Taifa Stars prepare for Somalia tie

Tanzania is preparing to host Somalia in the the second round of the Championship of African Nations (Chan) slated for mid this month in Dar es Salaam.
They played a warm-up game against Uganda Cranes yesterday in Mwanza to fine-tune before facing the underdogs from the horn of Africa
country.
The game was supposed to be played on Tuesday but it was postponed following an accident at the Mwanza airport that affected air traffic.
Uganda players and officials were stranded for close to three hours at Entebbe Airport.
Some passengers were injured after tyres of the Air Tanzania plane burst in the wee hours of yesterday morning. This paper couldn’t
immediately establish whether the plane was landing or taking off but the incident prompted authorities to cancel all incoming and outgoing flights.
“I am disappointed because reaching there early would have helped us to prepare for the game,” Cranes coach Bobby Williamson said. “It’s now a different story and it now depends on how fast the hosts work itout.”
Williamson, who had earlier ruled out using any foreign-based players,also said that the build-up was important for the young lads as theyprepare for their away CHAN match against Burundi on March 13.“Thematch against Tanzania will of course help me come up with the rightstrategy before we face Burundi,” he noted. Fufa and the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF), however, remained optimistic that the build-up would go ahead as planned.Clearance
Tanzania will obviously overcome the poor Somalia in the first round, where they will book a place in the next round to face the winner of Rwanda v Eritrea game.
Next year’s Chan finals will be played in Sudan and Tanzania will be hoping to qualify for the second consecutive time after doing so lastyear.