
Malawi crashes out of CECAFA after 1-0 loss to Kenya in quarter-finals
Published on December 5, 2012 at 8:37 AM by FACE OF MALAWI
Kenya beat guest team Malawi 1-0 to secure a place in the semi-final of the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Uganda.
Veteran striker Mike Baraza scored the only goal of the game 12 minutes after half-time.
The Harambee Stars will play Zanzibar in Thursday’s semi-finals of the east and central African regional event.
Hosts and defending champions Uganda take on Ethiopia in the last of the quarter-finals, the winners will face Tanzania in the last four.
Malawi’s preparations for the game were hit by a player strike on Monday.
The squad refused to train in a protest over unpaid allowances for the trip.