Simba won the first leg played in Abuja 1-0 courtesy of a Clatous Chama goal and claimed a 0-0 draw in the return leg played at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
On the other hand, Platinum made it to the next round after a 4-1 aggregate win when they eliminated Costa De Sol of Mozambique. The Zimbabwean champions won the first leg played in Maputo 2-1 before claiming a 2-0 win in the return leg.
Simba have already arrived in Zimbabwe with a contingent of 24 players with only midfielder Bernard Morrison, whom they signed from rivals Young Africans (Yanga SC), being left in Dar es Salaam owing to an unspecified illness.
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