Yanga maintained their six-point gap at the top of the Tanzanian Premier League after overcoming Azam 3-2 at the Chamazi Complex on Sunday night.Preparations for the game were hampered by the drama surrounding the future of Yanga midfielder Feisal Salum who on Saturday announced that he has terminated his contract with Yanga after agreeing to a bumper deal with Azam.##NAJAVA_MECA_6905701##In a rejoinder, however, Yanga maintained that there was no clause allowing him to terminate his contract with the club and advised the player to honour his contract with the club. He expectedly missed the match with Salum ‘Sureboy’ Aboubakar taking his place in the starting XI. For Azam, Kenyan midfielder Kenneth Muguna was named in the starting XI.After what was a largely contested tie, Azam went ahead in the 28th minute through striker, Abdul Sopu who connected well to a Prince Dube cross with a cam finish pastYanga keeper, Djigui Diarra. The advantage lasted for just three minutes before Congolese striker, Friston Mayele made things 1-1 with an exquisite finish from a Bernard Morrison cross.Two minutes after getting Burkinabe midfielder, Stephane Aziz Ki completed the turnaround for Yanga, Azam midfielder Muguna lost the ball in the middle of the park an Mayele set up Aziz for a calm, low left-foot finish. The league leaders took a two-goal lead to the break.FULL TIME!Azam FC 2-3 Yanga SC pic.twitter.com/owMZkoYOm2— Azam FC (@azamfc) December 25, 2022 Two minutes into the second stanza, Sopu made it 2-2 with his second of the game. Kipre Junior went past several players down the right flank before squaring the ball to Sopu for a striker’s finish. With 12 minutes left, Yanga snatched the winner, Azam keeper Ali Ahamada failed to gather a largely feeble free-kick delivery from Aziz and Farid Mussa fired home on the rebound.Elsewhere Tanzania Prisons picked a pressure-easing 2-1 win over Mbeya City FC. Zabona Khamis and Samson Mbagula scored the goals for Prisons while Baraka Mwalubunju got the consolation strike for the hosts. Kenyan midfielder Joshua Nyatini featured in the entire game.Mwalala tips budding custodian to flourish, credits goalkeeping coach and Saruni
