Mrisho Ngassa scored yesterday to send the Kilimanjaro Stars into the quarterfinals of the Orange/Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Mumias, Kenya.
The lone goal against Burundi came after 48 minutes to enable the Marcio Maximo boys book their quarterfinal
spot with six points alongside
Uganda from group C.
The results confirmed Burundi's exist from the tournament, while Zanzibar can also qualify as one of the best thrid-placed teams depending on their final group results against Uganda
today.
Ngassa scored off Juma Nyosso's right flank pass to keep alive Tanzania Mainland's hopes of clinching their third title. They lastly won the tournament in Nairobi 15 years ago.
The team, which came into the game with bitter memories of losing their opening game 2-0 to Uganda, started the match strongly, but it was Burundi who exerted early pressure.
Burundi's striking pair of Nahimana Claude and Abou Fiston made incursions into Tanzania's area but were kept at bay thanks to good defensive work by Salum Swed, who cleared dangerous balls.
The Kilimanjaro Stars also managed to make good runs into Burundian danger zone but poor finishing ensured there were no goals after the first half.
Burundi continued to put Tanzania Mainland under pressure on
resumption but goalie Muharami Mohamed managed to make some good saves to deny them.
And as minutes ticked into the second half, Ngassa scored the all important goal to kill Burundi's fighting spirit.
Tanzania Mainland will now face the second placed team
from group B.In Group A, guest side Zambia thrashed hapless Djibouti 6-0 in a match with no significance as Zambia had already qualified and Djibouti had no hopes of going through, while Kenya beat Ethiopia 1-0.
The first round matches climax today with Uganda playing Zanzibar in group C, Somalia facing Eritrea and Rwanda confronting another guest side Zimbabwe in group B. Zambia,
Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania are all through.
Source:thecitizen.co.tz/
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