Sunday Manara was like Messi

A WEEK ago, Raia Mwema began printing an interview with former Secretary General of the Association of Football Tanzania (FAT) now TFF and Chairman of Simba, Ismail Aden Rage, where he talked about various things, including how he subscribed to the club as player and other issues. Today we continue with the second part.Pambalo and Simba and Mehalla el KubraSince its inception, Lions club has suffered many international matches but fewer matches than have previously talked about the conflict between him and Mehalla dealt in Egypt in 1974.Simba has set a record at the time was to become the first team to Tanzania to play the semi-finals of the Tournament of Champions of Africa.The first leg was hit Dar es Salaam and Simba emerged with a 1-0 victory. In the return leg was played in Egypt, the hosts won 1-0 after 120 minutes of the game.Rage was the bench in both games and recounts the events of the match as if it happened only yesterday. First is the mess that occurred during the match."Arabs are very clever on the discord football. They endeavored greatly to do for us plot out players in sports, but they failed. Golini was in late Athumani Mambosasa who picked that day very well."In the second period, one of the leaders of Mehalla decided to hold an event that brought the trouble. He went on to take the goal Simba savings goalkeeper gloves Our attentive Mambosasa he had inside the post."The Egyptians attributed the gloves and the power of darkness, that is magic, because all they succeeded in overtaking the stronghold of Simba, they met Mambosasa saves."After taking the gloves and wanting to run them, one of the players of Simba was followed by the leader of the beating pulse Kubra. Relatives had just collapsed, the Egyptians were filled, and they decided to let us invade the field."It became a real mess and the troops had to intervene with tear gas blowing. Referee of the game was Farah Addo from Somalia and stopped the game."All the players took to the middle of the field for safety. Addo saw me'm with my teammates. Akanisemesha for the Somali language that you come with me. Perhaps he knew that I am a Somali I played football in Tanzania. Fortunately I know the language and I went to hide him."The referee kept very close to Addo meant to be in the midst of tight security. If the ingechezwa today's match, Simba would have given victory to those who disturb the peace as it hosts. Unfortunately, things did not have a television at the time and the match continued after settling violence. Simba released on penalties, "said Rage.Simba Information abused and oppressed in Egypt as the fire spread here in the wilderness. As a result, when the club's players have returned to the country, crowds of fans were going to receive.Rage recalls that when they return, the former President of Tanzania at the time, the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, had a journey to go abroad and he should ever Airport.However, due to the abundance of those who tinga road that day, a convoy of Mwalimu was unable to walk. For the first time in his political life, Nyerere realized the power of football is huge.Rage says from that day, and set the order that the teams they come from outside, should be accompanied by a soldier signaling (escort) to prevent the occurrence of such event lililomkuta Master.Simba the diagonalIn 1983, Lions made a tour of 45 days in Brazil during Rage as Secretary General. In his notes, it was the first visit ever made such a long and teams from Africa, sub-Saharan Africa.When I returned to Tanzania after the visit, Simba came to the style of football that has come to be popularly known as Diagonal. Meanwhile, the technical bench of the club was limesheheni experts from Brazil, Professor Silva who was the head coach and his assistant, Izo.Also, a former Taifa Stars head coach, Paul West Gwivaha, was appointed as the manager of Simba. For details of Rage, Simba had the coaching staff with extensive expertise than any East African team at that time (in 1982/83)."The team is very well when ilijifua Brazil. When we returned we come up with hairstyles called diagonal ball for passing and attacking all the time. Pasi was the worst are upright."I do not even know who produced it as the diagonal because Brazil at that time was called in the style of football that was being referred to by the name of Samba. I think it is the passing of our players. It must be one of the journalists because they are old they were produced many names, "he said.Simba played the first two matches before meeting with traditional rivals, Yanga. The day of the match, at the same National Stadium (now known as Independence Stadium or Farm Bibi) 'you puke' fans.The match ended with the result of the draw. However, Rage recalls that Yanga could not cross the center line of the field for most of the match.After the match, Yanga fans who were beaten by fellow Lions innuendo before the contest; they have to say ... quite the end of the conflict began to sing; "Where diagonal?"Sunday Manara ceasedIn his more than 40 years of involvement with the game of football, Rage has seen many football players. She is lucky that she has the right at a time when Tanzania was a 'golden generation' of players.'m Asking, in his time this time, there is a player who he believes he is better than all that were ever to happen to our country?"It is a difficult question to answer because the players are very different. For example, you can not compare the goalkeeper and central defender. You can not compare link striker. Each has different roles."But, because there are good players and awards are given to one person, I think Sunday Manara almaarufu 'computer' is the best player that I have ever seen in this country."Seeing Manara at that time was equivalent to seeing Lionel Messi of Barcelona today. They are like everything on their performances. If Manara would be playing ball now, his competitor would be Messi. He was much better."People called him a computer because he was doing things that people were hearing the same device handles. At that time there were few computers and people had never noticed but Sunday was given its name.Rage will explain next week about how he Mbwana Samatta Top selling to TP Mazembe, provoking accusations should be granted case by the trend of football in the country as a whole. That will be the last part.