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Samatta's Aston Villa debut watched by massive Tanzania crowd

Mbwana Samatta took to social media to show images of the big crowd in Tanzania that turned out to see him make his Aston Villa debut .

The 28-year old - who was a recent acquisition from Genk, made the start in Tuesday's 3-2 EFL Cup semi-final aggregate victory over Leicester City, and lasted for 68 minutes.

He became the first Tanzanian to play for a Premier League outfit and this created tremendous buzz in the East African nation.

"Beautiful scenes from my home town watch my debut on [the] big screen yesterday night.