Simba completes preparations today in Ivory Coast ready for the Group B match of the CAF Champions League against the hosts, Asec Mimosas while boasting the record of head coach Abdelhak Benchikha for CAF matches
Simba started training yesterday evening and will complete the preparations today at 7:00 p.m. Ivory Coast time (equivalent to 10:00 p.m. East Africa), they will play at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny Stadium that will be used for the match tomorrow, Friday.
Despite the match being seen as a tough battle for Simba in front of Asec, which has never lost at home in front of Simba, but the records that Benchikha has in the Champions League and the African Confederation Cup with more than 20 years of experience give the team violence that which is in second place.
Benchikha has written records with different teams, including winning the Federation title last season when he beat Yanga in the final with USM Alger and then winning the CAF Super Cup by beating the giants of Africa, Al Ahly of Egypt before resigning and later joining Simba.< /p>
That experience is one of the qualities that convinced Simba to break the bank and drop Msimbazi to provide a team with stars like Kibu Denis, Sadio Kanoute and Che Malone Fondoh and technicians like Clatous Chama, Mohamed Hussein and Willy Onana as well as team members like John Bocco, Shomari Kapombe and Henock Inonga and others hit.
Benchikha, since he landed at Simba, he has shown internationally that he is not weak because despite finding the team to be at a bad level, he led it in three matches of the African Champions League and collected four points
He got a draw away from home against Jwaneng Galaxy, lost in the dying minutes away from home against Wydad and later emerged with a 2-0 victory in the second game against Wydad played in Dar
It is clear that the game against Asec tomorrow will not be easy, but the presence of Benchikha in Simba's bench gives hope that Simba has a chance to do well in that game
