AFTER 45 YEARS INTER IS THE BEST CLUB IN THE WORLD AGAIN

INTER 3 MAZEMBE 0

The match report 
Inter Milan's  strikers Eto'o Phils ,Diego  Milito and Pandev were on song Saturday to register a convincing win over TP Mazembe of The Congo in the finals of the FIFA world cup for clubs in Abu Dahbi ,UAE. At minute 13  Pandev the Macedonian striker  collected a precise pass from   Eto'o  and slipped the ball pass  goal keeper Kidiaba. 4 minutes later It was Eto himself  'on target for Inter with a beautiful shot. 

In the second half  Inter netted the third ,Biabiany scored as soon as the  African goalkeeper jumped out and signed the final scoes at  3-0.

Inter, who won the old Intercontinental Cup in 1964 and 1965, best completes the calendar year in its history by adding the World Club of the three trophies won under the guidance of Jose Mourinho (Champions League, Scudetto and Coppa Italy) and won the Super League with Benitez on the bench.

 ETU ETO....The Camerounian Skipper still on top of his game

 dismantled TP 's defence setting up Padev and scoring one himself

The Inter Milan trophy chest 
The World Club won tonight in Abu Dhabi is the 38th trophy in the history of Inter.Here is the complete list (source USA Today) Inter successes:
Italian Championships : 18 (1909-10, 1919-20, 1929-30, 1937-38, 1939-40, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1962-63, 1964-65, 1965-66, 1970-71, 1979 -80, 1988-89, 2005-06 *, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 * assigned to a table)
Italy Cup : 6 (1938-39, 1977-78, 1981-82, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2009-10
Italian Super Cup: 5 1989, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010)
European Cup / Champions League : 3 (1963-64, 1964-65, 2009-10)
Intercontinental Cup / Club World : 3 (1964, 1965, 2010)
Uefa Cup : 3 (1990-91, 1993-94, 1997-98).

MAZEMBE WILL WIN THE WORLD CUP

Kidiaba: All of Africa is behind us

That fateful Tuesday in AbuDhabi  when Congo DR’s TP Mazembe Englebert  shellacked SC Internacional do Porto Alegre,Brazil 2-0 in the semis of the world cup it was a heroic display from their goalkeeper Muteba Kidiaba that provided the platform for their unexpected victory.

The TP Mazembe custodian’s first experience of the competition was mixed – he produced some incredible saves, but also received a red card in the match for fifth place against Auckland City, precipitating his team’s defeat. “I was keen to banish that memory, and to try to help my team-mates this time, rather than hinder them,” explained Kidiaba to FIFA.com in the immediate aftermath of his club’s stunning win over Sport Club Internacional. “But today was not about the performance of one single player. This feat was achieved by a solid, well-prepared team.”

KIDIABA ...VERY SAFE HANDS

“But today was not about 

the performance of one single player. 

This feat was achieved by a solid,

 well-prepared team.”

-Kidiaba

The word ‘feat’ fails to adequately convey what the Lubumbashi-based side have achieved here in UAE. Never before had a team from the Mother Continent reached the FIFA Club World Cup final. Les Corbeaux (The Crows), who have got used to upsetting the odds on African soil in recent times, have now done the same in Abu Dhabi, filling an entire continent with joy in the process.

The cup is within touching distance. We’re confident we can put in a performance that will enable us to lay our hands on it.

Muteba Kidiaba

“We’re so proud to be flying the flag for Africa,” said Kidiaba. “We’d like to think that the Congolese nation, as well as people all across the continent, are behind us, just as they were for Ghana at the World Cup in South Africa.”

The Black Stars’ exploits at this year’s FIFA World Cup™ did not go unnoticed by the four-time African champions. “This was always going to be a great year for African football, but it must be said that overall the World Cup was a little disappointing for our confederation’s teams,” said the TP Mazembe shot-stopper. “But Ghana showed us the way. We’re now in the final and the cup is within touching distance. We’re confident we can put in a performance that will enable us to lay our hands on it.”

KIDIABA IS READY TO DO THE BUTT DANCE ON SATURDAY Foto:HassanAmar/AP

We’re now in the final and the cup 

is within touching 

distance. We’re confident 

we can put in a 

performance that will 

enable us to lay our hands on it.”- KIDIABA

If TP Mazembe were to emerge victorious on Saturday, it would be no surprise if Kidiaba’s gloved hands were among the first to clutch the trophy. A disappointed Brazilian front line can testify to their reliability, having failed to find the net against a side that were clear underdogs on paper.

These are sentiments that would instantly gain the approval of Lamine N’Diaye, T.P Mazembe’s Senegalese coach. “During our pre-match preparations, he placed a special emphasis on two things,” revealed Kidiaba, who is famed for his unorthodox celebration routine of bouncing on his backside. “Hard work, because without that, talent is useless. And total concentration because, without that, hard work is pointless. Our other strength is team spirit. It’s as if we’re ready to die for each other out on the pitch.”

 PT MAZEMBE ....those who fight on their knees shall have victory in the spirit.(KJV)

As far as personal success is concerned, Kidiaba is not averse to some hard graft himself, as he explained at the end of our interview. “Football is all I have. It’s in my blood and it’s what I’m good at. Moreover, I don’t know any other way of earning a living, so it makes sense for me to train continuously in order to produce my very best.”

“Hard work, because without that, talent is useless. And total concentration because, without that, hard work is pointless. Our other strength is team spirit. It’s as if we’re ready to die for each other out on the pitch.”-KIDIABA quoting Coach Lamine Ndiaye.

Source:FIFA: MUTEBA KIDIABA on FIFA.COM

AFRICA in FIFA Club World Cup FINAL

Mazembe 2

stun 

Internacional YET TO SCORE

By OSOLONYE AJUFOH

  Radio Africa1.net

Osolonye@radioafrica1.com

TP MAZEMBE PLAYERS CELEBRATE AN UNBELIEVABLE BUT TRUE VICTORY
REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed

African champions Tout Puissant  Mazembe of Congo shock the soccer world at the World Club Cup. They beat Brazilian and South American Champions Internacional 2-0.

ESTATIC  AFRICAN FANS .........IT COULDN"T BE HAPPENING....                          Filecopy

TP MAZEMBE of Lumumbashi , Congo may become the first team from Africa to win the elusive trophy.

On Tuesday Abu Dabi, UAE Mulota Kabangu and Alain Dioko Kaluyituka scored a goal apiece to grab a deserved win and to set up a dream final with either International of Milan or the Korean side Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. They

TP Mazembe is the first African side ever to reach the final. The previous top African finishers were Egyptian side Al Ahly who came third in 2006, the year in which Internatcional Brazil who fell to Mazembe today won the tournament

TP Mazembe reached the semifinals of the Club World Cup with a 1-0 win over Mexico's Pachuca on Friday with a brilliant goal by as Mbeza .

FIFA THREATENS GHANA

Osolonye Ajufoh
with agency reports
Osolonye@radioAfrica1.net

ACCRA, Ghana --The federation of international football associations FIFA has handed the Ghanaian government a notice of intent to sanction GHANA. FIFA wants Accra to end government interference in soccer or its national federation in three days or face a ban from international competition.

        Tuesday, Ghana’s economic and organized crime agency EOCO carted away eight computers and prevented football administrators from entering the secretariat in a raid on the Ghana football association headquarters in Accra which according to FIFA forced GFA”to stop all its activities, including the running of the league and other football developments."Ghana's domestic soccer league was suspended on Wednesday. FIFA frown strongly against direct government intervention and manipulation of national FAs. 

"If the Ghanaian authorities did not stop their direct intervention and allow the GFA to work again before Sunday, the case would be referred to the FIFA emergency committee." FIFA said in a strongly worded dispatch to Accra."For FIFA it is not acceptable if the GFA is not in a position anymore to exercise the core of its mandate, which is to run football in the country, because of government intervention," the statement read.

Ghana's government has denied involvement in the raid.

                                                                            Photo:Peace FM

Youth and sports minister Akua Sena Dansua

"Government did not invade GFA. EOCO is an independent organization"

Photo:Getty

GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi

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    EOCO is investigating allegations of tax evasion, fraud and other offenses. Allegations GFA president Kwesi Nyantakyi denies. Ghana the current under-20 world champion is a high profile soccer nation loosing narrowly to Egypt in the 2010 Africa Nations cup. Ghana was the only African team that made the knockout stages of the FIFA world cup in South Africa before eventually losing to Uruguay on a penalty shootout.