THE end of a football season projects an impression of the season in which any decisions made by either players or teams reflect what will happen in the future.
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“The Mainland league is a marathon, you fight to win and get points and whoever get more points at end of the season, wins the title, but in Champions League it is a knockout competition, you win you proceed to the next stage, you lose you are knocked out, so this are two different competitions and not playing against Yanga will not affect us at all.
“So we always prepare differently when playing in the two competitions and we have already forgotten what happened against Yanga, we respect them, they are a great team but now our focus is on Chiefs, it is the task we are focused on.”
Defenders
Shomari Kapombe, Joash Onyango, Pascal Wawa, Ibrahim Ame, Erasto Nyoni, Peter Muduhwa, Kennedy Juma, Gadiel Michael, Mohamed Hussein.
Midfielders
Tadeo Lwanga, Jonas Mkude, Larry Bwalya, Said Ndemla, Mzamiru Yassin, Luis Miquissone, Hassan Dilunga, Francis Kahata, Ibrahim Ajibu, Clatous Chama, Bernard Morrison.
Forwards
As confirmed by assistant coach Selemani Matola,
Wekundu wa Msimbazi have every player fit and available for selection.
Ivorian defender Pascal Wawa is also available for selection after missing the 3-0 win over Al Merrikh owing to suspension while striker John Bocco has also recovered from injury and could play a part.
Matola insists it will be a tough match but he is optimistic the group leaders will get a positive outcome.
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To confirm their seriousness ahead of the game, Simba formed a rallying call by coining ‘Total War in Dar’ as their slogan on Friday.
“The last time we met here in Dar es Salaam we defeated Al Ahly 1-0 in 2019 and our slogan then was Yes, we can ,” Simba spokesman Haji Manara told reporters on Friday.
“Before the last game [vs FC Platinum] we said War in Dar a war that was fought in 90 minutes, it was a war of blood and sweat and we emerged victors.
“This time around the clarion call is Total War in Dar . Al Ahly are a big team but we are at a point of no return. We must fight them and we must win.”