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The Harambee Junior Starlets have become the first ever Kenyan team to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, after thrashing Burundi 2-0 on the day and 5-0 on aggregate to progress for the U-17 showpiece to be staged in the Dominican Republic in October.
First half goals from Marion Serenge and Valerie Nekesa gave the Kenyan girls a healthy win on Sunday afternoon at the Ulinzi Sports Complex as they made history, flying their way to the World Cup without conceding a single goal.
Infront of a fully packed Ulinzi Complex in Lang’ata, the Kenyan girls ensured a few chapters of Kenyan football history would have their names on it.
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By halftime, the job was all but done for the Junior Starlets. They led 2-0 on the afternoon and 5-0 on aggregate, and there was surely no way the Burundians would come off the cage they had been chained in by the hungry, determined Kenyan girls.
As early as the first minute, Starlets had already shown Burundi a glimpse of what to expect in the coming 90 minutes.
Lornah Faith had picked up the ball from the edge of the box with some crisp control, took a step with her first touch and then fired a left-footed belter at goal, but the effort went off target by a whisker.
The girls came close in the 16th minute when Susan Akoth was sent through on goal by a brilliant defense splitting pass, but her effort flew straight to the keeper’s palms.
A minute later though, the story was different. Goalkeeper Clairia Nshimirimana collided with two of her defenders as she went for the ball and Serenege benefited, picking the loose ball and slapping it into an empty net.
It was 2-0 six minutes later, Nekesa getting her first goal of the qualifiers when she pickpocketed a Burundian defender of the ball from distance, drove into the box before shooting low past the keeper.
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Source: MSN
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