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Eymael: Yanga SC coach wants TFF to apply Fifa rules on substitutions

Young Africans (Yanga SC) coach Luc Eymael has welcomed the decision by world governing body Fifa to allow five substitutions as a temporary measure when football resumes after being halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Fifa has proposed upping the number of substitutes allowed in 90 minutes from three to five - with a sixth in extra time of knock-out games - to help combat potential injuries with more games to be squeezed into a shorter amount of time after the break occasioned by Covid-19.

In Tanzania, Yanga are still chasing the Mainland Premier League title and are also in the race to clinch the domestic Cup where they have reached the quarter-final stage.