Indeni FC releases Coach Dabid Chilufya

NDOLA based Indeni football club has parted ways with their Football Manager and Head Coach Dabid Chifulya. According to a statement the decision was made barely 48 hours after Coach Chilufya lashed out on the Oilo Boys telling media that he could not continue coaching a team that was limited in thinking. The coach added […]

Indeni FC releases Coach Dabid Chilufya
NDOLA based Indeni football club has parted ways with their Football Manager and Head Coach Dabid Chifulya. According to a statement the decision was made barely 48 hours after Coach Chilufya lashed out on the Oilo Boys telling media that he could not continue coaching a team that was limited in thinking. The coach added that the boys were just denting his Image. Coach Dabid Chilufya got furious and uttered these remarks when Indeni football club conceded 2 goals in the second half after leading Forest Rangers 2 Nil. Club President Stephen Lilongwe confirmed with IFC Media that the club executive arrived at the decision to release the coach in their emergency meeting held on Sunday 31 January 2021. He commended the coach for his input to the team and his contribution to building the current form of IFC which is a force to reckon with adding that Chilufya is a professional and wished him the best in his future endeavors. Lilongwe added that the club is in an elite competition and now is the time for a the technical bench that can take ownership of results, whether win or loose and make the necessary adjustments. “We reviewed his media sentiments both written and recorded and we proceeded to grant him his aspiration to leave,” the club boss said. “Our determination now is to work extra hard, when things get tough, even extra harder… and just a little bit more extra harder and harder to register our permanent position in the elite league for the next consecutive seasons. Now is the time for resilience, unity of purpose and ownership of our successes and defeats. “We have released the IFC Manager and since appointed Coach Chanda Mwape as Acting IFC Manager and caretaker coach until further notice,” Lilongwe said. Commenting on reputational issues raised by coach Dabid in his interview, Lilongwe said that what was important is the reputation IFC will bring to the sponsors and its stakeholders and not the reputation of an individual. “The boys are a good side and we will re-organise the technical bench to realise this fact. The team is recruited based on the recommendation of the technical bench which is headed by the Head coach/IFC Manager. It is normal for the executive committee to look for reinforcements on the technical bench if the overall IFC Manager considers the team Limited in thinking. It all borders on responsibility which is an obligation of the Head coach,” Lilongwe said. “Our focus now is to bring in a Manager that builds a team, develops confidence in it and shoulders responsibility for the success and defeats as these come .Teams get beaten ruthlessly… home and away yet Managers/ Head coaches must swallow the outcomes and live with them,” he said. Lilongwe has expressed confidence that the team will get a victory in their game away to Lumwana Radiants over the weekend in Solwezi and another victory at home against Kabwe Warriors in the last fixtures to week 17 respectively.