Early Wednesday, April 16, the Simba squad will arrive in Zanzibar to complete preparations for the first leg of the Confederation Cup (CAF CC) semi-final against Stellenbosch of South Africa
Simba will have about four days to complete its preparations before the game to be played on Sunday, April 20 at the New Amaan Complex
After climbing to fourth place in the CAF rankings, Simba's Media and Communications Manager Ahmed Ali said the goals are to play in the final of the tournament and win the championship to move further into the top positions
"The Simba squad will arrive in Zanzibar tomorrow morning, we have decided to come early to prepare and for the players to start getting used to the Zanzibar environment. Stellenbosch FC have not yet informed us whether they will come directly to Zanzibar or will go through Dar es Salaam"
"Simba Sports Club is playing in the semi-final of the CAF championship after many years, in 1993. We are very happy to enter the semi-finals final, this is a very big step because it enhances the size of Simba and you all have seen that we have improved from seventh place to fourth place"
"Fourth place in Africa is still not Simba's goal, the semi-finals are not yet the goal, it is part of the journey. We want first place in Africa, it is not easy to reach the first place because of the points they have but we are starting and moving towards third or second place but to achieve that we start with the semi-finals," Ahmed said.
