Sports News of Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Source: footballmadeinghana.com

U-20 AFCON: Uganda striker Derrick Kakooza jumps ahead of Percious Boah for Golden Boot

Derrick Kakooza represents Uganda Derrick Kakooza represents Uganda

Percious Boah’s quest to lay claim to the golden boot at the ongoing U-20 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Mauritania has suffered a jolt.

This is due to the goal-scoring exploits of young striker Derrick Kakooza who represents Uganda’s U-20 side.

The FC Police player has now moved top of the top scorers chart following his impressive performance in the 4-1 semi-final win over Tunisia.

Kakooza already on two-goals before the game netted a hattrick to send his side into their first-ever football showpiece tournament since 1978.

The 3 goals increase his tournament tally to 5 and see him enjoy a 2 goal cushion over Ghana’s Percious Boah.

This sets up a tantalizing duel between the two when Ghana clashes with Uganda in Saturday’s final.

Ghana’s Issahaku Fatawu has a slim chance of usurping the two. He however has the arduous task of scoring a hattrick or more to be able to achieve this as he currently is pm 2 goals.