While the pre-season continues in Egypt, the captain of Simba Mohammed Hussein 'Zimbwe Jr' has said that they are preparing for the matches of the whole season but they are also reminding each other of the importance of the game against Yanga.
Zimbwe said as soon as he found out the date and the field where the Community Shield match will be played against his hometown Yanga, he and his teammates who have been in the team for a long time, have started talking to their new colleagues, especially the foreign ones, about the culture of the match and the importance of winning
"We were familiar with the match against the natives, what we didn't know was the date and the stadium we will play, now we know, at the moment we have many new players, especially foreign ones, we have started and we continue to remind them of the importance of that match, we tell them that in our country it is a big match it's for Simba and Yanga, it's a match and it's in the very early days before the season starts, we remind them that it's important to win that match because it will make even them calm and not have pressure from the fans if we win," said Tshabalala< /em>
The Community Shield match, special for opening the new Premier League season, will be played on August 8 at 1:00 pm at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium and the winner will play in the final on August 11 against the winner between Coastal Union or Azam FC , the match will be played at 10:00 pm before the home match, New Amaan Complex Stadium, Zanzibar
Simba is going to play the match with a large number of new foreign players registered from different parts of Africa. It will also have new local players that it has signed up for the new season
Tshabalala said the problem is less for the natives because they are familiar with the environment and culture of the match where apart from the fact that they will be playing the game for the first time but they were born and raised in the country so they understand the environment and what they have to do
The left defender said apart from the ambitious strategy to ensure that they win the match, but they are also preparing for Simba Day, as well as for the entire competition season
