Yanga coach Nasreddine Nabbi is now focused on guiding the Tanzanian champions to this year’s CAF Confederation Cup title after securing a final berth on Wednesday evening.The recently crowned Tanzanian Premier League champions progressed to the continental showpiece final after beating South Africa’s Marumo Gallants 2-1 in the semi-final return leg on Wednesday evening. The first leg had ended in a 2-0 win for Nabbi’s men, and they ensured that there was no way back for relegation-battling Gallants with another win in South Africa.##NAJAVA_MECA_7261504##Up next for them is a two-legged final against 2015 CAF Champions League finalists USM Alger who edged ASEC Mimos 2-0 on aggregate in the other semifinal, and the Yanga tactician says they want to enter the history books by upsetting USM.”I am very happy to take this team to the final. We are the first Tanzanian team to do so, and it is a huge achievement for us. Now, we will try to win this cup,” the tactician told CAF media after the match.𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟𝗟 💪🔰 𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟 #TimuYaWananchi#DaimaMbeleNyumaMwiko pic.twitter.com/96l7LBiVdf— Young Africans SC (@YangaSCEnglish) May 17, 2023 The tactician also discussed his team’s plan for the return leg game against Marumo, saying the target was not to let in an early goal, hence the decision to sit deep before getting a first-half stoppage-time goal through lead striker Fiston Mayele.”We understood that Marumo has a very good team, and we didn’t want to give them too much space. We made a good tactical plan for the game, and we also wanted to ensure we didn’t concede in the first 25–30 minutes,” he said.Mayele’s future was also a subject of discussion with big guns from the continent and, reportedly, after his signature.CAFCC: Gallant Yanga silence Marumo to advance to the final”I am really happy for him and how he is performing. I signed him from AS Vita, and I am glad he has repaid the faith I had in him. He has a year left on his contract, and of course, there is so much interest in him, but hopefully, he can stay,” Nabbi noted.The first leg of the final will be played on May 28th in Dar, Tanzania, while the return leg will be staged on June 3rd in Algeria.Kakamega Homeboyz turn attention to Ingwe in Mozzart Bet Cup semifinal
