Congo Republic and Uganda postponed their quarter-final ticket qualifications till the last round of the group matches after playing out a 2-2 draw in Group B, Round 2, match of the on-going U20 AFCON.
Two unmarked headers perfectly converted by two Congolese attackers accounted for the team’s two goals against Uganda in the CAF Africa Cup Of Nations.
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Josna Loulenda and Amauvy Mombouli scored the two goals in the fifth and 72nd minutes of the first and second halves of the game, respectively.
Congo Republic was down 1-2 to Uganda until the 72nd minute, when Mombouli scored the equalizer by nodding in a corner kick from the left flank by Prince IIenda.
Uganda showed early signs of business in the 4th minutes of the first half with a fantastic breakthrough inside the eighteen yard box of Congo Republic, but goalkeeper Christophe Samba, reacted quickly to save his team from conceding early goal.
Josno Loulenda responded positively with a perfect header for Congo Republic’s first goal in the 5th minutes of the match.
Titus Ssematimba exploited the scrappy goalkeeping of the Congolese to level scores 1-1 for Uganda from a free kick outside the Congolese eighteen yard box.
Saidi Mayanja shot Uganda 2-1 ahead in 32nd minutes of the second first half before Amauvy Mombouli equalized for Congo Republic in 72nd minutes of the second half to end the match at 2-2.
Congo Republic leads Group B with 4 points after two rounds of matches.Uganda is placed second on the log with 4 points, while South Sudan is third with 3 points.
STATUS: COMPLICATED
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Central African Republic has zero point after two matches in the group.
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