U20 TotalEnergies AFCON Zonal Qualifiers
- Uganda U20 3-0 Ethiopia U20
Uganda U20 Nationwide staff (Hippos) received off to a flying staying with 3-0 win towards Ethiopia within the U20 TotalEnergies AFCON Zonal Qualifiers marketing campaign on the Azam stadium on Monday.
Godfrey Ssekibengo, Swabir Mpasa and Harmless Kisolo had been the Hippos objective scorers on the night with two coming within the opening half and different stanza.
Ssekibengo celebrating his objective with teammates.
Ssekibengo opened the scoring with a half volley simply twenty three (23) minutes into the sport after an attractive cross from the best wing by Richard Okello.
With six minutes left to the break, Mpasa doubled the lead with one other volley infront of Ethiopia shot stopper after a nicely delivered cross by Ssekibengo, complimented by a Allan Oyirwoth brush on the fringe of the field.
The third got here in a minute to full-time after an intense press just for substitute Harmless Kisolo to steal the ball for a strike, few steps from the middle line previous objective keeper Biniyam Babulo.
After the sport, comfortable Swahili flowing Matia Lule got here out glad for the three factors and in addition add that his aspect ought to take the remainder of the video games critically;
“We’re comfortable that now we have began the title defence with a cushty win.” He stated
However we nonetheless have two extra matches within the group stage that we should take critically,” Lule concluded
Within the earlier Group B match Burundi stopped South Sudan 1-0 in a match performed on the KMC Stadium with a Christophe Ndayikengurukiye strike simply eight (8) minutes into the sport.
Thé Hippos are actually high of Group B on 3 factors, degree with Burundi however subjected to a greater objective distinction.
Uganda will face Burundi subsequent on Wednesday 9 October 2024 within the KMC stadium at 4 pm.
