club of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Sanga Balende of Mbuji-Mayi, Kasai Oriental, originally scheduled for Sunday, had been rescheduled for Tuesday, CPAlearns from a press release issued by the sports body. “The secretariat of the National Football League (Linafoot) informs the sporting public in particular and the teams involved in the play-offs of the 30th National Football League (Linafoot) championship in general, that for organizational and air flow reasons, as well as the unavailability of Mbuji-Mayi airport from Friday to Sunday, the V.Club-Sanga Balende match has been scheduled for Tuesday, at 16:00′, at the Tata Raphaël stadium”, it read. According to the administrative document, this match is part of the 2nd day of the play-offs, adding that the Diables verts de Kinshasa derby between AS V.Club and DC Motema Pembe, scheduled for May 1^st, is also to be rescheduled. Since the start of the play-offs, V.Club have come off the back of a forfeit defeat (0-3) against Les Aigles du Congo, a match that was called off after V.Club supporters invaded the pitch, leading to a general brawl and heavy penalties (including the payment of a fine). Since the start of the play-offs, V.Club have come off the back of a loss by forfeit (0-3) to Les Aigles du Congo, a match that was called off after V.Club supporters invaded the pitch, accompanied by a general brawl, resulting in heavy sanctions (including the payment of a sum of 12,000 US dollars) against the Dauphins Noirs and nothing, the Samouraïs de Kinshasa (nicknames of the Eagles players in the group). According to the spirit of Linafoot’s decision, before claiming to play this match, everything will depend on the clearance of its financial sanctions.