Lucky Shujaa qualify for the 2022 Rugby World Cup SevensDespite a below par performance at the just concluded 2022 Rugby Africa Men’s 7s cup competition, the men’s national rugby 7s side, Shujaa, just managed to grab their ticket to the prestigious 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens that is scheduled for Cape Town, South Africa later this year in September.Having been knocked out of the main cup at the semifinal stage by a blistering Uganda Cranes, the Innocent Simiyu coached side managed a 19-12 win in the do or die 3/4th place playoff game against Zambia to finish in third place which was enough as the top three teams were assured of tickets.Debutant Amon Wamalwa bags brace as Shujaa book precious ticket to 2022 Rugby World Cup SevensBy making it, Shujaa qualified for the World Cup for a sixth consecutive time after appearances in 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2018.Barcelona – a club that doesn’t win at home It’s not that we don’t have plenty of news from other European leagues, in fact, there are some great stories (like for example Bayern’s 10th consecutive Bundesliga title), but Barcelona are again in this week’s addition, due to one terrible record, which they repeated after 24 years: the Catalonians have now lost three home games in a row for the second time in club’s history, after they did it with Lous Van Gaal in 1997/98 season.3 – Barcelona have lost three consecutive home games in all competitions for the second time in their history, the first one since the three defeats suffered under Louis van Gaal 🇳🇱 between the 1997/98 and 1998/99 seasons. Exhausted. pic.twitter.com/zl30j3l386— OptaJose (@OptaJose) April 24, 2022 It started last week with a surprise defeat from Frankfurt, the 10th placed team in Bundesliga, who held the lead of 3-0 until injury time, when Busquets and Depay softened the exit from the Europa League, but Barca’s PR team quickly moved the story of an embarrassing defeat to the scandal of over 34000 German fans at Camp Nou, which we also covered in last week’s buzz.Barca’s yo-yo form continues – Rayo Vallecano conquer Camp Nou!Nobody seemed to care about the result, and it looked like Xavi didn’t do his homework also, because the next Monday, Barca lost it’s second home game, against relegation strugglers Cadiz: 0-1. And after all the talk about it during the weekend, what was the result? Another 1-0 loss, this time from Rayo Vallecano. Three defeats, two in La Ligue without a goal scored. And only now Xavi seems to know what is the reason – motivation.“I recognize as a coach that I made a mistake in not motivating them. We were excited about a good run, with the good games in the Europa League. Now, it is not very motivating to fight for second place for a club like Barca, but we have to improve” said Barca’ coach. And he better hurry, because next week they are playing at home again, against Mallorca.Man United can’t wait for Ten Hag to take overTwo heavy defeats in one week, it’s maybe OK for Norwich or Watford, but not for Manchester United. In space of 4 days, the Red Devils have lost away to Liverpool 4-0 and 3-1 to Arsenal at the Emirates. It they look for any positives, then they are happy that this was better than 5-0 thrashing at Old Trafford in the first part of the season, but overall, this was a disaster week. Losing to two fierce rivals, one eternal and one from the beginning of the 21st century was really painful, especially when they were defeated in North London.It’s officially official: Ten Hag will be Manchester United’s coachWhile Liverpool defeat was expected even by the most optimistic fans, the game against Arsenal was a chance to ease the pain and defeat unstable Arteta’s team. But it didn’t happen. The Gunners won with ease and basically ended United’s slim hopes for the Champions League football next season. Critics could be heard from every part of England, everybody had a go at United, while rival fans mocked them relentlessly over the social media accounts. Paul Sholes even revealed that Jesse Lingard himself told him that the locker room is ‘a disaster’, which interim manager Ralf Rangnick had to deny.Now that’s a clash! Arsenal win their second derby in a row, Ronaldo’s 100th Premier League goal wasn’t enoughManchester’s PR team tried to soften the Liverpool defeat by announcing new coach Erik Ten Hag in the middle of the week. The Dutchman was officially confirmed as the new Red Devils manager and was given a three year deal, and immediately all TV pundits rushed to issue a wish for Ten Hag to be left alone for a year of two, in order to fully rebuilt. If he gets this time remains to be seen, but just as he was announced, Arsenal defeated United and brought back clouds over the Old Trafford.
