LIGIKUU: Simba Bags First League Win

                                              JKT OLJORO 0- 1 SIMBA

                     Match 2 Wed 28 August, 16:30, Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium   

                  

Coach Abdallah Kibadeni bagged his first league win when his side recorded a 1-0 win over JKT Ojoro in their Vodacom Premiership match on Wednesday afternoon at the Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium. Mercurial winger Haroun Chanongo got the all-important goal for the Msimbazi Street Boys in a pulsating encounter.

In a bumpy and sandy pitch, both teams were restricted to long range shots but it was Simba who perfected the shots keeping the home team custodian, Shaibu Issa the busier of the two goalkeepers. Four minutes past the half-hour mark, Haroun Othman Chanongo got his side the all-important goal from a screaming 30-yard shot that caught Shaibu Issa off guard.

Burundian import, Amissi Tambwe could have extended Simba’s lead in the dying minutes of the first half when he found himself with only the keeper to beat but pulled off a tame shot.

The home team should blame themselves after missing a penalty ten minutes after the restart. Ugandan import, goalkeeper Abel Dhaira who had a bad day in the previous match against Rhino Rangers saved Babu Ally’s penalty

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Due to the poor pitch, chances on goals were far and between as both struggled to control the ball.Simba managed to hold on to their lead for their first win of the season after they were forced by newly promoted side Rhino Rangers to a 2-2 draw on Saturday during round one of the new season.

Sinba’s line up: Abel Dhaira, Nassor Chollo, Issa baba Ubaya, Gibert Kaze, Joseph Owino, Jonas Mkude, Amri Kiemba, Abdul Humud (Lucian 45’), Amis Tambwe, Betram Mwombeki (Said Ndemla 45’), Haroun Chanongo

Previous Matches: Simba 3-1 JKT Oljoro, JKT Oljoro 1-1 Simba

JKT Oljoro’s line up: Shaibu Issa, Yusuph Machongote, Napho Zubeir, Nurdin Mohd, Shaibu Nayopa, Babu Ally, Swaleh Idi, Hamus Swaleh, Amiri Omar, Sabri Ally, Esau Sanu

Other Vodacom Premier League Results:

Mtibwa Sugar 1- 0 Kagera Sugar    ( Masoud Ally 73’)

Mgambo Shooting 1-0 Ashanti United (Fully Maganga 62’)

Mbeya City 2-1 Ruvu Shooting   (Paul Nonga 7’ Steven Mazanda 90’, Shaaban Suzan 24’)

Rhino Rangers 0-2 Azam   (Gaudence Mwaikimba 56’ Seif Abdallah 78’)

Young Africans 1-1 Coastal Union   (Didier Kavumbagu 65’, Jerry Santo pen 90’)

JKT Ruvu 3-0 Tanzania Prisons    (Salum Machaku 44’ Emmanuel Switta 69’ Hussein Bunu 87’)