Kenyan striker nets hat-trick as Tanzanian side record big CAF Confederation Cup win

Kenyan striker Mathew Tegisi Momanyi scored a hat-trick for his Tanzanian side Singida Black Stars, as they kicked off their CAF Confederation Cup qualification journey with a big 7-1 victory over South Sudan’s Al Ghazala at the Juba National Stadium on Sunday, 6 September.Download our MozzartSport App For More NewsTegisi, playing in his first game of the continental club competition, secured all three goals in the first half, scoring all of them in a span of 10 minutes.The former Shabana forward opened the team’s scoring in the 20th minute, before adding a second three minutes later.Gor Mahia’s Champions League dream on life support after loss to Egyptian giantsHis third came two minutes after the half-hour mark, to give visiting Singida a 3-0 lead.The Tanzania side would later on go on a rout, securing a 4-0 lead at the break after midfielder Sheikhan Ibrahim had found the net in the 41st minute.##NAJAVA_MECA_9936891##It would take Singida till the 63rd minute to find a fifth goal, when Ghanaian forward Jonathan Sowah scored the first goal of the second half, seven minutes before Mohamed Zakariya scored what proved to be a consolation for the hosts.Two further goals in the last four minutes of the game by Henry David and Sowah would add to Singida’s total, virtually guaranteeing their place in the second round of the preliminary phase.CAF CC:Tusker surrender two-goal lead to settle for draw against Sudanese sideWith the scoreline, Al Ghazala will need a seven-goal victory over Singida in the away second leg next weekend, if they are to stay alive in the competition.Elsewhere in Sweden, Kenyan youngster Andreas Odhiambo was on the field for all 90 minutes as his Swedish side Enkoping SK secured a 3-2 victory over Vasalund in the Norra (third-tier league).TACTICAL ANALYSIS: How former FKF PL star forward is taking the South African league by stormThere was, however, no space for Omondi’s countrymate Paul Osama, who was named in the travelling squad.Osama’s last appearance for the side, now placed seventh on the log with 32 points, was on 30 August against Stockholm Internazionale, when he came on as a substitute in the 80th minute.

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