The board of the Tanzania Mainland Premier League (TPLB), has noted that there will be no extra minutes for all the games that will be played in the Community Shield, which is expected to start on August 8, this year
The Information Officer of the Board, Karim Boimanda, has said that all matches will be played for 90 minutes and after that, penalty kicks will decide the winner
Boimanda said this, while specifying some of the rules that will be used in the championship, as well as the Tanzania Mainland Premier League which is expected to start on August 16, this year
In addition to that, he said that the players who will be used in those matches are only those who will have completed the registration to play in the Premier League and not otherwise, because in the past there has been a team playing in the Community Shield, a player who was later found to have not yet completed the procedures to play in the league
"Players who are allowed to play in the Community Shield are those whose registration has just been completed, who have already been registered to play in the Tanzania Mainland Premier League and international championships and there will be no additional minutes for all matches, from the semi-finals, finals to the final the third winner, at the end of 90 minutes, they will play penalty kicks," said the News Officer
Another rule is that, any player who finished the Premier League last season with a red card or suspension for even one match for having three yellow cards and did not serve them because the league was over, will not be allowed to play because he will have to serve his punishment
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"These rules are also used in the Premier League. Therefore, even the punishments overlap, a player who has a card and did not serve will not wait until the league, so he will serve them in the Community Shield. But whoever gets a red card in those games, will also serve it in the league games, " he said
He said they have decided to change some of the rules due to the fact that many fans are confused, especially when there are such games that are knockouts, they don't know what happens after the team comes out of the solution
August 8, at 10:00 pm, Azam will play against Coastal Union, New Amaan Complex Stadium, Zanzibar. And at 1:00 p.m. Simba will face Yanga at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam and the final of the Community Shield will be played there on August 11, this year
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