Yanga beat Bejaia for maiden win

Tanzania’s Young Africans secured a first win at the group stage after beating Algerian side, MO Bejaia 1-0 in their Group A penultimate fixture on Saturday in Dar es Salaam.

The only goal from Burundian Amissi Tambwe was more than enough for Yanga to earn their maiden win, which keeps them in contention at least for now pending the outcome of the Medeama versus TP Mazembe later on Sunday.

Yanga remains at the foot of the standings with four points, six adrift of leaders Mazembe. Bejaia and Medeama have five points each.

With their hopes of qualification hanging on a narrow thread, Dutch-born trainer of the Tanzania champions, Hans Van der Pluijm was adamant a wide margin scoreline could have headlined the match.

“We were a bit scared in the first half, but in the second half we stay calmed and created many chances. Unfortunately, we could not score more …

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