{"id":5193,"date":"2021-02-27T18:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T18:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=5193"},"modified":"2021-02-27T16:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T16:55:29","slug":"uganda-hippos-living-afcon-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/uganda-hippos-living-afcon-dream","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Hippos living Afcon dream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>AFCON U20 quarterfinal result<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Uganda 0(5)-0(3) Burkina Faso<\/p>\n<p>Coach Morley Byekwaso and his U20 national team dreamt a lot about playing against superpowers and are living that after beating Burkina Faso 5-3 in post-match penalty shoot out to reach the semifinals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Mauritania on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In a tense game that ended goalless after 120 minutes, Uganda, debutantes at the biennial continental tourney, needed a slice of fortune and mental toughness to overcome their physically superior opponents.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa-based goalkeeper Jack Komakech was the hero, pulling off a reflex on the goalline to deny the young Stallions after a deflection off his defender, but more importantly, saving the first penalty by defender Nasser Djiga.<\/p>\n<p>Defender Kenneth Ssemakula converted the last kick to mark perfection after Derrick Kakooza, Joseph Bukenya, Najib Yiga and Ivan Bogere scored from 12 yards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe knew this time (of penalties) can come so we had a plan B because all teams once they reach quarterfinals, they are hard and this was a difficult game,\u201d Byekwaso said.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the two hours of football, the Hippos showed a lot of endeavour but hardly troubled the opposing goalkeeper. They also faded as the game wore on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were the better team,\u201d Byekwaso admitted. \u201cWe are very happy. We came as underdogs. But we dreamt a lot about playing superpower teams like Burkina Faso, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Morocco&#8230; Every tournament has surprise teams and we are starting to build football in Uganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hippos await the winners between Tunisia and Morocco and will 90 minutes from playing in the $200,000 (Shs740m) game \u2013 the final. Prior to the quarterfinals, Fufa president Moses Magogo promised the team a significant share of the purse.<\/p>\n<p>By reaching the quarterfinals, they were already guaranteed $80,000 (Shs296m).<\/p>\n<p>However, such has been the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic that there\u2019s no World Cup reward. 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