The Kenyan U20 national football team, Rising Stars will need at least a draw of any kind when they lock horns with Malawi on Sunday to clinch the Four Nations tournament.This is after the Kenyan team humbled Zimbabwe 3-1 in the opening match held at the Bingu National Stadium in Malawi on Friday afternoon.Full-time: Kenya U20 3-1 Zimbabwe U20Next for Kenya is a match against the hosts Malawi on Sunday. The Rising Stars need any form of draw in that game to win the tournament. #FootballKE pic.twitter.com/WIlilYSVnk— Ole Teya (@TeyaKevin) March 22, 2024 The resounding win over Zimbabwe gives Kenya an edge in the final game of the tournament against the host as a draw will be enough to bring the title to Nairobi.Malawi beat Zimbabwe who are already out of contention 3-2 in the first game of the tournament a day ago.The tournament had four teams initially but Zambia withdrew under unclear circumstances.Against Zimbabwe, Migori Youth winger Elly Owande was the toast of the day as he found the back of the net twice.Owande who is among the players who have graduated from the U18 team that finished second in the CECAFA tournament held in December last year in Kisumu opened the scoring floor in the seventh minute after he was teed up by Hassan Beja.EXCLUSIVE: Kenya U20 coach Salim Babu admits delay in passport renewalOwande had the ball in the net in the 23rd minute moments after what would have been his second was flagged for offside.Beja added the third goal in the second half with the Sweden-based Timothy Ouma being the provider.Zimbabwe got the consolation goal in the Mapuwa Denzel after being set up well by Morris Musamba in the 80th minute.
