{"id":28160,"date":"2021-05-03T14:42:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/chiefs-wont-take-simba-lightly"},"modified":"2021-05-03T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T14:42:04","slug":"chiefs-wont-take-simba-lightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/chiefs-wont-take-simba-lightly","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs won\u2019t take Simba lightly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt has said that their CAF Champions League\u2019s quarterfinals opponents, Simba will give a stern test for Amakhosi ahead of their double meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides will meet in home and away double legged matches, after a Friday\u2019s draw held at CAF headquarters in Cairo Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>South African Kaizer Chiefs will be at home for the first leg of the Quarter-fina, which is scheduled to take place on the 14th or 15th May.<\/p>\n<p>They will then travel to Dar es Salaam to play the second leg of their Quarterfinal clash on the 21st or 22nd May.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking through the club website, Hunt said that Simba are a better side to challenge their journey to the semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny team you draw now is a tough draw,\u201d \u201c Simba had a good group stage, they beat Al Ahly,\u201d \u201cThey are certainly a side we can\u2019t take lightly\u201d, he said adding that: \u201c It will be a very tough game either way and we will just concentrate on our next game and we will take it from there,\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Simba, under Frenchman Didier Gomes, had a wonderful Group Stage performance, beating the reigning African Champions, Al-Ahly of Egypt 1-0 at home before succumbing by the same margin in the return leg tie in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>Amakhosi have never faced Tanzanian opponents in the CAF Champions League although they did face Zimamoto FC of Zanzibar in the 2018-19 CAF Confederations Cup Preliminary round.<\/p>\n<p>They won the tie 5-2 on aggregate. This is the first time Chiefs had qualified for the group stages of the CAF Champions League, they managed to progress as Group C runners up behind Moroccan outfit Wydad Casablanca.<\/p>\n<p>Simba are in the Quarterfinals of the Champions League for a third time. They participated in the 1994 and 2018- 19 season where they lost to Nkana Red Devils and TP Mazembe respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Simba are 21-time Tanzanian top-flight champions and this will be just their second meeting against South African opposition in the CAF Champions League \u2013 their only previous clash was against Santos in 2003, a game they won 9-8 on penalties in the First Round after both legs ended goalless.<\/p>\n<p>The Mainland reigning champions came through at top of Group A where they finished ahead of Egyptian giants and defending champions Al Ahly, DR Congo side AS Vita and Sudanese team Al Merrikh.<\/p>\n<p>The would-be winner of this tie will play the wouldbe winners of Quarter-final which comprises of Algerian club MC Alger or Waydad AC of Morocco.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. Kaizer Chiefs coach Gavin Hunt has said that their CAF Champions League\u2019s quarterfinals opponents, Simba will give a stern test for Amakhosi ahead of their double meetings. The two sides will meet in home and away double legged matches, after a Friday\u2019s draw held at CAF headquarters in Cairo Egypt. 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