Football mania has hit Dar ahead of a pre-season friendly match between English Premier League team Everton and Kenya’s Gor Mahia.
Thousands of fans have streamed into Dar for the match which takes place at the 60,000 seat national stadium on Thursday, July 13.
https://twitter.com/Everton/status/885042868536188928
The team jumped straight into action, with some players visiting Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School, which has a unit for children with disabilities, where they learned how to play goalball – a version of football for the blind.
In #Tanzania, @Everton and England player Leighton Baines says he hopes to raise awareness of plight of disabled children and @DFID_UK pic.twitter.com/sWAyrP1HxR
— Dan Ashby (@danielashby) July 12, 2017
Other players took some time to train with Albino United.
https://twitter.com/Everton/status/885084064444821505
And where was Wayne Rooney? He was meeting with a fan, Vice President Samia Suluhu.
Delighted to hear that HE The Vice President of #Tanzania is a fan of the English Premier League….and Wayne Rooney! @Everton @UKinTanzania pic.twitter.com/qeDviy5zad
— Sarah Cooke (@HCSarahCooke) July 12, 2017
But the highlight of the day took place online: when the Daily Mail described Dar as a ‘fishing village’ people took to Twitter to defend their city.
Some population numbers the @DailyMailUK might be interested in: pic.twitter.com/1WQ0Ng0Rj2
— Ben Taylor (@mtega) July 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/MariaSTsehai/status/885111482186436608
Dear @DailyMailUK the humble fishing village Of Dar es salaam, Tanzania is now one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. #EvertonInTz pic.twitter.com/xBkA9dpXsP
— Tanzania Tourism (@Tourism255) July 12, 2017
Oh, and the match starts at 17:00.