Africa-Press – Tanzania. NATIONAL U-17 team, ‘Serengeti Boys’ will be looking to stamp a clean record in the CECAFA Zone qualifiers when they face Djibouti today in their second match at Umuganda Stadium in Rubavu, Rwanda.
Having crashed the hosts country, Rwanda 3-1 at the same venue they will be desperate to maintain their best form against Djibouti today.
The victory in today’s encounter will pocket Tanzania six points, and in case Serengeti draw or lose today, they will still qualify for the next stage because Rwanda could not secure a win against Djibouti, but a barren draw on Wednesday.
Rwanda will be waiting for the results knowing if Serengeti win heavily it will be in their favour to pass to the upper stage.
Serengeti in the first encounter stamped a victory through efforts from Kassimu Yahya who scored one and Omar Abbas who completed the game with a brace.
Kassimu Yahya scored the opening goal in the 10 minute after the kickoff, and then followed Omar Abbas who scored twice in the 14th and 61st minutes while Rwanda’s consolation goal was netted by Irihamye Eric in the 18th minute.
Tanzania leads Group B where the other members include the host Rwanda and Djibouti.
Serengeti Boys utmost goal is to seal a place to the AFCON finals which will be staged in Morocco from July 2021 and will involve 12 teams.
The East African region will only be represented by two teams. Cameroon are currently the defending champions.
After their qualification, they will have to set a new goal that is to qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup. The AFCON semifinalists will be the representatives of those competitions which will be staged in Peru.
Meanwhile, their U-20 brothers, ‘Ngorongoro Heroes’ have camped in Saudi Arabia for warm up games in the forthcoming AFCON competition which will be staged in Mauritania from February 14th to March 4th 2021.
In their warm-up games the Heroes have recorded one victory and a loss. They have played both games against their host Saudi Arabia.
The Under 20 booked their place in the competition after securing a place in the CECAFA finals. According to head coach Jamhuri Kihwelo their goal is to secure a place in FIFA U-20 World Cup.
