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Dennis Mabuka 10:05 EAT 08/02/2021 The French tactician says he will not point a finger at his players for dropping vital points in the title race on Sunday Simba SC coach Didier Gomes Da Rosa has refused to blame his players after they blew a first-half lead to draw 2-2 with Azam FC in a Mainland Premier League match on Sunday. The Msimbazi giants came into the game looking for maximum points to help close the gap between them and table-toppers Yanga SC, and were in full control from the onset as Meddie Kagere put them ahead in the 28th minute. Simba then had a chance to make it 2-0 two minutes later but Zambia midfielder Clatous Chama missed from the penalty spot after Azam keeper Mathias Kigonya saved his weak effort. ....
We have played several friendly matches and lately, we had a good International friendly encounter versus TP Mazembe [1-1] which gave the coach a good test of his current squad prior to facing Simba. “I have not said that we will win the match but rather we are going to compete and the good judge will be the normal 90 minutes of play. What is remaining now is the work rate of players and the technical bench. “The management of the club has finished its work. The coach [George Lwandamina] requested the team to remain in Zanzibar for an extra 10 days after the Mapinduzi Cup to play friendly encounters, we conceded that. ....
Others set to miss out are veteran defender Erasto Nyoni and Ibrahim Ame, and midfielder Jonas Mkude. Simba media officer Haji Manara is, however, confident the team will get a positive result despite missing the four players. “We will miss the services of Bocco, Nyoni, Ame, and Mkude but that will not stop us from beating Azam,” Manara told Goal on Sunday. “The team has prepared well, we know what we want from Azam, we need the three points and that is what we are going for, we are sure the game will end in our favour.” Meanwhile, Azam will miss the services of three players among them defender Yakub Mohamed who will be suspended for the tie having accumulated three yellow cards. ....
It was an important three points for the team since we want to continue doing well in the league. Currently, we are preparing for the Azam game and our fans should expect bigger things from the team because our objective is to get maximum points from every game we are playing. The forward was signed by the Msimbazi-based side to help the team win their fourth consecutive league title ahead of their rivals Yanga SC who are currently leading the race with 44 points, six more than the reigning champions who have played two games less. After playing Azam, the team will be preparing for their Caf Champions League game away to the Democratic Republic of Congo to play hosts AS Vita. ....