Harambee Stars register first win in 2-1 triumph over Chad in international friendly encounter

Kenya’s Harambee Stars have picked their first win under head coach Benni McCarthy’s first victory from four matches since taking charge of the team in March this year after defeating Chad 2-1 in an international friendly match played at the Stade de Marrakech in Morocco.

Emmanuel Osoro gave Kenya the lead after 18 minutes. He made no mistake finishing off a cross by Ben Omondi.

Chad who managed to hold Kenya to a goalless draw in the first match few days ago tried to push forward to find goals, but failed to penetrate the Harambee Stars defending line.

At the stroke of half time David Sakwa made it 2-0 for Kenya. But after the interval Chad intensified their search for goals and were rewarded after 60 minutes through Ali Mahamat Adam.

Harambee Stars used the two friendly matches to prepare ahead of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Nations Championships (CHAN) 2025 to be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

Meanwhile, Burundi also registered a goalless draw against Mauritania in an international friendly match played in Morocco on Tuesday evening.

On Monday night, Uganda Cranes settled for a 1-1 draw in international match played against The Gambia on Monday night at the Stade de Marrakech Annexe in Morocco.

Smarting form a 3-0 defeat to Cameroon few days ago, Coach Paul Put’s team came all out in search of early goals.

After 25 minutes Roger Mato put Uganda Cranes ahead, but The Gambia replied with a penalty converted by Alasana Manneh after 45 minutes.

In the second half the two teams made some changes and pushed forward to try and get more goals. Uganda’s goalkeeper Ismail Watenga was replaced by Joel Mutakubwa after sustaining an injury.

In another international match played by a team from the CECAFA Zone Rwanda suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Algeria. The Amavubi suffered defeat by a similar margin to the same team few days ago.

Source: cecafaonline.com