The Kenya women journey in the ongoing games, COTIF 2016 tournament, has shown hopes in football career after the Harambee Starlets thumped of origin Spain 3-1, Espanyol to see them qualify for semi-finals.
In their group, Esse Akida is the leading top-goalscorer with a mind-blowing five goals in two games.Akida’s fine form continued as Starlets hammered Espanyol 3-1 in their pool match played on Tuesday night.
Aki opened the scoring in the first half but Espanyol equalized quickly to bring the scores on the score sheet par before the teams headed for the half break.
Espanyol owned the first half, terrorizing the Starlets to the end, but the Kenyan girls held their ground, regrouped at half-time and came back all-guns-blazing to get the job done.
Returning for the last period, Akida completed her brace before Atieno, who has had stint in Nigeria made her experience count when she reclaimed the lead.
Kenya will play Real Betis in the Semis on Wednesday. Betis beat Elche 2-0 in another match of the tournament.
Venezuela Women’s National Team finishes top of Group A with maximum points to book a date with Espanyol in the semi-finals.
This is a perfect platform for the David Ouma charges, who are using the tournament as part of their preparations for the inaugural CECAFA Women’s tournament scheduled for Uganda before making a debut for the biggest tournament in Africa, the Nations Cup slated for November in Cameroon.