Uganda Crested Cranes will face off with Burundi on Saturday in the final of this year’s CECAFA Senior Women’s Championship that has been ongoing at the FUFA Technical Centre in Njeru, Uganda.The Ugandans edged out Ethiopia by a solitary goal scored in extra time while Burundi staged a strong comeback to see off Tanzania 2-1 in the semis on Thursday.Despite both teams creating numerous scoring chances in regular time, none of them could break the deadlock in 90 minutes thanks to the custodians from both teams, forcing the match to an extra 30 minutes.FT Uganda 🇺🇬 1-0 Ethiopia 🇪🇹 (Ikwaput 24′ (AET) ) #UGAETH #CECAFASW2022 pic.twitter.com/BuQR3BWryX— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) June 9, 2022 Fazila Ikwaput slotted home with five minutes left to the end of the extra time after connecting to a Hasifah Nassuna cross from a freekick to take her tally at the tournament to five.Uganda’s coach George Lutalo termed the encounter a tough one but was elated at the way his team played to book a final spot.“This has been a tough encounter and I am happy that we have made it to the final. Ethiopia was a tough opponent, but am happy the team played their hearts out to win,” Lutalo said as quoted on CAF’s official portal.FT Tanzania 🇹🇿 1-2 Burundi 🇧🇮 ( Tukumbuke 1′ | Djafari 13′ Niyonkuru 78′ [P]#TANBUR #CECAFASW2022 pic.twitter.com/8SaK4VtqDb— Cecafaonline (@Cecafaonline) June 9, 2022 In the other semifinal, Tanzania had taken the lead in the first minute through Opa Clement Tukumbuke who is the tournament’s top scorer at the moment but Burundi fought back to join Uganda in the finalCaptain Aisha Djafari led by example and leveled matters 13 minutes later with Sandra Niyonkuru scoring a second-half penalty to give Burundi the lead for the first time in the game and they held on to that.Leading scorersOpa Clement Tukumbuke (Tanzania) – 6Fazila Ikwaput (Uganda) – 5Sandrine Niyonkuru (Burundi) – 5Aregash Kalsa Tadesse (Ethiopia) – 4Loza Abera Geinore (Ethiopia)- 4Sandra Nabweteme (Uganda) – 3Omary Mwanahamisi (Tanzania) – 3
