Yesterday the Confederation of African Football (CAF) unveiled the Champions League and Confederations Cup calendar for the upcoming 2021/22 season
The calendar indicates that preliminary stage games will be played in September where the first game will be played between 10-12 September and the replay will be played between 17-19 September 2021
This means after the final match of the Azam Federation Cup (ASFC) which will be played next Sunday, July 25 in Kigoma, there will be about a month and two weeks to prepare for the tournament for Tanzanian teams Simba, Yanga, Azam Fc and Biashara United
Obviously there will be no long break for the players due to our league late finish, otherwise there will not be enough time to prepare
Here comes the new players recruitment where the window opened yesterday and will close on August 31, 2021. The registration committee should ensure that they complete all registration processes early so that all players can start preparations together
Last season, Yanga got off to a rough start due to a challenge of late arrival of coach and some players
If you look when a player will be registered on August 31, he will have two weeks to prepare with his teammates, not enough
It should be by the end of this month, all registration processes completed so that when the preparations start in early August all the players are there
