Ethiopia, Sudan draw in friendly match

_{Hosts Ethiopia and Sudan have settled for a 2-2 draw in a international friendly match played in Addis Ababa this afternoon.}

_{Dawa Hotessa gave the Walias the lead after 18 minutes at the Abebe Bikila Stadium.}

_{But the Sudan team did not give up and pushed forward before they leveled matters after 21 minutes through Waleed El Shoaleh.}

_{The two teams continued to create several scoring chances, but were not sharp enough to convert them. Chernt Gugesa made it 2-1 for Ethiopia at the stroke of half time.}

_{After recess, the two teams made some changes bringing in fresh players. But it was the visitors Sudan who combined well to level matters after 77 minutes through Mohammed Abdulrahman.}

_{It was the second time the two teams played in the last few days after they settled for a 1-1 draw in the first friendly played on September 23rd. The same day Rwanda settled for a goalless draw against Equatorial Guinea in another international friendly match.}

_{In other international friendly matches played in the last few days involving teams from the CECAFA region, Uganda Cranes drew goalless against hosts Libya in a match played in the city of Benghazi. On Saturday Tanzania’s national team, Taifa Stars stopped Uganda Cranes 1-0. The Tanzanian team will face Libya on Tuesday in the last match of the Tri-Nation Series of International friendly matches.}