Yesterday Simba Queens were eliminated from the Community Shield Championship by penalty shootouts 4-3 against their hometown team Yanga Princess in a game played at the KMC Complex
90 minutes of the game ended with a 1-1 draw, Jentrix Shikangwa equalizing for Simba Queens in stoppage time
In that game, Simba missed its foreign players in the first 30 minutes due to a permit problem
The stars were prevented from being used after it was found that they have a work permit challenge where after the leaders of Simba fought, they entered in the last 10 minutes of the first half
Simba Queens assistant coach Mussa Mgosi said the absence of the players from the beginning disrupted the plan of the match
"We congratulate Yanga Princess for winning today, luck was on their side in the penalty shootout"
"You see we didn't have our foreign players from the beginning, this affected us because the match plan needed them"
"We conceded a goal early and in the first minutes we didn't play as we planned until we made changes after our foreign players were allowed to play"
"We dominated the game in the second half but we were not careful in using the opportunities we created. I believe we lost this game due to that challenge but if we were perfect from the beginning, I think we had a good chance to win," said Mgosi
