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The Sugar Millers, under the tutelage of coach Mecky Mexime, then pulled one back through Simon Mwalyanzi, who stepped up to convert from the penalty spot, sending keeper Mathias Kigonya the wrong way.
After the half-time break, both teams resorted to playing a more defensive game with neither of them threatening to get a goal, but it was Azam who suffered a blow after their star player Abdallah Kheri suffered an injury in the 48th minute and was replaced by Daniel Amoah.
The win was sweet for Azam, who had beaten the same team 4-2 in the first round fixture and have now reached 40 points, five fewer than Simba, who have 45, while Yanga are top on 49 points.
Daily News after the game at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
“He [Carlinhos] is a good player and was regaining his fitness levels as such to miss him in the upcoming matches, to me he is not healthy because he has a big impact in the team.”
Kaze also confirmed he had talked to Carlinhos after the incident and he regretted his conduct.
After the game, Carlinhos, who came on as a second-half substitute for Deus Kaseke before being sent off, took to his social media pages to apologise to fans for the incident and promised to come back a better player after serving his suspension.
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The Angolan star, who has struggled to nail a starting role in the team after he picked a troubling knee injury that saw him miss a number of the team’s first-round matches including the derby against Simba SC, came in for Michael Sarpong and was rewarded after he fastened onto a through ball from Deus Kaseke to plant the ball into an empty net.
Kaze had made changes to his starting eleven bringing in Kenyan keeper Farouk Shikhalo for Metacha Mnata, who many felt was at fault as the team snatched a 3-3 draw against Kagera in their last outing.