Club officials provided Simba of Tanzania Condolences to the victims of the fans before the upcoming confrontation against Al-Ahly Club, which brings together the two teams today in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the African Champions League.
The first leg will be held at 8 pm today, Cairo time, while the return match will be held in Cairo next April 5 at 10 pm at Cairo Stadium.
The official page of the Simba Club published on the “X” website a statement that said: “The leadership of the Simba Club received with regret this information about the incidents of our fans that occurred last night while they were on their way to Dar es Salaam to watch the African Champions League quarter-final match against Al-Ahly… The first incident was related to With fans of the Kiwira Rungwe branch in the Mbeya area, this happened in the Vigwaza area of Bwani. Information received from the police force indicates that one person was killed.
The statement included: “The second incident is the Red Border Branch of Tandoma which occurred in Douma, Morogoro Region. Information from the scene indicates that one person was injured, and Simba leaders are already heading to the site of the incident in Vigwaza to provide assistance to the victims. The command apologizes to all those affected by the accidents and the families as well as all Simba people in general.
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— Simba Sports Club (@SimbaSCTanzania) March 29, 2024
Al-Ahly and Simba of Tanzania met in 8 previous matches. The Red Giant won 3 matches, and Simba won three others. The two teams tied once with a score of 2/2 and once with a score of 1/1. The Red Giant scored 12 goals and conceded 7 goals.
The history of Al-Ahly and Simba’s confrontations is equal between the two teams, as their direct match began in the 1985 African Cup Winners’ Cup.
Al-Ahly lost to Simba in the first leg (2-1) in Tanzania, while it won the second leg with two clean goals in Cairo, and the end of that tournament saw Al-Ahly crowned with the African Cup Winners’ Cup title.
Al-Ahly returned to face Simba in the 2018-2019 CAF Champions League after an absence of several years. Al-Ahly won by five clean goals at home in the first leg of the group stage, then lost 1-0 in the second leg.
Al-Ahly and Simba exchanged wins with a clean goal in two matches between them in the group stage of the African Champions League for the 2020-2021 season, then the two teams met in the African Super League, and the first leg ended in a draw with two goals for each team, and the return match ended in a draw with one goal for each team.
In total, Al-Ahly participated in 22 matches against Tanzanian clubs, winning 12, drawing 6 and losing 4, and its players scored 40 goals and conceded 11 goals.
Al-Ahly achieved victory over Simba by five to one, making it the largest victory in the history of confrontations between the two teams.
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