MIGUEL Gamondi hailed his side's quality after Young Africans took another step towards completing a record points total in the NBC Premier League after a 4-0 victory against Dodoma Jiji at the Jamhuri Stadium.

Young Africans notched up their 24th victory of the season on Wednesday and have now accumulated 74 points, four behind the record of 78, with two games of the campaign still remaining.

Clement Mzize opened the scoring for the champions before Stephane Aziz Ki earned a brace on either side of the half to take his tally to 17 league strikes for the season. Maxi Nzegeli added a fourth.

Gamondi reflected on the game in the Tanzanian capital city and praised his side’s gameplay and the efforts made by his players on a pitch he termed as very difficult to play good football.

“We won because of the quality of the players. We are very professional and very serious. Today we played with a totally different team but the structure is the same. We played on a pitch that is very difficult to play good football but they tried to play and made a huge effort.

“In the first half, Dodoma created chances. We knew they would play a lot of long balls and crosses. We probably did not prepare and made a lot of changes, but the quality of the players for Yanga made the difference.

“I think in the second half it was a fantastic performance. We dominated the game, created chances, and did not allow Dodoma any scoring opportunity. 

“I am very happy, and especially for all these Wananchi coming to celebrate and watch good football,” he added.

Young Africans' title success was confirmed on Monday last week, and they then booked their spot in the CRDB Bank Federation Cup final with an extra time 1-0 semi-final victory over Ihefu at Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium in Arusha on Sunday.

They will celebrate their NBC Premier League title win in two stages. 

First, they'll have a trophy presentation at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium on the penultimate match of the campaign against Tabora United tomorrow and then a title parade.

For winning the league, Young Africans will also be awarded Sh500 million from the TV revenue pool and Sh100 million from the title sponsor.