The national U23 team, Emerging Stars disappointingly finished in fourth in the CECAFA tournament after they fell to a 1-0 to South Sudan in a third place playoff match staged on Thursday afternoon at Bahir Dar Stadium, Ethiopia.The narrow loss was inflicted by striker Dani Lual who is not stranger to the team as he plays his club football with the 2008 league champions Mathare United.CECAFA U23 Challenge Cup 2021 — Playoffs, South Sudan 🇸🇸vs🇰🇪 Kenya.🇸🇸 1-0 🇰🇪🏟 Bahir Dar.FT⚽️’ Dani Lual (9)Redcard’ 🇰🇪— South Sudan Football Association (@ssfa_com) July 29, 2021 Initially, the match was supposed to be played on Friday but CECAFA in conjunction with the Local Organising Committee pushed the match forward for unspecified reasons.The chopping and changing head coach Stanley Okumbi made four changes to the squad that lost to Burundi 4-2 on post-match penalties during the semifinals, opting for Brian Wepo, Oliver Maloba, John Njuguna, David Odhiambo in place of Austine Odhiambo, Boniface Muchiri, Josephat Lopaga and Fredrick Alushula who all dropped to the bench.Those changes did not however have the desired result as the solitary strike from from the former Atlabara man condemned the team to a fourth placed finish in the regional tourney.Emerging Stars Starting Eleven – Brian Bwire (GK),Brian Wepo, Frank Odhiambo, Bernard Ochieng’©, Boniface Mwangemi, Marvin Nabwire, Vincent Wasambo, Oliver Maloba, John Njuguna, David Odhiambo, Benson Omala.Developing Story…
