Record-Chasing Uganda Inch Closer To Last 16 After Zimbabwe Draw
26th June 2019
Hosts and record seven-time champions Egypt can secure a spot in the knockout rounds later with victory over DR Congo in the second game of the doubleheader
- Knowledge Musona's incredible open-goal miss proved costly as a wasteful Zimbabwe were held to a 1-1 draw by Uganda at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday
- Emmanuel Okwi pounced on a rebound to nudge Uganda ahead on 12 minutes in Cairo but Khama Billiat levelled for Zimbabwe with a glancing finish shortly before half-time
- Uganda edged closer towards qualification for the last 16 after moving onto four points in Group A, leaving Zimbabwe needing to beat the Democratic Republic of Congo in their final game to stand a chance of squeezing through
CAIRO, Egypt-
Knowledge Musona's incredible open-goal miss proved costly as a wasteful
Zimbabwe were held to a 1-1 draw by Uganda at the Africa Cup of Nations on
Wednesday.
Emmanuel Okwi
pounced on a rebound to nudge Uganda ahead on 12 minutes in Cairo but Khama
Billiat levelled for Zimbabwe with a glancing finish shortly before half-time.
Uganda edged closer
towards qualification for the last 16 after moving onto four points in Group A,
leaving Zimbabwe needing to beat the Democratic Republic of Congo in their
final game to stand a chance of squeezing through.
Hosts and record
seven-time champions Egypt can secure a spot in the knockout rounds later with
victory over DR Congo in the second game of the doubleheader.
After winning a Cup
of Nations match for the first time in 41 years with Saturday's 2-0 defeat of
DR Congo, Uganda jumped out to a dream start when Okwi bundled home after Abdu
Lumala's low drive was parried by Zimbabwe goalkeeper George Chigova.
Zimbabwe, beaten 1-0
by Egypt in the opening game of the tournament, created a number of chances in
response, with captain Musona ballooning over after Billiat's cutback rolled
invitingly into his path.
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Billiat dragged
another effort wide and a header from Alec Mudimu was nodded to safety, but the
former brought Zimbabwe back into the game when he flicked a low Ovidy Karuru
cross into the far corner on 40 minutes.
Zimbabwe remarkably
failed to grab the lead early in the second half when Musona somehow failed to
put the ball into an empty net, spooning against the crossbar from just a
couple yards out.
The luckless
Warriors again found themselves denied in stunning fashion as Uganda 'keeper
Denis Onyango pulled off a miraculous save to scoop off the line and deny
substitute Evans Rusike as his shot span towards goal.
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Patrick Kaddu wasted
a glorious chance for Uganda when he blazed over from close range after Chigova
palmed out a deflected cross, with Taddeo Lwanga bending just wide for the
Cranes late on.