After losing their first match 6-1 to an older Zimbabwe
side, Coach Edwin Atanasi’s boys were determined to make things right against
their East African rivals.
The two teams took a cautious approach to the game and
were content with spraying passes in the midfield. The first half ended with
the only attempt of the game coming from Kenya’s Hilton Isutsa who’s free-kick
from outside the area rattled the crossbar.
Uganda began the second interval with more intent and
thought they had taken the lead only for the referee to rule they had kicked
goalkeeper Patrick Ochieng.
The young Kenyan lads asserted their authority with Musa
Masika and Ian Samuel proving dangerous. The crossbar would come to Uganda’s
rescue again this time Zadock Ombewa the unlucky one. With two minutes before
full time, Kenya carved out yet another chance but Ibrahim Ochieng saw his tame
effort easily collected by Uganda keeper Tumusiime Alosysius before the referee
blew for full time.
In their first mach, Kenya began their campaign on a wrong
footing going down 6-1 to an older Zimbabwe side. In what looked like a David
vs Goliath affair owing to Zimbabwe’s towering players who dwarfed the entire
Kenyan team, the brave Harambee Warriors found themselves chasing the game at
2-0 with only five minutes on the clock. Zim scored two more goals before half
time and added two more on the second half before Masika scored Kenya’s
consolation with a beautifully curled in effort from 30 yards.
Kenya also lost their last two matches going down 3-0 to
Kazakhstan and 2-1 to Algeria.
In other matches Tanzania lost 2-0 to Zambia in their
first match before bouncing back with a same scoreline win against Dream Team.
Zimbabwe won their second match 3-1 against Kazakhstan who also lost 1-0 to
Algeria. Egypt had Taher Hesham to thank for their 1-0 win over Dream Team.
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