Yanga SC tactician Sead Ramovic remains confident that his team will defend their two domestic titles; the FA Cup and the |Premier League. He says they will use the disappointment of failing to make it past the group stages of the CAF Champions League as motivation to drive their ambition.

Yanga clinched both titles last season and are still in line to do the same this campaign. They have cruised to the second round of the FA Cup after a 5-0 thrashing of lower tier side Copco FC, while they are a point behind leaders Simba SC in the league, ahead of the start of the second leg.

Speaking to Telecomasia.net, the coach reiterates his side will make amends from Continental heartache.

“Of course it was painful not to progress to the quarter finals because this was one of our clear objectives. But, we cannot dwell in the past. We now focus on what is ahead of us and that is defending both the Premier League and the FA Cup. That is our ambition now and I am confident that we have the squad to do it,” the tactician told Telecomasia.net.

Against Copco, Yanga were flawless. Kenyan international Duke Abuya scored Yanga’s fourth with Sheikhan Ibrahim having opened the scoring then Prince Dube and Max Nzengeli adding one more each. Mudathir Yahya put the icing on the cake as the defending champions comfortably cruised.

Yanga opened the deadlock in the 34th minute when the lanky Ibrahim powered home a header from a corner.

In the second half, Yanga ran riot. Dube doubled their tally in the 58th minute with a beautiful finish, controlling a deep cross inside the box before side footing into the roof of the nt.

Nzengeli soon made it three before Kenya’s Abuya got himself on the scoresheet, heading home beautifully from a cross on the left.

Tanzanian international Mudathir then completed the five-star performance with another powerful header off a cross on the right.