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The national men’s U20 soccer team,Rising Stars,hopes of advancing to the knock out phase of the ongoing U20 Africa Cup of Nations were dashed after suffering 3-1 loss against Tunisia in their second group B match played Sunday at the 30th June Stadium,Cairo Egypt.
Kenya who opened the campaign with a narrow 3-2 loss to Morocco began brightly and went ahead in the 35th minute after Lawrence Ouma turned in Hassan Beja’s pin point cross.
But Tunisia levelled in added time of the first half through a penalty scored by Fares Bousnina.
Omar Ben Ali and Alleidine Derballi added two more goals in the second half to hand Tunisia their first win after losing by a goal to nil to Nigeria in their opening fixture
.The loss inevitably dims Kenya’s chances of advancing in the tournament ahead of their final group match against Nigeria on Wednesday, May 7th.
