Simba drawn against Nigerian side Plateau United
What you need to know:
- Simba qualified for the third straight campaign after winning the 2019/20 title with seven matches to spare.
Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian champions Simba Sports Club have been drawn against Nigerian club Plateau United and the first tie will be played in Dar es Salaam before the Msimbazi outfit travel to West Africa.
Simba qualified for the third straight campaign after winning the 2019/20 title with seven matches to spare.
Nigeria champions Plateau United.
Although they looked a strong team, the Wekundu wa Msimbazi went ahead and signed key players like Larry Bwalya, Bernard Morrison, Chris Mugalu and Joash Onyango who will be tasked with pushing Simba further in the continental competition.
They have lost two matches in the league already and the Tanzanian champions will have to fight and see whether they can advance far, than what they afforded last season.
Simba were eliminated in the preliminary stage by Mozambican champions UD Songo at their own turf when they went down 1-0 in August 2019.
Apart from Simba other East African clubs have avoided their North African rivals – the teams who are viewed as the toughest rivals for them – in the early stage of the season.
Gor Mahia players training.
Kenya’s champions Gor Mahia has been drawn against Rwandan champions APR and will play at Nairobi before going to Kigali for the second round.
Uganda’s Vipers return to continental competition with a draw against Sudan’s El Hilal.
