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In a communique shared on the Tanzanian Football Federation Twitter handle, the Tanzania Premier League Board revealed that match days 29 and 30 of the NBC Premier League, scheduled for May 24th and 28th, will now be played on June 6th and 9th, 2023 respectively.
The Tanzanian Football Federation has suspended the top flight’s final rounds of fixtures to aid league champions Young Africans prepare for their CAF Confederations Cup final.
In a communique shared on the Tanzanian Football Federation Twitter handle, the Tanzania Premier League Board revealed that match day 29 and 30 of the NBC Premier League, scheduled for May 24th and 28th, will now be played on June 6th and 9th, 2023 respectively.
The statement further revealed that the decision was taken to allow Young Africans prepare for their two-legged CAF Confederations Cup final against Algerian side USM Algiers.
“The Tanzanian Premier League Board has announced that the last league matches (round 29 and 30) of the NBC Premier League will be played on June 6th and 9th, 2023,” read part of the release issued on Sunday.
“The reason being to give Young Africans a chance to play its two games in the CAF Confederations Cup final, which will be played on May 28th and June 3rd against USM Algiers," the release added.
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FOOTBALL Hersi Said: The president engineering Young Africans' rise back into an African football giant
A day before, on the invitation of Haji Arafat, the club Vice President, we visited Avic town, Young Africans' training base located in Kigamboni Dar-es-Salaam, to interview Uganda Cranes assistant captain Khalid Aucho and the Young Africans president Engineer Hersi Said.
Khalid Aucho’s charges will now have a whole week to prepare for their first leg tie when they host USM Algiers on March 28th at the Benjamin Mkapa stadium.
They will then make the trip to Algiers for the return leg four days later.
‘Tiimu ya Wanainchi’ also reached the final of the domestic cup, where they will face Azam FC on May 16th in Tanga.
Young Africans became the first East African club to reach the CAF Confederations Cup final since the interclub format was changed in 1997.
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