TP Mazembe set to reappoint coach after poor season

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FOOTBALL TP Mazembe set to reappoint coach after poor season

Festus Chuma 15:30 - 07.04.2023

The ex-Senegal international has agreed on a two-year deal at the Ravens.

Senegalese coach Lamine Ndiaye has arrived in Lubumbashi to start what would be an interesting project with TP Mazembe.

Ndiaye jetted into DR Congo on Friday, 7 April, accompanied by his assistant Alexandre Jurain and is set to take charge of the struggling African giants.

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The former Horoya AC coach takes over Pamphile Mihayo, who is set to be deployed to the team’s lower structures as they seek to regain their continental glory next season.

Ndiaye returns to Mazembe for a second spell, having previously been in charge of the club in 2010, where he won that season’s CAF Champions League.

"Ndiaye has strong leadership and great tactical knowledge of football. His mission will be to rebuild, that is to put in place the club's project aimed at being competitive at the highest level of continental football while gradually integrating young talents," the club said in a statement. 

The 66-year-old gaffer inherits a side that was eliminated from the 2022/2023 CAF Confederations Cup after finishing at the bottom of Group D of the competition.

"Ndiaye did a remarkable job with TP Mazembe during his first spell, achieving the best result in the club's history: victory in the 2010 Champions League and his place as World Cup finalist in Abu Dhabi. His knowledge of high-level football, his calm, and his sense of dialogue are fundamental in rebuilding a talented group with strong personalities, "adds the statement.

The outgoing coach Mihayo was in his third stint at the club having coached the club in 2017 and before returning in 2021 for a second spell in charge of five-time African champions.