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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Uganda Rhinos will defend their Cecafa under-15 Boys Championship against Zanzibar after overcoming a resilient Tanzania in the semifinal played Mondday at the Fufa Technical Centre in Njeru.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Rhinos held on to extinguish a late assault to beat Tanzania 2-1 to qualify for the final.<\/p>\n

The Ugandans came into the game with a clean record of winning eight games since 2019 without conceding but the battle-hardened Tanzanians were determined to dent that record.<\/p>\n

Captain Abubakar Walusimbi set the ball rolling with a long-range thunderbolt in the 17th minute to hand the defending champions the lead.<\/p>\n

Samuel Mubiru doubled the lead at the stroke of halftime with a thumping header to connect in Owen Mukisa\u2019s corner kick. From there on Uganda looked a little too confident wasting tonnes of chances before the Tanzanian coach Maalim Swahele made a couple of changes in the midfield with ten minutes to go. Jaffari Mwanyimba and Laurence Agostino added pace and creativity in the midfield causing the hosts to back-peddle.<\/p>\n

Agostino forced Pius Oyirwoth to a foul with his first touch on the ball. Right-back Mohammed Omar curled the resultant kick for Feisal Juma to head in. the Tanzanians stepped up to push for an equalizer but the Rhinos employed time-wasting tactics to run down the clock with medical breaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the boys were too confident and became a little complacent but we have to rectify that before the final,\u201d Hamuza Lutalo, the Uganda Rhinos coach admitted after the win.<\/p>\n

Tanzania\u2019s Swahele blamed himself for taking too long to make his substitutions but insisted the team is on a learning curve and needs to con<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made some substitutions which swung the game to our favour but it was a little too late. If we had done them earlier, we would have done better but our main target for this team is to develop the players,\u201d Swahele said.<\/p>\n

Tournament surprise package Zanzibar booked a slot to their first ever final in the regional competitions after beating South Sudan 4-2 in post-match penalty kicks that followed a 1-all draw.<\/p>\n

The final will be played on Thursday afternoon in Njeru.<\/p>\n

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