A fruitful second half display from the Harambee Stars U23 side saw Kenya emerge 2-0 winners against South Sudan in their second pool C match and advance to the semifinals of the ongoing CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup taking place in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.With the first half ending in a barren even-stevens affair, Reagan Otieno and Benson Omalla scored their second goals of the tournament to ensure Kenya made it two out of two wins for a perfect start to the tournament.F.TSouth Sudan 0-2 KenyaTwo goals from Reagan Otieno and Benson Omala see the #EmergingStars through to the semis of the 2021 #CECAFAU23 Championships.The boys will face off with the winner from Group B.#Tunaweza pic.twitter.com/1YEHKSlwE1— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) July 21, 2021 Going into the second match against South Sudan, head coach Stanley Okumbi made two changes as he introduced AFC Leopards’ Marvin Nabwire and Kakamega Homeboyz’s David Odhiambo to the starting eleven in place of Tusker’s Boniface Muchiri and Nairobi City Stars’ Sven Yidah.The Emerging Stars go again today in their second match of the CECAFA tournament.This is how they line up against South Sudan as they seek to make it 2/2 wins.📸Harambee Stars #CECAFAU23ChallengeCup #EmergingStars pic.twitter.com/JXlLTOVpeh— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) July 21, 2021 With the clash being South Sudan’s first match of the tournament, pre-match momentum was certainly on Kenya’s side who were playing their second game after their 3-0 win over Djibouti in the first pool C match.By half time though, the two teams could not be separated as both sides failed to break the deadlock. In the second half though, a strike just six minutes in from Reagan and another from Omala with eleven minutes before were enough to seal the second consecutive win that guaranteed a semifinal berth in the regional tournament.Reagan and Omalla are now both on two goals after they scored one goal against Djibouti as well.The Emerging Stars will now face off with the winner from group B that comprises of Ethiopia, Burundi and Eritrea.
