Starlets demolish Djibouti 12-0 to enter semifinals
Football
By
Rodgers Eshitemi
| Nov 19, 2019
National women’s football team Harambee Starlets have joined champions Tanzania in the semifinals of the on-going Cecafa Championship after demolishing debutants Djibouti 12-0 in yesterday’s Group B match at Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Salaam.
Wiyeta Girls forward Jentrix Shikangwa scored four goals to inspire Starlets to their second win in the regional tournament after seeing off Ethiopia 2-0 in their opening match on Sunday.
Diminutive Thika Queens forward Mwanahalima Adam and Mercy Airo bagged a hat-trick each as Vivian Makokha and Janet Bundi scored a goal apiece in Kenya’s emphatic triumph.
Shikangwa netted a quick-fire first half brace (14th and 17th minutes), just after Makokha had opened the floodgates. Adam and Bundi then got themselves on the score-sheet to ensure the losing 2016 finalists go into the break with a 5-0 lead.
Airo scored her first goal of the afternoon in the 53rd minute followed by Shikangwa’s third goal three minutes later.
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Airo was on target again in the 61st minute before completing her hat-trick from the spot four minutes later.
Shikangwa made it 10-0 in the 85th minute before Adam’s double strike in the 87th and 90th minutes.
Kenya will face off with Uganda’s Crested Cranes, who were due to tackle Ethiopia last evening, in a highly anticipated final preliminary round match tomorrow. The Crested Cranes humiliated Djibouti 13-0 in their opening match.
Tanzania’s Twiga Stars also booked their semifinal slot after registering their second Group A victory on Monday.
Stars trounced Burundi 4-0, two days after thrashing South Sudan 9-0 in their tournament opener.