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'F**k you coach!' Tarumbwa gives Amin the finger
05 Oct 2015 at 11:28hrs | Views
IT'S not a happy home at Highlanders FC as the coaching staff and administration would want to portray. Stand in captain Obadiah Tarumbwa gave coach Amin Soma-Phiri the middle finger during Wednesday's training session.
The development which was laced with the the "f" word synonymous to gangster rap saw the striker being told to stop training just before the day's workout ended.
"Tarumbwa had a harsh exchange of words with Soma-Phiri. They told each other off. We could hear some f . . . words. Soon after the exchange the player was instructed to stop training," said a source.
While Soma-Phiri admits that he had a problem with the striker, he said Tarumbwa is his boy whom he nurtured while he was still turning out for Luveve juniors.
"We need to work on the attitude of our players. I am in good books with Tarumbwa. He is my boy. As a parent, if I notice a problem I correct him right away," said Soma-Phiri.
Soma-Phiri said the problem with some of the senior players is a "virus" messing up with their heads.
"There are some things that we can't tell (journalists) because we don't want to expose our boys. We should solve problems among ourselves. We should not take things out. The club has ideal players but there is a virus that needs to be worked on. Tarumbwa is an adult, more so, a parent. I don't know why he behaved that way. We need to work on that virus because there is no fighting spirit in the team," Soma-Phiri said.
Quizzed if he had noticed the Tarumbwa versus Soma-Phiri verbal attack, the club's technical director Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu claimed that he did not know what exactly transpired.
"I don't even know what exactly happened. When that happened, I was working with the goalkeepers.
"I heard Soma-Phiri respond to your question with regards to that but he did not report it to me. I am still to ask him (Soma-Phiri) about that," said Zulu on Thursday.
Zulu said he can handle situations with players.
"I'm one guy who knows how to deal with players. Sometimes it's better to deal with problems when emotions are down," he said.
Tarumbwa rejoined Highlanders early this year together with Teenage Hadebe and Nqobizitha Masuku on a season's loan from Southern Region Division One club Bantu Rovers.
He returned to the club that gave him fame and saw him eventually joining Cercle Brugge in Belgium before stints in Cyprus, Kenya and South Africa.
Meanwhile, Soma-Phiri revealed at the club's Thursday weekly press conference that inform Highlanders forward Knox "Mjomani" Mutizwa, who is the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League leading goal scorer with 11 goals is his nephew.
"I'm not trying to claim him as a relative, but Knox Mutizwa is my nephew. His mother (Esnathi Phiri) is my real cousin," said Phiri before he took a dig on Bosso's man of the moment.
"However, he has a bad habit of challenging the referee's decisions. We lost the game against Chicken Inn because of his disciplinary issues," said Soma-Phiri.
The development which was laced with the the "f" word synonymous to gangster rap saw the striker being told to stop training just before the day's workout ended.
"Tarumbwa had a harsh exchange of words with Soma-Phiri. They told each other off. We could hear some f . . . words. Soon after the exchange the player was instructed to stop training," said a source.
While Soma-Phiri admits that he had a problem with the striker, he said Tarumbwa is his boy whom he nurtured while he was still turning out for Luveve juniors.
"We need to work on the attitude of our players. I am in good books with Tarumbwa. He is my boy. As a parent, if I notice a problem I correct him right away," said Soma-Phiri.
Soma-Phiri said the problem with some of the senior players is a "virus" messing up with their heads.
"There are some things that we can't tell (journalists) because we don't want to expose our boys. We should solve problems among ourselves. We should not take things out. The club has ideal players but there is a virus that needs to be worked on. Tarumbwa is an adult, more so, a parent. I don't know why he behaved that way. We need to work on that virus because there is no fighting spirit in the team," Soma-Phiri said.
Quizzed if he had noticed the Tarumbwa versus Soma-Phiri verbal attack, the club's technical director Cosmas "Tsano" Zulu claimed that he did not know what exactly transpired.
"I heard Soma-Phiri respond to your question with regards to that but he did not report it to me. I am still to ask him (Soma-Phiri) about that," said Zulu on Thursday.
Zulu said he can handle situations with players.
"I'm one guy who knows how to deal with players. Sometimes it's better to deal with problems when emotions are down," he said.
Tarumbwa rejoined Highlanders early this year together with Teenage Hadebe and Nqobizitha Masuku on a season's loan from Southern Region Division One club Bantu Rovers.
He returned to the club that gave him fame and saw him eventually joining Cercle Brugge in Belgium before stints in Cyprus, Kenya and South Africa.
Meanwhile, Soma-Phiri revealed at the club's Thursday weekly press conference that inform Highlanders forward Knox "Mjomani" Mutizwa, who is the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League leading goal scorer with 11 goals is his nephew.
"I'm not trying to claim him as a relative, but Knox Mutizwa is my nephew. His mother (Esnathi Phiri) is my real cousin," said Phiri before he took a dig on Bosso's man of the moment.
"However, he has a bad habit of challenging the referee's decisions. We lost the game against Chicken Inn because of his disciplinary issues," said Soma-Phiri.
Source - b-metro
