Simba Chairman Murtaza Mangungu said the squad is progressing well with preparations for the Kariakoo derby, stressing that they had no plans to fire Head Coach Pablo Franco following the team's failure to reach semi-finals of Confederation Cup.
Mangungu said the Management is working professionally and the issue of Pablo's dismissal does not exist at the moment
He said the coach still has a contract and they need to keep him until they make another different decision.
"No information has been released stating that we will fire the coach because we did not achieve our goals. Pablo still has a contract and Simba will continue to weave our team, our club is run with great professionalism.
Mangungu said the coach continues to strengthen his squad towards the game against Yanga and he believes he will make sure they get a result of a great victory.
"Fans should continue to support their team every time we play, we are going to play with Yanga, we hope to win," said Mangungu. < / p>
"We did not give up hope of winning the Title, looking at the numbers, Yanga have many points but I do not know how sure they are if they will win all the matches left in the second round? "
