African Football League will kick off on Friday in Tanzania at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium this week. This tournament will comprise eight clubs from all over the continent. Tanzania’s Simba and Al Ahly of Egypt will lock horns in the first game of the Africa Football League. https://bit.ly/493rjB9
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00:00 (CROWD CHEERING)
00:02 This is the first time it's happening in Africa.
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00:13 It's something that's really compact.
00:15 It's just big game after big game after big game.
00:18 That's where we can measure where we really are.
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00:24 (CROWD CHEERING)
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00:28 (SINGING)
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00:34 It's time for the world to see African football
00:41 like it has never been seen before.
00:43 This year, the new African Football League is born.
00:47 CAF and FIFA have envisioned a platform
00:50 to catapult Africa to the forefront of global football.
00:54 For a long time, Africa has contributed a tremendous amount to football
00:59 through its talented players.
01:01 But the passion of its fans has also lit up the beautiful game.
01:06 The African Football League will represent
01:13 eight of the highest-ranked football clubs on the African continent.
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01:21 This competition will help these teams develop
01:24 the footballing and financial muscle to consistently match
01:27 and perhaps then defeat the very best.
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01:32 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
01:36 Enimba is Nigeria. It brings this energy.
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01:48 We have talent. This is the right time to showcase it.
01:51 I want Mame Lode to send down to conquer Africa.
01:54 Angola style is fighting and very fast players.
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02:27 What gets me excited about the African Football League
02:39 is that we get to test ourselves amongst the best on the African continent.
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02:47 Teams with huge history on the continent, big teams,
02:51 teams which you would always look forward to playing at any stage.
02:55 This is a platform for the whole world to know that, yes, Africa has something to offer.
03:05 We will be participating in the draw for the African Football League.
03:12 A warm welcome to the highly anticipated African Football League draw event.
03:17 We have Simba Sports Club.
03:23 And the next club will be...
03:26 Alavi Football Club.
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03:39 (SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
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04:05 I think wherever we go, we'll find fans who just love the team,
04:25 and that's really special.
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04:57 It's just exciting for African football to have something else to look forward to.
05:21 The team that makes it to the final and wins it,
05:24 it's going to be just an amazing journey.
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05:34 Victory will be our objective.
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08:53 They are very fast.
09:01 They like to fight all the minutes
09:03 until the last second of the game.
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11:59 It's very difficult to play against any team of Tunis,
12:17 because they are fast, they are technical.
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13:16 Inimba from Nigeria.
13:23 Widad Athletic Club.
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13:35 The club was founded in 1976.
13:48 We are in Akwabio Stadium in Uyo, Nigeria.
13:52 They've won nine league titles and two cup champions leagues.
13:56 The style of play of Inimba is high-intensity football,
14:01 when we are attacking, we go massively.
14:04 From 1999, I've been watching Inimba live.
14:07 Inimba plays from the wing, they play from the left and right,
14:10 making the attack to be very sharp.
14:12 The supporters, they are special, they are unique,
14:18 they support with their minds.
14:20 You see them chanting, singing, beating drums.
14:23 It is a privilege to be here.
14:25 I'm proud of the way we operate.
14:29 And with a pure touch, put him in.
14:31 I'm excited about the new African Football League.
14:36 (CHANTING)
14:39 Going to play against the best, like Casablanca,
14:47 Simba, Sundown and others.
14:51 That's where we can measure where we really are.
14:56 (CHEERING)
14:58 This is the first time it's happened,
15:01 my club being the only one representing the country.
15:04 Inimba is Nigeria. Nigeria is Inimba.
15:07 I can't wait for the tournament to start, honestly.
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15:13 If we can win the league, that would be fantastic for Inimba.
15:16 We really put Inimba in African football as one of the top teams.
15:23 We are pushing more to do more and win more.
15:26 We love winning. We want to win everything that comes our way.
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17:49 We have Atlantic Petros, the one.
18:03 Mameloudi Sundowns Football Club.
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18:24 Angola style is fighting and very fast players.
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19:53 African Football League is one of the best things
19:58 that I see in this continent until now.
20:01 Every player is very excited to start this competition.
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20:58 Being the most successful club in South African football
21:01 with 13 league titles.
21:03 Mamelode Sandans is the football club.
21:06 I feel like we have talent.
21:11 I think it's the hard work that we put in training.
21:13 The style of Mamelode Sandans, we call it shoe shine and piano.
21:17 Shine of the shoe represented the elegance of the style
21:20 and piano represented the work ethic needed to play for Sandans.
21:26 The kit colours that we have
21:29 has given birth to the nickname, the Brazilians.
21:32 This could be the chance for number five.
21:35 And it's turned in.
21:37 We've got an amazing fan base.
21:39 Sandans is playing, I am there because that's what supporters do.
21:42 (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
21:44 It's a family of happy people.
21:53 What gets me excited about the African Football League is that
21:57 we are the only team that has been selected to represent South Africa.
22:02 We get to play against Petro, which we have a bit of history with.
22:07 And of course, then you've got some very strong teams.
22:11 I'll actually read out Simba.
22:14 Yeah, firstly, I think we have a chance.
22:17 It's a game of physics.
22:19 For us, we know what we're capable of.
22:22 This is the right time to showcase it.
22:24 We're a club that always wants to win.
22:27 Not only winning, but we want to just put a little bit of spice.
22:31 Mame Ludi Sandans, football club, is going to conquer Africa.
22:39 This is the schedule.
22:52 (CHANTING)
22:54 I think we've got to give a lot of credit and compliment
22:57 to the CAF leadership for this incredible idea.
23:00 It's an exciting initiative and something that I'm really,
23:03 really looking forward to be part of and to participate in.
23:07 We recognise that it's an important part towards football clubs
23:14 on the continent becoming self-sustaining
23:17 and, very importantly, becoming profitable.
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23:23 It is our mission to make football truly global.
23:28 I think it's fantastic in every sense.
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