Young Africans all eyes open for Esperanca

Tanzania’s Young Africans ‘Yanga’ are expected depart for Angola on Monday (16 May 2016) will all eyes open to grasp their last chance in the 2nd 1/8th round second leg scheduled for Wednesday in the northern Angola province of Dundo. Yanga will face Angolan side GD Sagrada Esparanca in the reverse and are buoyed by a 2-0 victory in the first leg at home two weeks ago. The Dutch-born trainer of the newly crowned Tanzania league champions, Hans Van der Pluijm believes it is high time his side reached the group stage of a major continental club championship, for the first time since 1998. “It is not my first time to send a team to quarter final in African competitions. Now, I believe its Yanga turn,” said Pluijm, who guided Ghanaian side Berekum Chelsea to the brink of a last four place in the CAF Champions League in 2012. “We are not going there to defend our two goals. We are going to protect them and try to score more goals. Our target is to win and qualify,” he …

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