Mozambique hammer Madagascar

Mozambique were the big winners on day five of the 2013 COSAFA Under-20 Youth Championships, but there is still all to play for following the three pool matches.

Nothing has been decided yet in the pools as hosts Lesotho and Kenya drew in a battle of the big-guns in Group A.

But it was Mozambique who made a big statement of intent in Group B when they triumphed Madagascar 6-0.

The win takes the Young Mambas to the top of the pool on goal-difference from Angola, who beat the Malagasy 5-1 on Wednesday.
A hat-trick from Clesio Baque and further goals via Dercio Matimbe, Luis Miquissone and Norberto Norberto gave Mozambique the handsome win.

Mozambique led 2-0 at the break, but let lose scoring three times in four second half minutes to give the result a much more emphatic look.
In the second match played in Group A, the island nations of Comoros and Mauritius played to a 0-0 draw, a result that both might have felt is a disappointing one in a game they could have won. 
Hosts Lesotho were forced to come from behind again to earn a point, just as they had on the opening day against Comoros, when they drew 1-1 with East African guests Kenya. 
Timonah Wanyonyi had put the Kenyans ahead on 26 minutes as he bundled the ball home following a parry from Thabiso Lichaba.

That was the way it stayed until the hour-mark, when Tumelo Khutlang let fly with a thunderbolt that found its ay into the back of the net.

Neither side could find a winner from there and it is still all to play for in Group A where victory for Kenya in their final game against Comoros will take them into the semifinals. But if they do drop points then hosts Lesotho could overtake them with a win against Mauritius.




GROUP STANDINGS


GROUP A

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Kenya 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4

Lesotho 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 2

Comoros 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2

Mauritius 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1

GROUP B

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

Mozambique 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 3


Angola 1 1 0 0 5 1 +4 3

Madagascar 2 0 0 2 1 11 -10 0

GROUP C

P W D L GF GA GD Pts

South Africa 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 3

Namibia 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1

Seychelles 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 0

GROUP D