Reigning Tanzanian Premier League champions Simba SC suffered their second loss of the season after going down 1-0 to Kagera Sugar who are under the tutelage of Francis Baraza.Simba went into the clash aiming for nothing short of a win in a bid to whittle the gap between themselves and table toppers Young Africans (Yanga) who are unbeaten after 13 matches. 🔢 Hiki hapa kikosi cha leo dhidi ya Kagera Sugar. #NBCPremierLeague #NguvuMoja pic.twitter.com/ET8wVktyve— Simba Sports Club (@SimbaSCTanzania) January 26, 2022 Joash was trusted with another start at the heart of defense where he has been outstanding for Simba and earned a nomination to the club’s December Player of the Month. The 28-year-old came up against former Tusker FC head coach Francis Baraza who is at the helm of Kagera Sugar after joining the club in March 2021 from Biashara United in the same league. The game saw little goal mouth action in the first half but Simba dominated proceedings but were unable to find a way past the well drilled Kagera defense. The opening exchanges of the second half was also similar to the first as Simba could not just exploit the Kagera backline that stood tall to everything thrown at them.Matokeo mabaya. #NBCPremierLeague #NguvuMoja pic.twitter.com/9HyDgBFC15— Simba Sports Club (@SimbaSCTanzania) January 26, 2022 In the 72nd minute, however, Ugandan forward Hamis “Diego” Kiiza threw the cat among the pigeons as he broke the deadlock for Kagera much to the delight of the home support who were thrown into a frenzy.Kagera were however reduced to 10 men in the 91st minute handing Simba a man advantage as the referee had indicated six minutes of added time which offered slight hopes to Wekundu wa Msimbazi.Despite Simba throwing the kitchen sink at Kagera, the Millers withered the late storm to claim three vital points that saw them climb to ninth on the log.
