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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Uganda\u2019s U-17 women\u2019s football team have their work cut out ahead of Friday\u2019s encounter with Zambia in the age group\u2019s World Cup Qualifiers.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Teen Cranes need the perfect home game but can take solace in their belief that their 2-0 loss away at the Heroes Stadium in Lusaka, Zambia was covered in controversy.<\/p>\n

Uganda were caught out early in the second minute by a searching ball that was well controlled by Zambian forward Namute Chileshe, allowing to fend off Teen Cranes captain Desire Katisi Natoro and make it 1-0.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did not expect that (conceding early),\u201d coach Sheryl Botes admitted in the post match press conference.<\/p>\n

But the coach rightly believes they should have scored at least thrice before Zambian doubled their lead in the 70th minute.<\/p>\n

Agnes Nabukenya hit the post in the 21st minute while she also forced some saves from the Zambian keeper Mwila Mufunte. They also had chances for Shadia Nabirye and Sylvia Kabene but those failed to trouble Mufunte.<\/p>\n

Kabene thought she had equalized in the 65th minute when a she took down Faridah Namirimu\u2019s long ball, from a freekick taken deep inside Uganda\u2019s half, bullied Zambian defender Nana Malanda out of the way and left an on-rushing Mufunte in no man\u2019s land to slot home.<\/p>\n

The referees actually awarded the goal but protests from the Zambian technical area led by coach Carol Kanyemba, claiming Malanda had been pushed by Kabene, saw the officials reconsider.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope Caf looks into this matter because the referee replayed the game using VAR. Surprisingly , the broadcaster did a replay during the game, they took the match back to the moment,\u201d Botes said as she wondered why and how the referees changed their decision after watching a replay of the incident in a match that had no video assistant referee.<\/p>\n

Uganda actually had another effort controversially ruled out for offside. Esther Nangendo fed Nabukenya between the lines and the latter slotted home but the assistant referee raised her flag.<\/p>\n

Zambia went on to double their lead when Ruth Mukoma, unmarked in \u2018acres of space\u2019 in the box, took a well measured pass from captain Blessing Zangose Zulu to poke home.<\/p>\n

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