It is a relief for coach George Lwandamina who is hoping to have all his key players available as he targets to challenge Yanga SC and Simba SC for the league title.
The 2014 champions have now lost Dube to injury twice this season; the first one came at the end of the first round of the league when he injured his left arm during their match against rivals Yanga.
The injury forced Azam to seek further treatment outside Tanzania with the striker travelling to South Africa and he underwent successful surgery in Cape Town to fix a broken ulnar bone on his left forearm.
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THE National Warriors have been dealt another blow following confirmation Tanzania-based striker Prince Dube will be out of action for two weeks due to injury, which rules him out of Zimbabwe’s crucial 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia at the end of the month.
The gifted forward, who rose from the bench to score an important last gasp equaliser with his first touch against reigning African Champions Algeria in November, suffered a thigh injury during Azam’s league match against Mwadui FC last weekend and was substituted in the 25th minute.
The match played at Chamazi Stadium ended 0-0 but Azam have confirmed on their social media pages, their striker, who has so far scored eight goals this campaign, will not be able to feature for the club at least in the next two weeks.
By the time we were in their danger zone, they had already recovered and defended well.
Bahati has also explained why head coach George Lwandamina opted to make some changes after the break. We played well in the first half but did not take our chances owing to the aforementioned reason, he continued. More strikers were introduced to break down the Prisons side but we were not successful. Now we have to go back and work on our shortcomings to stand a chance of winning our next game. We still have time to make the team better and ensure we effectively compete.
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ZIMBABWE is in danger of being forced to field a severely depleted squad for their decisive 2021 AFCON qualifiers against Botswana and Zambia at the end of the month after star striker Tino Kadewere became the latest key player to be barred by his club from making the trip to southern Africa.
Barely a couple of days after English Premier League side Aston Villa confirmed that Marvelous Nakamba would not be available for the two matches, the Warriors were dealt another major blow after French side Olympique Lyon dropped another bombshell.
Warriors team manager Wellington Mpandare revealed Sunday that Lyon have confirmed that they will not be releasing the in-form forward due to the new Covid-19 requirements for players to go into isolation for six days after returning from international duty.
ekundu wa Msimbazi could be postponed though given the Caf assignments the champions are engaged in.
Meanwhile, Dodoma Jiji and Polisi Tanzania drew 2-2 in their respective match that was played earlier.
Daluwesh Saliboko opened the scoring for the law enforcers in the 29th minute but the hosts fought back and equalised in the third minute of added time of the first half through Anuary Jabiri.
Marcelo Bonaventure powered Polisi Tanzania back into the lead in the 73rd minute before the league debutants equalised again two minutes later via Jabiri again.
The result means the debutants will remain at the top of Polisi Tanzania in seventh position with 29 points from 21 games. On the other hand, the Cops, who are yet to register a win in the last five games, are ninth with 25 points from 20 games.