Senegal narrowly edged out Mali 1-0 in Group A clash of the titans to maintain their 100% record in the tournament courtesy of an own goal from Aboubacar Cisse at Nyayo National Stadium.This was one of the three games lined up in a triple-header at the venue.The two teams showed a balanced encounter and were both on a mission to protect their clean record but it was Senegal who did it best.It was an interesting affair, with both sides launching a series of attacks but the only goal from the match had to come from an own goal in the first half.Senegal beat Kenya 3-1 in the opening match of the campaign while had to fight harder to secure a 4-2 win against the hosts in their first game.#DeaflympicsNairobi FT’ Mali 0-1 Senegal Aboubacar Cisse (og) pic.twitter.com/ggXxigbjAs— Africa Deaf Ball Games Qualifiers (@ADBGQ2021) September 16, 2021 In the second match of the day, Gabon condemned Somaliland to their second loss of the tournament, making them the second team to exit the competition at the group stage after Kenya’s exit yesterday.However, Somaliland showed an improved display of what they had against Egypt despite going down 1-0 in the first half, and 2-0 barely 10 minutes into the game.They however put a spirited fight to stage what seemed like a comeback within 10 minutes but Gabon scored with 14 minutes left on regular time to take all three points.#DeaflympicsNairobi Gabon 3-2 SomalilandGAB: 10′ Nso NzengGAB: 56′ Mousa OnangaSOM: 63′ Ahmed SiyadGAB: 76′ Adjagbe Ibrahim pic.twitter.com/ZYPNmwnK4L— Africa Deaf Ball Games Qualifiers (@ADBGQ2021) September 16, 2021 Nso Nzeng scored the opener for Gabon in the 29th minute before Mousa Onanga doubled the lead in the 56th minute, with Ahmed Siyad scoring the consolation before Adjagbe Ibrahim scored the winner for GabonIn the earl kick-off of the day, Cameroon were awarded a walkover on three points and two goals basis after Nigeria failed to honor their match, something that did not sit well with Cameroon’s tactician Jean pierre Valery.”I am happy that we arrived in Kenya safely. before we came to Kenya we really prepared ourselves but we did not know who we would meet. After the draws were done we knew we would meet Nigeria and Zambia. We were really prepared but Nigeria did not come so we are disappointed but we are looking forward to the next match,” Pierre said after the walkover.
