Kinshasa, April 4, 2021 (ACP).- SM Sanga Balende from Mbuji-Mayi won CS Don Bosco from Lubumbashi by 1-0, Sunday at Kashala Bonzola stadium, in Mbuji-Mayi, in the advanced match of the 22nd day of the 26th National Football League Championship (LINAFOOT). The reds and golds of Kasai Oriental scored the only goal of the game through Bukasa Bakangila (41st). Thanks to this 12th victory of the season, Sanga Balende has totaled 40 points in 19 outings. This allowed him to get back on the podium from 4th to 3rd place to the detriment of AS V.Club (39 points), which was relegated to the lower level. As for Don Bosco, he is still stuck in 7th place with 29 points in as many matches, after having conceded his 10th defeat of the championship. It should be remembered that this meeting was interrupted following the rain which had fallen on the city of Mbuji-Mayi.
Dauphin Noir wins on the wire in front of JSK (1-0)
AS Dauphin Noir in Goma, North Kivu, won on the wire in front of the Jeunesse Sportive de Kinshasa (JSK) by 1-0, Sunday at the Martyrs of Pentecost stadium, in Kinshasa, in a match of the 26th day of the 26th National Football League Championship (LINAFOOT). Returning from the locker room after a goalless first period, Dauphin Noir started the score with a corner ball executed from left to right, thanks to Willy Bokingo Bengele, who shot the JSK goalkeeper with a low shot. Despite the efforts of both sides, the result remained unchanged until the last whistle. On the strength of this performance, the Goma club, which has just recorded its very first victory in the return phase, scored its 19th point in 20 outings and is now in 13th position, where JSK has signed its 11th defeat in the championship and totals 21 units after 22 encounters delivered.
Statements from two coaches after the match
After the match, JSK coach JC Makanda told the press: “The championship is very difficult and all opponents should be taken seriously. As proof, we have just lost in front of an opponent in a very bad position.
It should be said that we created a certain number of chances, but we had come up against a goalkeeper who was in his good day. It’s up to us to get back to work for the rest of the competition.
It was a real citadel ”. John Birindwa Cirongozi, Dauphin Noir coach: “I’m in my second game with this team after the loss against DC Motema Pembe. Together with the players, we took the option of winning the rest of our matches. Hence the 3-point operation that we launched from today.
We are determined to take up this challenge. Appetite comes with eating. In football, anything is possible
We still have 12 games to deliver and we intend to distribute this momentum of victory to put the club back into orbit in order to save the season. Nothing is lost « . ACP/