AMAZULU FOOTBALL CLUB

COMPETITION: LEAGUE 2006 – 2007

VENUE: RUSTEMBURG

DATE: MARCH 3rd 2007 – 19h30

1. EMBARCATION:

DATE:  MARCH 2nd/ 2007

PLACE: Durban – Johannesburg – Rustenburg

TIME:  10h00

2. ARRIVAL:

DATE: 2nd/MARCH /2007 

PLACE: Hotel Cabanas

TIME: 13h30. Durban – Johannesburg (1 hour), Johannesburg – Rustenburg (2 and half hours)

3. HOTEL:

NAME: Cabanas

CLASSIFICATION: Three or Four Stars

EVALUATION: Good. Calm, quit and empty all rooms facing swimming pool, having verandas. Good atmosphere for camping

4. MEALS:

PLACE: Hotel

TIME:  Lunch – 12h00, Dinner – 19h00. Pre-match meal – 16h30

EVALUATION: Good. Fair but inferior to other hotels Snack very simple but with introduction of Fosfogen and Creatine

5. GAME:

ADVERSARY: Kaiser Chiefs

DATE: March 3^rd 2007 

TIME: 19h30

ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS AND WHEATER: VERY HOT AND DRY

FIELD: VERY GOOD

RESULT: AMAZULU 2 X 1 K. Chiefs

GOALS: LUCKY (40^th minute 1 x 0 and 80^th minute 2 x 1). K. Chiefs number 9 at 50^th minute)

LINE UP:

TSHEPO, SILLO, BELIX, MARTIN (CAP), STAR

TEMBA, KAGISO, TOUCH, LITHA

LUCKY, SBU

SUBTITUION:

TEBOKO X LITHA – PHYSICAL, TECHNICAL AND TACTICAL ASPECTS

DENYS X SBU – MEDICAL ASPECT (KICK IN THE ANKLE – PAINFULL)

IWE X SILLO – PHYSICAL ASPECT (CRAMPS)

WEEK OF WORK: VERY GOOD. WE DID NOT HAVE FIELD TO PRACTICE IN RUSTEMBURG, SO WE PRACTICED IN AN AREA CLOSED TO THE SWIMMING POOL.

IN THE FRIENDLY ON WEDNEDAY (LOST O X 1 RANGERS) 3 LAYERS GOT INJURIED (STAR – RECOVERED AND PLAYED, BAFO – DID NOT RECOVER AND DID NOT PLAY, THANDO – IT WAS TOLD INJURIED AND DID NOT PLAY).

UNFORTUNATELLY NOBODY FROM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT WAS THERE, DOCTOR AND PHYSYO)

EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE: GOOD. IN THE BEGINNING WE FACED TACTICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO THEIR FORMATION, BUT ABOUT 15^th MINUTE WE CONTROLLED, START TO PLAY BETTER, BROUGHT CHANCES (opportunities), AND SCORED AT THE 40^th MINUTE. Even improving we were still TRYING TO GET THE OPORTUNITIES VERY FAST, WITHOUT NECESSARY COMPOSURE, and TIMING AND CLASS.

THE SECOND HALF, BY CHANCE, THEY SCORED IN THE 5^th MINUTE DESPITE WE TRIED NOT TO CONCEED SO QUICK (early).

TRHEY INCREASED THE PRESUURE BUT WE MASTERED IT WEEL, PASSING AND PLAYING AND SCORING THE SECOND GOAL, AND HAVING OPORTUNITY TO SCORE AT LEAST ONE MORE.

ANY HOW IT WAS GOOD THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE AND VERY GOOD THE 3 POINTS, MAKING US LEAVE THE BOTTON, PUTTING MARIZBURG TO CARRY THE DUTY.

IT WAS TOLD HISTORIC VICTORY, THE FIRST OF AMAZULU X CHIEFS AWAY (TO BE CONFIRMED)

DISCIPLIN: VERYGOOD. Even the uniform to travel was better. ONE MORE KIT OF TRAVELLING T-SHIRTS NECESSARY

6. RETURN:

EMBARCATION: RUSTEMBURG TO JOHANNESBURG: AFTER GAME, HAVING LIGHT SNACK IN THE BUS AND DINNER AT THE SOUTHERN HOTEL UPON ARRIVEL (12H30 – 5tha MARCH. JOHANNESBURG TO DURBAN ON MARCH 5^th 11h00

7. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:

GENERAL DELEGATION’S DISCIPLIN: VERY GOOD

TRIP: GOOD. WE TRAVELLED AS PLANNED DUE TO ADVANCED BOOKING AND RESERVATION, BUT ONLY THE DAY BEFORE WE GOT THE HOTEL (CABANAS, NOT THE ONES WE ESPECTED DUE TO A OVERBOOKING OF HOTELS THAT WEEKEND IN RUSTEMBURG)

HOTEL: GOOD

GAME’S FIELD: VERY GOOD

TRAINING’S FIELD: THERE WERE NO FIELDS TO TRAINING. THE PRACTICE IMPROVISED AND GOOD WAS AT THE HOTEL.

MEALS: GOOD. WE KEPT GIVING PHOSFOGEN AND CREATINA, AND STARTED THE USE OF CARBOHYDRATE BEFORE, DURIND AND AFTER THE GAME, WHAT WAS VERY GOOD AND SHOULD BE MAINTAINED, DESPITE THE COSTS

REFEREES: GOOD

STAFF: COMPLETE. DESPITE THE PHYSICAL TRAINER ONCE AGAIN CAN NOT BE ON THE BANCH, AFTER 3 WEEKS AT AMAZULU,

SQUAD: MAC DONALD DESPITE HAVING PRACTICE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND AGREED LAST MONDAY WAS NOT REGISTERED (VERY LATE ATTEMPT ON FRIDAY). BY CHANCE THEMBA WAS READY AND USEFUULL.

UNIFORMS: GAME – I DON’T THINK THE MATERIAL IS THE BEST FOR HIGH LEVEL COMPETITION AND PERFORMANCE.

STAFF: AMAZULU´S T-SHIRTS WHITE AND GREEN.

TRAVEL: EACH MEMBER OF THE DELEGATION MUST HAVE 2 T-SHIRTS TO TRAVEL (RETURN).

HOTEL: ONE OR TWO SETS TO MOVE AROUND.

OTHER OBSERVATIONS:

The bellow average against Young Tigers gave us the possibility to improve foccus to play Kaiser Chiefs.

The observation made by one our friend in the match K. C. x Arrows was important, beside the knowledge of their team of the Members of our Staff, mainly T. D. Ted Dimitru.

Once again we played a game without having got video tape of the opponent, as well as our previous performance. It is very important.

Recommended to record our games and trainings

In the future should be part of the Staff a Technical Observer and Scout.

We must improve the team work and commitment to play Orlando Pirates next Saturday.

Still happened problems of Team management.

Once again it was not possible to have a Coach to practice the non traveling players.

It was asked somebody to spy (Benoni x Marizburg, Tulani and Sandile), and Ted plus Sudesh to observe O. Pirates on Sunday – Rustemberg – then they stayed there).

                                     HEAD COACH  – Julio Leal

ASSISTANT COACH – SUDESH SINGH