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Kilimanjaro Stars cruise into semis

Kilimanjaro Stars striker Mrisho Ngasa (R) in tussle for the ball with Eritrean defender during Challenge Cup quarterfinal clash at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi, yesterday.

Marcio Maximo’s trained Kilimanjaro Stars stormed into the Challenge Cup semifinal after edging tired Eritrea by 4-0 second half goals in a third quarterfinal match played at the Nyayo Stadium here, yesterday.

After barren first half, Stars kicked off the second half with unique vigour as evergreen Mrisho Ngasa attained his hat-trick after team mate John Boko headed home Shadrack Nsajigwa’s curling cross to open the flood gates after 61 minutes.

Ngasa was on target three minutes after Bocco’s opener and he never stopped hunting for two more goals in the 77th and 84th minutes.

As sliperly as an eel, Ngasa tormented te Eritrean defense almost at will to pump in goals in quick succession past perplexed Eritrean players.

Eritrean goalkeeper Yosief Zeratsion and the entire defensive line-up looked exhausted as the match came close to an end.

Stars meet the winner between Rwanda and Zimbabwe in the final quarterfinal match that was still in progress by the time we went to press later yesterday.

Line-ups:

Kilimanjaro Stars: Muharami Mohammed, Shadrack Nsajigwa, Juma Jabu, Kelvin

Yondani, Salum Swedi, Juma Nyoso, Henry Joseph/ Shabani Nditi (60th),

Mrisho Ngassa, Mussa Mgosi/ Ibrahim Mwaipopo (65th), Kigi Makasi/ John

Bocco(46th) and Nurdin Bakari.

Eritrea: Yosief Zeratsion, Abraham Tedros/ Hermon Teklerb (67th), Nevi

Ghebremeskes, Alemayo Ayele, Ermias Wolday, Samuel Ghebrehiwet, Tesfaldet

Goitom/Srafel Tesfamichael (67th), Yohannes Tilahum, Filmon Tseqay and

Yonatan Goitom/Mehari Shinash (53rd).

SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN

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Written by Israel Saria

For the last 20 years I have been working as a football pundit. This experience has provided me with a very useful insight into football and the opportunity to carry out extensive research into the game including its players, the stadiums, the rules and tactics and I have also been grateful to meet a wide range of people connected to football in the UK, Tanzania, Germany .....

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  1. Our team is well organized and hopefully we are going through into final match but we need to fight hard to overcome Rwandies who is also excellent side.

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