Last week, the President of Yanga Engineering Hersi Said indicated the intention of the champions of mainland Tanzania for three consecutive seasons to send to the islands of Zanzibar the rematch of the first round of the champions league against CBE SA of Ethiopia. Yanga will start away and finish at home
Information from within the Zanzbar Football Federation (ZFF), has confirmed that preparations have begun after receiving confirmation from the African Football Confederation (CAF) which has informed them about the game being played in Zanzibar
ZFF General Secretary, Hussein Ahmada has said that ZFF and its stakeholders have already started preparations to receive the game which will determine the future of Yanga in pursuit of the record of playing in the Champions League groups for the second time in a row.
"It is true that CAF have already informed us that this game will be played at our New Amaan stadium as requested by the Yanga host team"
"We as ZFF first of all thank Yanga for that patriotic decision, Zanzibar is a place that has many fans but also those who will come from the continent here are easy to get to"
"So we as ZFF have started preparations quickly, to prepare and receive guests for all teams but also their fans, we believe that Amaan Stadium will be a blessing for Yanga to win with a bang and even qualify to enter the groups and maybe go further, Ahmada was quoted by Mwanaspoti
newspaperThis will be the second time Yanga will play a big match at the New Amaan Complex after improvements have been made
Yanga completed last season by winning the CRDB Federation Cup in the stadium by beating Azam Fc 6-5 on penalty kicks after goaless draw
