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Warriors stun Tanzania to quality
04 Dec 2011 at 07:11hrs | Views
Zimbabwe turned on the style to stun champions Tanzania 2-1 yesterday and qualify for the last eight of this year's Cecafa Tusker Senior Challenge Cup in Dar es Salaam.
Hosts and defending champions Kilimanjaro Stars got a rude awakening when hopes of their continued dance in the CECAFA TUSKER senior men challenge were almost came to an end after being handed a 2-1 defeat by Zimbabwe Warriors in the final Group A match.
Donald Ngoma put Zimbabwe ahead one minute into the game, smashing the ball home from 10 metres after the hosts had failed to clear the danger.
It was the second goal in the tournament for the forceful FC Platinum striker who struck a beauty in the Warriors' opening 2-1 victory over Djibouti last Sunday.
The Kilimanjaro stars reduced the arrears towards the end of the match through a penalty after Eric Mudzingwa was harshly adjudged to have committed a foul.
Despite the defeat Tanzania qualified as the best third placed team where they were joined by Zanzibar who finished third in group B behind Burundi and Uganda.
A solitary goal by Sudan assured them a place in the last eight to pip Kenya's Harambe Stars in the final match of group C.
The quarterfinal matches will now feature Rwanda playing Tanzania while Burundi faces Sudan on the 5th of December.
Malawi will play Zanzibar on the sixth of December with Zimbabwe taking on Uganda the same day.
Hosts and defending champions Kilimanjaro Stars got a rude awakening when hopes of their continued dance in the CECAFA TUSKER senior men challenge were almost came to an end after being handed a 2-1 defeat by Zimbabwe Warriors in the final Group A match.
Donald Ngoma put Zimbabwe ahead one minute into the game, smashing the ball home from 10 metres after the hosts had failed to clear the danger.
It was the second goal in the tournament for the forceful FC Platinum striker who struck a beauty in the Warriors' opening 2-1 victory over Djibouti last Sunday.
The Kilimanjaro stars reduced the arrears towards the end of the match through a penalty after Eric Mudzingwa was harshly adjudged to have committed a foul.
Despite the defeat Tanzania qualified as the best third placed team where they were joined by Zanzibar who finished third in group B behind Burundi and Uganda.
A solitary goal by Sudan assured them a place in the last eight to pip Kenya's Harambe Stars in the final match of group C.
The quarterfinal matches will now feature Rwanda playing Tanzania while Burundi faces Sudan on the 5th of December.
Malawi will play Zanzibar on the sixth of December with Zimbabwe taking on Uganda the same day.
Source - Byo24Sports
