Somalia draw with Congo Brazzaville in U-17 AFCON

_{CECAFA representatives Somalia picked their first point when they played to a 1-1 draw against Congo Brazzaville on Tuesday night at the on-going TotalEnergies U-17 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).}

_{After losing their opening Group A match 2-0 to hosts Algeria, coach Nur Mohamed Amin’s team came all out determined to try and prove a point.}

_{Dini Dahir gave Somalia the lead after 32 minutes at the Nelson Mandela Stadium. Dahir capitalized on a good through ball pass from Idrii Aden and gave the Congo Brazzaville goalkeeper no chance.}

_{After the interval the Congo Brazzaville team pushed forward and leveled matters after 57 minutes through Ayel Wumba Niati.}

_{Somalia pushed forward and created several other scoring chances, but failed to put them away. “We had many chances to score more goals, but my players were not sharp enough,” said the Somalia coach who added that they need to go all out and try their luck against Senegal.}

_{Somalia remain bottom of Group A with 1 point, while Senegal who beat Congo Brazzaville 1-0 and edged Algeria 3-0 are top with 6 points.}

_{The Somalia team will now travel to the town of Constantine to take on Senegal on May 5th, while Congo Brazzaville face hosts Algeria in Algiers.}