{"id":6486,"date":"2021-03-17T17:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=6486"},"modified":"2021-03-17T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T17:33:38","slug":"lwangas-simba-punish-merrikh-one-point-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/lwangas-simba-punish-merrikh-one-point-away","title":{"rendered":"Lwanga\u2019s Simba punish Merrikh, one point away"},"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\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Tanzanian giants Simba SC require one point from their last two Group A matches to book a Caf Champions League quarterfinal place despite beating Sudanese side Al Merrrikh yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Simba with Uganda Cranes\u2019 Taddeo Lwanga in midfield, punished Merrikh 3-0 in a rather commanding display at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds of Msimbazi maintained top spot in Group A with now 10 points from four matches with five goals scored and yet to concede.<\/p>\n<p>However, Simba is yet seal a last eight place because record nine-time champions Al Ahly defeated DR Congo\u2019s AS Vita 3-0 in Kinshasa to move to seven points in second place.Vita is third with four points implying that Simba needs a point from either Vita\u2019s visit to Dar or their trip to Cairo next month.<\/p>\n<p>But coach Didier Gomes\u2019 players took charge early yesterday when Mozambican Luis Miquissone scored for his second straight home match in the group after 18 minutes.Mohammed Husseini then doubled the lead on 39 minutes and the job was sealed literally five minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n<p><b>editorial@ug.nationmedia.com<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. 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