Defending Tanzanian Premier League champions Simba Sports Club – and home to Kenyan defender Joash Onyango – will look to serve Moroccan club Raja Casablanca cold revenge when the two sides meet in a Group F CAF Champions League fixture at the Stade Mohamed Stadium, Morocco on Saturday morning.Having lost heavily at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium by 3-0, Simba will travel with the aim of outclassing Raja, who have also punched their ticket into the CAF Champions League quarter finals by virtue of leading the group standings with 13 points from five matches.##NAJAVA_MECA_7142284##Simba are second with nine points and as per the team head coach Roberto Oliveira Gonçalves do Carmo asking his players to strive for a win on the night.“It is going to be a tough match as each team will be seeking victory,” Robertinho told The Citizen in preparation for the closing game of the group. “It is a chance for us to avenge the 3-0 loss at our home venue, the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium. This time around, all my players have adopted my teaching and are seeking revenge.”Simba will however be missing the services of five players including; Jonas Mkude, Augustine Okrah, Mohamed Ouattara, Mohamed Hussein and Ismael Sawadogo.Tunataka kumaliza vizuri kwenye hatua ya makundi ya #TotalEnergiesCAFCL#WenyeNchi #NguvuMoja pic.twitter.com/jj9Cvi3gu3— Simba Sports Club (@SimbaSCTanzania) March 31, 2023 In the early kickoff match Friday, fellow Group F opponents Horoya will welcome another East African side Vipers SC at the Stadium du 26 Mars in Conakry, Guinea.Both sides have been eliminated from the group stages and will hope to finish the championships on a high.Vipers are the only side not to have registered a win in the group and occupy last place in the standings with two points while Horoya are third with four points.Squad list for Al Merrikh SC African fixture.#Zamalek #MostTitledIn20C pic.twitter.com/0RSRvpqwUO— Zamalek SC English (@ZSCOfficial_EN) March 30, 2023 The two sides played to a goalless draw in Kitende in the reverse fixture.The other fixture of the day will also have no implications on the group standings as Zamalek welcome Al Mereikh at the Cairo International Stadium on Friday evening.Matano calls for more focus in Tusker’s crucial second legWith both sides having been eliminated in the group stages, Zamalek interim head coach Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud will hope to help the White Knights register a win after being bounced out of the Egyptian Cup this week to National Bank and having slipped further away from a domestic title fight.Mahmoud Abdel Razek is set to return to the side that will be missing the services of Ahmed Fatouh, Mohamed Abdel-Shafy, midfielder Emad Nabil and Tunisia striker Seifeddine Jaziri.
