December 23, 2004
Ethiopia 5 - 4 Kenya
The were crowds of very happy Ethiopians chanting on the streets of Addis until the early hours last night. Their team beat Kenya 5-4 in the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) Senior Challenge Cup semi-final. They will now take on Burundi in the final at home.
Not everyone was happy though. Here's part of the report from Nairobi's Nation newspaper.
a blatant bad call by the Ugandan referee gave the Ethiopians the early 1-0 lead from an off side position. The Ugandan referee and linesman conjured not to have seen three Ethiopian strikers who fell off-side before one put the ball past a desperate Victor Onyango.Twelve minutes from time, Mark Sirengo was roughed up in the box but the referee waved a play on sign.
Posted by aheavens at December 23, 2004 5:55 AM