TANZANIA’S Kilimanjaro Stars take on The Swallows of Burundi today in their last preliminary match in the Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup hoping to emulate the Uganda Cranes by securing the remaining outright slot to the quarterfinals.
The Cranes booked a place on Wednesday after beating Burundi 2-0, leaving Tanzania and Zanzibar to fight for the remaining slot in Group C and possibly the best qualifier from the three groups. The Kilimanjaro Stars will be aiming for an outright win, and at the same time hoping that Cranes beat Zanzibar for them to finish second.
Tanzania head coach Marcio Maximo does not have the word defeat in his vocabulary. “I respect Burundi for the good ball display, but I pity them because they are meeting my no-nonsense boys in a crucial game which we must win at all costs,” he told The New Vision yesterday.
On his part, Burundi coach Amars Niyongabo said they are taking on Tanzania with nothing at stake. But he cautioned his opponents that in football anything can happen. “We proved a point when we reached the last four in Uganda last year.
We could as well spoil the party for Tanzania the way we did to other highly rated teams in Kampala.” Meanwhile, the crazy soccer fans in Western Kenya are angry after CECAFA relocated all quarterfinal matches starting Monday to Nairobi. CECAFA wants the games be relayed live on SuperSport.
Source:newvision.co.ug/
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