YOUNG Africans SC head coach Miguel Gamondi has hailed his team as it progressed to the CRDB Bank Federation Cup semi-finals with a 3-0 victory over Tabora United in the last-eight duel at the Azam Complex Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday evening.

The Federation Cup holders secured their passage with goals from Stephen Aziz Ki, Kennedy Musonda, and Joseph Guede.

The Argentine coach enjoyed the encounter and felt the results were a fair outcome for his dominant side.

Speaking after the game, the head coach told the press: “I am very happy to qualify for the semi-finals. It was a good performance even though in the first half I was not too happy because we did not move the ball quickly like we needed to do. The other thing is we did not close up space.”

The Argentine noted: “We dominated and scored one goal but, in the second half, we were so much better. We know this team probably became tired in the second half, we had more space.”

“I managed four of five players in the second half and this was the most important thing for us,” Gamondi stated.

“The comeback of Pacome Zouzoua was big news for us. We saw he came back in good form, even though he had not played for one month and a half, quality players have something special,” the tactician remarked.

“I am very happy that we scored three goals. In the last eight games, we conceded only one goal, it was against Simba SC. We have kept a lot of clean sheets which is important, especially in this part of the season,” the coach added.

Young Africans SC will now turn the club's focus back to the NBC Premier League, as the club is expected to travel to Kigoma to take on Mashujaa FC on Sunday.

With six games to go, Young Africans SC is enjoying a healthy eight-point lead at the top of the standings. The club is well on course to win a third successive Premier League title.