Written by: Nourhan Taman
Thursday, May 18, 2023 02:46 PM
Newspaper reports revealed that Samia Solo Hassan, the President of Tanzania, announced a financial reward of 8.5 thousand dollars if each goal was scored by Young Africans of Tanzania in the Confederation Final.
The “African football” newspaper, which specializes in covering African football news, said that the President of Tanzania announced that there is a private plane that will transport players, fans and employees to Algeria only for the second leg match against the Algerian Federation.
The Algerian Ittihad Alger and the Tanzanian Young Africans teams enter a difficult task when the first faces its counterpart, ASEC Mimosas, the champion of Ivory Coast, while the Tanzanian champion plays with Marumo Gallants of South Africa to settle the two qualifying cards for the final of the African Confederation for the current season 2023.
Young Africans defeated its South African counterpart, Marumo Gallants, 2-0 in the first leg match at the Makaya National Stadium in the Tanzanian capital, in the first leg of the Confederation Cup semi-finals for the current season 2022-2023.
The Algerian team, Al Ittihad, also succeeded in returning with a goalless draw from the match against its host, the Ivorian team ASEC Mimosas, which brought the two teams together, at the “Félix Houphouët-Boigny” stadium, in the first leg of the semi-finals of the African Confederation.
The Royal Bafokeng Stadium in South Africa will host the South African Marumo Gallants match against its guest, Young Africans, the Tanzanian champion, in the second leg of the African Confederation semi-finals, at exactly six o’clock in the evening, Cairo time.
And Marumo Gallants, the owners of the land, will need to win by more than two goals to settle qualification for the final of the Confederation Championship, while Young Africans will suffice to win or draw with any result or lose with less than two goals to ensure their presence in the final of the continental competition.
According to the official website of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), the champion crowned with the Confederation Cup will receive a prize of $ 1.25 million..
Media reports stated that the runner-up team will receive 625,000 dollars, while the two losers in the golden square will receive 450,000 each.
