Chiyangwa hails Jordaan re-election
important now is consistency and that's what we have done so far.
“I am happy for the team, they have not dropped their work ethic. Normally when you win like this you tend to have complacency but I am glad this year we have a group of players who are focused,” Ndiraya said.
“We have been working hard especially on transition, I see a lot of improvement on that. Modern football is all about transition and I think we did well today (yesterday). I would also like to say it again that we have a very strong squad this year and that permits us to rotate the team, that has kept us going.”
Harrison acknowledged that he played against a good team although he felt Ngezi keeper Bernard should have been sent off for handling outside the box when Malvern Gaki raced through on goal early in the first half.
The home side's keeper only got a yellow from referee Josiah Masimira.
“They are a top team and they smashed us,” said Harrison.
“They have got pace, they have got power, they are good in transition but like I said before, we are still work in progress, we want to aspire to maybe win the league one day. But I feel their keeper should have been sent off, that was a clear red card.”
Teams
Ngezi Platinum Stars: D. Bernard, K. Bulaji, L. Chakoroma, K. Murera, J. Nguluve (C. Augusto 62), T. Dzvukamanja (N. Ketala 74), G. Murwira, W. Mukanga, M. Charamba (D. Teguru 90), F. Makarati, T. Chipunza
Harare City: R. Harrison, R. Uchena, T. Chimwemwe, B. Chayambuka, H. Chapusha, T. Samanja, M. Muchenje (L. Muyambo 66), T. Tumba, K. Musharu (W. Muvirimi 58), W. Manondo (M. Vengesayi 35), M. Gaki COSAFA president Phillip Chiyangwa yesterday described the re-election of Danny Jordaan as South African Football Association president as a sign of maturity within the football bloc.
Jordaan's sole opponent in the election at the Sandton Convention Centre‚ Andile 'Ace' Ncobo‚ walked out of the conference claiming he had been threatened after the former referee's attempts to have the congress halted on grounds of various Safa statutes not having been obeyed was unsuccessful. Jordaan won a second fiveyear term by 236‚ or 95.12 percent‚ of the 246 votes‚ with two voting against the former 2010 World Cup Organising Committee CEO‚ one vote spoilt‚ and the remaining 10 either having abstained or were not present.
Commenting on the development Chiyangwa, who once brought the feuding Jordaan and Ncobo to the negotiating table, said SAFA had shown that “Cosafa has matured as football region.”
“I would like to congratulate Danny Jordaan for his re-election and I do this THE man behind the JM Busha sports fiesta, which exploded in the capital on Friday, has a grand plan.
After holding a second successive JM Busha 54 race competition, which also saw cycling and golf competitions being staged, Joseph Busha opened up on his dream of making the race as big as some of the leading marathons in the world.
“Our dream is to take this race to the same level as that of the London, Berlin and New-York marathons,” he said.
“With the numbers that we witnessed on Friday, I believe it can be achieved if we have more African countries coming to participate. “After this year's race, my duty is now to go to all the 54 countries in Africa and introduce the race so that by the Korean ambassador to Zimbabwe Cho Jaichel “To be honest, 85 is a really big number to what we expected in the run up to the tournament, “said Benson
“We were looking at about 36 fighters and to then get 85 is a win. It's a sign of the ever improving economy and we look forward to getting bigger and bigger numbers in the near future.”
Ambassador Cho was so impressed by the level of competition that he extended both as Cosafa and Zifa president,” said Chiyangwa.
“His re-election shows that as Cosafa we have matured in terms of how we handle our issues. Yes here and there members of football associations will argue but at the end of the day the game must be the winner.
“What has happened in South Africa shows the world that we are football people and want to see the game developing. When I brought Danny and Ace to the negotiation table my message to them was simple, I said “gentlemen let South African football be the winner at the end of the day. And I am glad that South African football was the winner in Sandton yesterday.”
Chiyangwa added that Jordaan has shown “great commitment” to developing football in the Cosafa region.
“As a region we stand to benefit a lot from Danny's continued stay at the helm of Safa because he is one guy who has been working tirelessly to promote football in the region.
“I look forward to further engaging Jordaan on issues of mutual cooperation and wish him all the best as he begins his second five year term.”
Meanwhile, Jordaan dismissed Ncobo's claims that yesterday's meeting was illegal.
Asked to respond to Ncobo's allegation that the election was illegal‚ Jordaan was initially angry at the question.
“It's nonsense. Absolute nonsense. And you only do it to football. And why do you do that?” he charged.
“You have in this room the electoral committee. Some of these men are senior advocates. They have acted as judges in the Supreme Court in this country. In this room we have a representative from Fifa.
“This is a transparent process in front of you. It's not on hearsay. And where people raise issues we step back to say that we don't want a discredited election.
“On Friday there was an attempt to stop this election. It was dismissed by the court. And the court said proceed. What else do you want?” — Sports Reporter/Timeslive