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Malawi, Madagascar triumph in ARS opening matches

Posted by Unknown Rabu, 18 September 2013 0 komentar

Lagos, Nigeria; September 17^th, 2013: The excitement, suspense and fun associated with grassroot soccer dominated the second day of the on-going U-17 Airtel Rising Stars African Championship as Malawi and Madagascar put up a fine show to conquer strong opposition from Uganda and Kenya.

Ghanaian African Championship Team

In the first group game of today’s fixtures at the National Institute for Sport (NIS) Stadium, Surulere, Lagos, Malawi beat Uganda 1-0 in the female category, setting themselves in pole position to qualify for the knock-out stages.

Malawi started the game the stronger side, dominating the entire first half. They finally broke the deadlock in the 46^th minute, with a superb finish from top striker, Rina Chipili. It was a low cross into the box and Chipili spotting Jersey No 14 was just at the right place and made no mistakes as she hammered the ball into the net.

In the second group match at the NIS stadium, the boys from Madagascar defeated their Kenyan counterparts 3-2 in a 5 goal thriller

Madagascar took the lead in the 6^thminute of the first half through Lalaina Andriana’s solo effort. Kenya’s troubles were further compounded by Jean Yvon who made it 2-0 through a deflected shot six minutes later.

The goal was a wakeup call for Kenya as they improved the tempo of their game and even came close to scoring. Madagascar showed their class, absorbed the pressure by putting one more goal past the Kenyan team.

The goal came from the boot of Heriniana, a superb solo effort beating the goalkeeper and putting the ball into an empty net. Kenya were not ready to let go that easily and in the 26^thminute, Josephat Oyugi pulled one back making it 3-1 at the end of the first half.

Kenya started the second half looking the better of the two sides. This eventually paid off as they finally got their much needed goal from Vichodemus Otieno in the 53^rd minute. However, the consolation goal was not enough to earn Kenya a point.

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