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The hosts started the game on a low note, but improved as the game progressed with three different players finding the back of the net.
Kenya’s U-20 team defeated their Sudanese counterparts 3-1 in a friendly match at the Kasarani Stadium on Monday.
Sellasie Otieno, Ronald Reagan and Mathew Mwendwa each scored once to cancel the opponents’ first goal, courtesy of Nogh Hussein.
Coach Stanley Okumbi was using the game to gauge his team’s readiness ahead of the Central and East African Council of Football Associations (Cecafa) Championship later this month.
It was the visitors who opened the scoring in the 16th minute courtesy of Hussein after some good exchanges and poor defense that allowed the player to have a scoring opportunity and put his team ahead.
However, the Rising Stars responded by increasing their pace and increasing their attacks. The tactic paid off as the visitors collapsed under pressure, allowing Otieno to score in the 32nd minute and ensure that the teams reached the half-time on a level playing field.
KCB prodigy Reagan put the Rising Stars in front for the first time when he hit after the hour mark to cool the pressure and make the technical bench smile. It was a well deserved goal after a good pressure game.
The final blow came in the 87th minute courtesy of Mwendwa, who remained calm to find the back of the net after receiving a good pass in the danger zone.
Kenya is in Group C in the Cecafa competition along with Ethiopia and Sudan, while Group A is hosted by Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia and Djibouti, and Group B is made up of Burundi, Eritrea, South Sudan and Uganda. .
Rising Star Squad; Goalkeepers; Maxwell Mulili (AFC Leopards), Bixente Otieno (Wazito), Elvis Ochieng (City Stars).
Defenders: Boniface Mwangemi (Kariobangi Sharks), Omar Somobwana (AFC Leopards), Joseph Levin (Naivas), Wardfine Akhatsika (Chebuyusi High School), Kelvin Mose (Uweza), Alphonse Omija (Gor Mahia), Frank Odhiambo (Gor Mahia), Lewis Bandi (AFC Leopards), Fredrick Alushula (Kariobangi Sharks), Rolland Ashimoto (Kakamega High School), Steiner Musasia (Talanta), Nicholas Omondi (Gor Mahia), Keith Imbali (Gor Mahia Youth).
Midfielders: Enoch Wanyama (Small League), Ronald Reagan (Kariobangi Sharks), Alphonse Washe (Ports), Hamid Mohammed (Ports), Danson Kiprono (Zoo), Ian Simiyu (Nzoia Sugar), Austine Odhiambo (AFC Leopards), Mwakio Kisaka (Riruta ) United), Timothy Ouma (Nairobi City Stars), Telvin Maina (Kisumu All-Stars), Arnold Onyango (United States).
Forward: Benson Omala (Gor Mahia), Henry Meja (Tusker), Stephen Otieno (Bongonaya), Kappen Samuel (Liberty), Sellasie Otieno (Nzoia Sugar), Unaiz Shajani (Starfield Elite FC).
