Zambian duo Rally Bwalya and Clatous Chota Chama were not involved in Monday’s league match between Mbeya City and Simba.
Mbeya City stunned the Dar es Salaam giants with a 1-0 win in the NBC Premier League.
Simba SC coach Pablo Franco opted to rest his guns for the match.
Star names like Meggie Kagere and Bwalya while the returning Chama was also not involved.
Ghanaian forward Bernard Morrison, who has been out of the starting line up recently together with former Lusaka Dynamos hitman Chris Mugalu all started.
The 22 times league winners banged in the Mapinduzi Cup last week with a narrow win over Rodger Kola’s Azam.
On the weekend of 28-30 January, Simba will host Dar City in the ASFC Cup and later turn their attention to the CAF Confederations Cup were a tie against RS Berkane of Morocco awaits them.
Azam will host Transit Camp in the 4th round of the ASFC Cup on the same weekend.
