Kenya: Voi Youth And Mwangea Through to Provincial Final

Nairobi Star (Nairobi)

28 June 2011

The line-ups for the Copa Coca-Cola provincials events were sealed over the weekend after twelve teams booked their tickets to the countrywide showpiece. In Taita Taveta County, Voi Youth and Mwangea Secondary qualified for the coast finals after outclassing their opponents at Voi’s Stadium. Voi beat Kiwinda Secondary 2-0 in their first match with a goal each from Christopher Mohamed and Meshack Chere.

In the second match, Mwangea hit the ground running with a morale-boosting 2-0 win over Mwatate Junior. The game started cagily with both teams preferring to pass the ball within their own half before Mwangea struck the first blow.

Reginald Kilele collected a through ball from the midfield, sped his way past his markers before hitting a low cross that found the right foot of Paul Chuma who expertly slipped the ball past the Mwatate keeper to give Mwangea the lead.

The two combined again just ten minutes before the interval when a mix-up in the Mwatate defence gifted Kilele with an opportunity to score but he unselfishly crossed the ball to Chuma who finished easily to score Mwangea’s goal.

The second half was a drab affair with the only highlight being Ramadhan Abdalla’s missed penalty for Mwangea ten minutes before the final whistle.

In other matches, Kiwinda Secondary and Mwangea drew one all with Dominic Mbashu and Anderson Karari on target for Kiwinda and Mwangea respectively. Mwatate gave themselves a life-line with a surprising James Njoroge solitary winner over Voi Youth but a 2-0 loss to Kiwinda condemned them to last position in the group. Voi Youth ensured they finished top of the group with a 3-1 drubbing over fellow provincial finalists Mwangea Secondary School. The Copa Coca-Cola provincial finals will be played on the July 2nd and 9th with the finals slated for August in Kisumu.

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