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The K’Ogalo striker has been named to the final squad for the regional tournament to be played in Arusha
Gor Mahia’s forward Benson Omalla is the star player for the Kenya Under-20 team for the Cecafa tournament in Tanzania.
Kenya’s coach Stanley Okumbi appointed the traveling group to the regional competition with Omalla, who signed for K’Ogalo from Western Stima, the star attraction.
The team also has players who played for the Kenya U17 team in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations U17 Qualifiers, and the North African Union of Federations (Unaf) U17 tournament in Egypt in 2019.
Among them are Maxwell Mulili, Bixente Otieno, Boniface Mwangemi, Alphonse Omija, Kevintom Machika and Nicholas Omondi. Also included in the kit Dimba and Safaricom label the famous Enoch Animals and Omala.
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Earlier Wednesday, the Tanzanian Football Federation (TFF) confirmed that the African Football Confederation (Caf) had ordered the Cecafa U20 tournament to be played behind closed doors.
According to TFF Secretary General Wilfred Kidao, his efforts to convince Caf to have fans during the competition have run into a downside, as the African body feels it is a tournament for youth players and protocols must be adhered to. Covid-19.
“Caf are the main sponsors of the tournament because it will produce two teams that will qualify for the 2021 U-20 tournament in Mauritania, and for that, they have asked us to follow the protocol,” Kidao told reporters in Dar es Salaam.
“Most of the tournaments under Fifa and Caf adhere to the Covid-19 protocols and they saw that all matches have their own rules, so they asked us as hosts to follow the rules to the letter, we have tried to tell them who do not have Covid-19 in Tanzania, but have refused.
“We have told them that our country has advanced and that everything has returned to normal, but they have refused, we have also sent them a video of the fans who attended the derby between Yanga SC and Simba SC, but they have also refused to accept our request “.
Kidao continued: “So now it means that the U-20 matches in Karatwa and Arusha will be played without fans, Caf has said that the tournament involves youth and that they are at great risk of contracting Covid-19, so they don’t want to that the fans attend. .
“We will follow the rules of Caf, we will adhere to the established protocols and we will do everything possible to make sure that the rules are followed and it is the same as they did at the Cosafa tournament in South Africa, there were fans, we really wanted to have fans to support our team from Tanzania, but the rules have now changed and we have nothing we can do. “
Apart from Rwanda and Eritrea who will not participate, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Djibouti, Somalia, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda will participate in the competition.
Kenya has been grouped into Group C of the tournament that will take place from Sunday, November 22 to Wednesday, December 2, 2020 in Arusha.
Rising Star Squad; Goalkeepers: Maxwell Mulili, Bixente Otieno, Brian Opondo.
Defenders: Boniface Mwangemi, Wardfine Akhatsika, Kelvin Mose, Alphonse Omija, Frank Odhiambo, Lewis Bandi, Fredrick Alushula, Kayci Odhiambo.
Midfielders: Steiner Musasia, Nicholas Omondi, Enoch Wanyama, Ronald Reagan, Alphonse Washe, Mathew Mwendwa, Simon Omondi, Andre Kalama, Danson Kiprono, Ian Simiyu, Austine Odhiambo, Mwakio Kisaka.
Forward: Benson Oman, Kevinton Machika, Henry Meja, Sellasie Otieno.
