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David GOMBE
Uganda Cubs sealed a slot at this 12 months’s FIFA U17 Males’s World Cup after their conquer Ghana within the qualification playoff performed on Saturday in Rabat, Morocco.
The Cubs wanted a shootout win after a two-all attract regular time earlier than Uganda prevailed 8-7 on penalties.
Eric Gyamfi opened the scoring for Ghana within the ninth minute earlier than Uganda levelled issues by means of captain, Owen Mukisa on the stroke of halftime.
Six minutes into the second half, Abdul Latif gave Ghana the lead as soon as once more capitalizing on goalkeeper Lukyamuzi’s mistake.
Arafat Ibanda restored parity for Uganda in stoppage-time to ship the competition into penalties.
It ought to be famous that Ibanda additionally struck a late equalizer for Uganda in opposition to Ivory Coast.
Uganda overcame Ghana 8-7 on penalties with goalkeeper Ashraf Lukyamuzi saving Ghana’s eighth penalty earlier than Trevor Mubiru transformed the decisive kick to ship Uganda to again to again World Cups.
Final 12 months, Uganda made its debut on the match that was held in Qatar.
In the meantime, Mozambique edged Ethiopia 5-4 on penalties after regular time ended 1-1 within the different playoff qualifier.
Morocco, Cameroon, Senegal, Mali, Tanzania, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Uganda and Mozambique are the ten nations that may characterize Africa on the international showpiece.
