Samaria revels in title win
African Stars coach Bobby Samaria is ecstatic after his club was crowned the 2017/18 Namibia Premier League (NPL) champions after beating Tigers 2-1 at the Sam Nujoma Stadium on Sunday.
Stars dethroned defending champions Tigers to walk away with the coveted title; the result was unexpected as Tigers had taken lead in the first half when Gustav Isaak scored.
Striker Ambrosius Amseb, however, had the right boots on and came from behind to score a brace for his team.
The winning coach, Bobby Samaria, said they only took back what had been taken from them by Tigers at the end of the 2014/15 season.
“With the grace of God we reclaimed our title. It is a great feeling even though we wanted to win the league with four matches to go. We left it till late and dropped points on the way but we made it,” said Samaria.
He also expressed happiness at the fact that Panduleni Nekundi might walk away with the Golden Boot award as he has demonstrated his selflessness throughout the league.
“Nekundi is the type of player every coach would like to have in his team. He put the interest of the club before his own in Sunday's match and passed the ball which he could have scored to Amseb. That in itself is proof that he deserves it.”
Samaria said the team was in a celebratory mood but they would head back to training and win the last two matches just to leave a great impression. “I will use the core of the team and also see that guys who have not played regularly play as well, but the task still remains that we have to win and then shift focus to the DebMarine Namibia Cup.”
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Striker Ambrosius Amseb, however, had the right boots on and came from behind to score a brace for his team.
The winning coach, Bobby Samaria, said they only took back what had been taken from them by Tigers at the end of the 2014/15 season.
“With the grace of God we reclaimed our title. It is a great feeling even though we wanted to win the league with four matches to go. We left it till late and dropped points on the way but we made it,” said Samaria.
He also expressed happiness at the fact that Panduleni Nekundi might walk away with the Golden Boot award as he has demonstrated his selflessness throughout the league.
“Nekundi is the type of player every coach would like to have in his team. He put the interest of the club before his own in Sunday's match and passed the ball which he could have scored to Amseb. That in itself is proof that he deserves it.”
Samaria said the team was in a celebratory mood but they would head back to training and win the last two matches just to leave a great impression. “I will use the core of the team and also see that guys who have not played regularly play as well, but the task still remains that we have to win and then shift focus to the DebMarine Namibia Cup.”
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