Former Gor Mahia striker Tito Okello was scored twice for South Sudan as they picked an important 4-2 win over South Sudan in a 2023 African Cup of Nations preliminary qualification match staged at the Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria Egypt.The match had to be taken to Egypt as Djibouti at the moment have no stadium that meets the set CAF standards.After a barren first half, the floodgates opened nine minutes into the second half when Okello scored from the penalty spot. Djibouti leveled the matters ten minutes later in what proved to be a mere consolation goal in the end.AFCON PRE QUALIFICATION ROUND 2023 IVORY COAST. 84′ MINUTES PLAYEDDjibouti 🇩🇯 1-3 South Sudan 🇸🇸. ⚽ Tito Okello (P) ⚽ Toha Rashid. ⚽ Tito Okello pic.twitter.com/Xw4UhjH7ig— Town Far Fredo. (@townfarfredo) March 23, 2022 Toha Rashid restored South Sudan’s lead in the 68th minute before Okello got his second of the match in the 75th minute. William Gama then completed the rout a minute from time with the fourth goal of the game. Djibouti then pulled another one deep into stoppage time. The two teams meet again for the return leg at St. Mary’s Kitende in Uganda for the return leg on 27th March. The aggregate winner proceeds to the group stage of the qualifiers.In another qualification match, Eswatini whipped Somalia 3-0 in a match played at the Benjamin Mukapa Stadium in Dar, Tanzania. This is due to the unavailability of a CAF-approved stadium in Somalia. Bonginkosi Dlamini opened the scoring in the 23rd minute before Fanelo Mamba scored a second in the 65th minute, the rout was completed by Gamedze Sandile three minutes from time. The second leg will be played at the Mbombela Stadium in South Africa on Sunday.#AFCON2023Q 🇸🇴🆚🇸🇿🔚 FINAL DEL PARTIDOEn el estadio Nacional de Dar es Salaam 🇹🇿, #Eswatini se impuso 3-0 a #Somalia y acaricia el pase a la siguiente instancia en la clasificación a la #CAN2023.⚽️ Bonginkosi Dlamini 24′, Fanelo Mamba 64′, Gamedze Sandile 87′ (E). pic.twitter.com/f7FfENdwBB— Camino Mundial (@caminomundialok) March 23, 2022 Seychelles and Lesotho played out to a barren draw in Ivory Coast. The second leg is scheduled for Sunday in South Africa.
