Reining Tanzanian champions Simba Queens will be targeting the semis at the upcoming CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco.The tournament is scheduled to commence on Sunday, October 30, and stretch all the way to Sunday, November 13.Shikangwa and Ingosi dropped from Simba’s CAF Women’s Champions League squadSpeaking a day before they departed for Morocco, the CECAFA champions’ captain Opa Clement revealed that their main focus at the tournament is to get past the group stages and into the semis in their maiden appearance.”We know that the matches will be difficult but our minimum target is to get to the semifinal,” the captain said.##NAJAVA_MECA_6746823##Her sentiments were echoed by those of the head coach Charles Lukula who insisted that they are in good shape, without any injuries and ready for the tournament.”We do not have any injuries and we go to Morocco with a full squad. We have engaged in a number of friendly matches and the team is in a very good and competitive state,” the tactician opined.Tough start for Simba as CAF releases Women’s Champions League fixturesHowever, they were dealt a blow after Kenyan internationals Jentrix Shikangwa and Ruth Ingotsi were omitted from the squad for late registration.Simba saw off Uganda’s She Corporate in the final of the CECAFA zone qualifiers to book the only available ticket in the region, a club that was then coached by Lukula.They start their Champions League journey with a fiendish clash against last edition’s second runners-up ASFAR on the opening day before coming up against Liberia’s Determine Girls and then wrapping group action with Green Buffaloes of Zambia.
