Sports activities Information of Saturday, 22 June 2019
Supply: bbc.com
2019-06-22
Kaddu celebrates just after scoring Uganda’s initially purpose
Uganda commenced their Africa Cup of Nations marketing campaign with a deserved gain over DR Congo to shift level on points with hosts Egypt at the major of Team A.
The Cranes’ 23-12 months-aged forward Patrick Kaddu opened the scoring, heading in from a corner after a perfectly-timed run to the in close proximity to post after 14 minutes.
Strike lover Emmanuel Okwi’s glancing header from a totally free-kick then doubled the direct 3 minutes following 50 %-time.
Egypt defeated Zimbabwe 1- in the tournament’s opening match on Friday.
Kaddu experienced two wonderful alternatives to include to his tally with very first-50 percent headers in Cairo, though team-mate Khalid Aucho noticed a highly effective lengthy-assortment effort and hard work saved by DR Congo’s Ley Matampi.
Substitute Jonathan Bolingi experienced the very best possibility for DR Congo – whose beginning XI integrated West Ham’s Arthur Masuaku and Everton’s Yannick Bolasie – but the Antwerp forward’s header struck the top rated of the crossbar.
Subsequent, Uganda will face Zimbabwe on Wednesday (18:00 BST), when DR Congo take on Egypt later that working day (21:00 BST).
