Kinshasa, May 29th, 2021 (CPA).- The AS Maniema Union-TP Mazembe match of the 25th day of the 26th championship of the National Football League (LINAFOOT), initially scheduled for Sunday 23 May, has been rescheduled for Thursday 03 June 2021 at 3:30 p.m. at the Joseph Kabila Kabange stadium in Kindu, indicates a correspondence from this sports entity which reached the CPA on Friday May 28.
The rescheduling of this meeting follows Mazembe’s request for the postponement to LINAFOOT, under the pretext of seeing the body organizing the national championship on behalf of the FECOFA (Congolese Football Association) decide beforehand the dispute between the CS Don Bosco from Lubumbashi to AS V.Club in Kinshasa about the player Matutala Zao. For LINAFOOT, this match between the two teams is very important and will determine the club that will accompany V.Club in the CAF Champions League (African Football Confederation) next year, given that Maniema Union has 60 points in 27 matches. , while Mazembe is ahead of the Kindu team by 3 lengths but with one more match. In addition to this confrontation, SM Sanga Balende from Mbuji-Mayi will host the same day at the Kashala Bonzola stadium, in Mbuji-Mayi, the Racing Club de Kinshasa (RCK), on behalf of the 16th day of the national championship, while AC Rangers of Kinshasa will try to put pressure on the Jeunesse Sportive de Kinshasa, within the framework of the 29th day.
On Sunday June 6th, three matches will be on view. At the Martyrs of Pentecost stadium in Kinshasa, AS V. Club, mathematically champions before the resolution of all disputes, will extend its hospitality to FC Lubumbashi Sport, in a late match of the 27th day, the very last of the season for « Muscovites ». For its part, AS Dauphin Noir from Goma will extend its hospitality to SM Sanga Balende from Mbuji-Mayi on the same day at the Martyrs of Pentecost stadium in Kinshasa, in a late match for the 27th day. At the Joseph Kabila stadium in Kindu, AS Maniema Union will battle it out with DC Motema Pembe from Kinshasa, in a match recovered from Matchday 22nd. On the other hand, Sunday May 30 at the Martyrs of Pentecost stadium, the Immaculate will be at the reception of FC Saint Eloi Lupopo de Lubumbashi, as part of the 30th day, followed, on Monday May 31st at the Martyrs of the stadium. Pentecost, of the AS Dauphin Noir match of Kindu-AC Rangers in Kinshasa, rescheduled in the Congolese metropolis due to a volcanic eruption in Goma.
AS Maniema Union will complete the 26th national championship on Wednesday, June 9 against the Racing Club of Kinshasa, on behalf of the 26th day, an important match for both formations, insofar as one seeks everything to participate to the next African Champions League and the other is maintenance inquiry. ACP/Fng/nig