RABAT:
Uche Ikpeazu scored a late equaliser earlier than teammate Allan Okello missed a penalty as Uganda needed to accept a 1-1 draw with East African rivals Tanzania of their Africa Cup of Nations Group C conflict in Rabat on Saturday.
It’s a first level for each side of their pool after they opened their 2025 marketing campaign with defeats by Tunisia and Nigeria, respectively. These two sides are in motion afterward Saturday in Fes.
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The highest two groups in every group, in addition to the 4 finest third-placed sides throughout the six teams, qualify for the final 16.
Tanzania took the lead within the 59th minute when Simon Msuva transformed a penalty following a handball within the field, however they had been to be denied a first-ever win on the continental finals on the eleventh try.
Ikpeazu’s diving header drew Uganda degree, earlier than they had been awarded a penalty and the possibility to win it late on, just for talisman Okello to place his spot kick over the crossbar.
There was a well-recognized really feel to the competition between two long-standing regional rivals, although this was their first assembly on the Cup of Nations.
Uganda got here near the opener when Rogers Mato’s header got here again off the crossbar inside quarter-hour, however the recreation actually got here to life within the second half.
Tanzania had been awarded a penalty when Alphonce Msanga’s shot from exterior the field struck the arm of Uganda midfielder Baba Alhassan, which was deemed to be in an unnatural place.
Msuva stepped as much as take the spot kick and fired it into the roof of the web.
However Tanzania couldn’t see the sport out and had been denied a maiden Cup of Nations finals win when highly effective ahead Ikpeazu stooped to move in Denis Omedi’s cross from the best.
Moroccan referee Jalal Jayed awarded Uganda a penalty following a tug on the shirt of James Bogere by Haji Mnoga.
Okello is called ‘Star Boy’ in his homeland, such is his expertise, however fluffed his strains on this event as he despatched his spot kick over the crossbar.
