Egyptian giants and multiple CAF champions league champions AL Ahly are expected to touch down today at the Julius Kambarage International stadium aboard a chartered plane.

The team comprising 21 players including the technical bench led by Maarteen C Jul popularly Martin Jolie will head straight to Serena Hotel straight after landing and will hold their trainings at the Gymkhana club before switching to the National Stadium on Friday.

Meanwhile, Young Africans are sharpening for the match awaited clash in Pemba islands where they arrived yesterday. The good news however is that experienced Centre back Juma Abdoul Jaffer Mnyamani has began light training and could be available for the clash. Juma got injured in the league clash against Kagera Sugar which the Jang want boys comfortably won 3-1.

Only rwandese star Haruna Niyonzima who will miss the encounter following suspension was the only notable player missing from the camp.

Yanga will want to take advantage of the passionate home fans to stage an upset and make it to their first group stage since the competitions new format. Only Simba have made it to the group stage ironically edging the same Egyptian opposition in Zamalek.

Yanga lost to the same club last year in the same competition but in a different level, the preliminaries.

Austin Oduor

talking African football