St. Anthony Kitale Smell Title After Edging out Stubborn Uganda in Copa Quarters

A Kenyan player leaves his Ugandan opponent on

St. Anthony Boys Kitale, can now smell the Copa Coca-Cola Africa Youth Cup after edging out a stubborn Uganda in the quarterfinals in Nakuru on Thursday.

The hosts stormed to the Semis of the continental showpiece with a 1-0 win over our neighbors, in a pulsating match played at Nakuru High School. The results mean that Kenya have conceded only one goal and scored an impressive 15 in the three matches they have played.

The hosts will take on an ever improving Zambia who beat Tanzania with a similar score line in another quarter final match in the under-16 pan-African tournament.

Kenya needed a second half goal by the Jacob Onyango to beat their western neighbours gave as much as they received from the hosts. Ugandan skipper Thomas Kakaire was a constant thorn in the Kenyan defence well marshalled by Cedric Muchina and Christopher Raila.

A Kenyan player controls the ball as a Botswana

Muchina and Raila partnership grew in confidence, managing to contain marauding Ugandan forward line who resorted to long range efforts that were easily dealt with by Kenyan shotstopper Issa Emuria.

After a goalless first half, Kenyan tactician Peter Mayoyo threw in the speedy winger Isaiah Abwal. The substitute’s pace and trickery pinned the Ugandans in their own half before Haron Kibiwott’s lofted cross was turned in by the lanky striker.

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In other quarterfinal matches, Nigeria beat South Africa 2-1, while Botswana overcame Mozambique 4-2 on post-match penalties after a 1-1 stalemate in regular time.

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