{"id":40113,"date":"2012-05-08T00:18:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T00:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=40113"},"modified":"2012-05-08T00:18:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-08T00:18:26","slug":"sierra-leone-advance-to-next-round-african-under-20-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=40113","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone advance to next round African Under 20 championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sierra Leone came from behind to beat Chad on Sunday to advance to the next round of qualifying for the 2013 African Under-20 Championship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Shooting Stars won 2-1, to make it 5-3 on aggregate, and puts them through to face Cameroon in the next stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The other teams to secure progress over the weekend were Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Niger, Uganda and Morocco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The finals are in Algeria next year, with places at the 2015 Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand on offer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sierra Leone&#8217;s win came thanks to goals from substitute Brima Jalloh and captain Gibril Lalas Fofanah, after Ninga Casimir Rodrique had put the visitors in front in Freetown.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"making-it-to-the-next-stage\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Making it to the next stage<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Uganda<\/li>\n<li>DR Congo (after their opponents pulled out)<\/li>\n<li>Sierra Leone<\/li>\n<li>Rwanda<\/li>\n<li>Niger<\/li>\n<li>Tanzania<\/li>\n<li>Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tanzania were beaten 2-1 by Sudan in Khartoum but still go through to the next stage thanks to their 3-1 home victory in the first leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yousif Abdelrahman put the home team in front to give them hope of overturning the deficit but Thomas Ulimwengu equalised for Tanzania almost immediately and a late penalty for Sudan was not enough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zimbabwe held on to a 1-1 draw in Botswana but go through thanks to their 4-0 home win in the first leg; Niger completed a big win over Liberia with a 3-1 away victory to add to their 3-0 home success and Rwanda beat Namibia 2-1 at home to go with their 2-0 win from the first leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Morocco and Mauritania drew 2-2 but Morocco had a 5-0 win from the first leg in the bank and Uganda also progress after a 1-1 draw with Mozambique, thanks to their 4-0 first leg victory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is one tie still to be determined &#8211; Libya and Tunisia will play the second leg of their match-up in Khartoum on 11 May, with Tunisia having a narrow 3-2 win from the first leg.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>BBC News<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Leone came from behind to beat Chad on Sunday to advance to the next round of qualifying for the 2013 African Under-20 Championship. 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