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Uganda Rhinos picked up their second win at the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival on Sunday, beating Cabo Verde 5-1 at the Hovsan Competition Complex in Azerbaijan.
The victory followed an earlier 6-0 win over Equatorial Guinea, taking Uganda to six points from three matches.
The Rhinos had opened the tournament with a 4-3 defeat to Kyrgyz Republic on Saturday before responding with two convincing wins on Sunday.
Jefferson Kwikiriza opened the scoring against Cabo Verde after four minutes, while Angello Kasumba struck twice in the 10th and 17th minutes to put Uganda 3-0 ahead.
Cabo Verde pulled one back through Cleidir Pereira in the 20th minute, but Ivan Kiganda restored Uganda’s three-goal cushion six minutes later.
Ian Wafula then converted from the penalty spot in the 31st minute to complete the scoring.
Kasumba’s brace took his tournament tally to five goals. He had also scored twice against Kyrgyz Republic and once against Equatorial Guinea.
Uganda have now scored 14 goals and conceded five in their three matches, leaving them level on six points with Ecuador and Kyrgyz Republic.
Uganda face Ecuador next on Monday before a meet-up with Tonga in their final opening phase game.Ecuador also have six points, making Monday’s fixture an important one as the teams jostle for position before the opening phase ends.
The results will then be used to place the 48 teams into six performance tiers for the next stage. No team is eliminated, with the Tier A winner eventually crowned the inaugural FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival champion.
