Kenya’s national football team, Harambee Stars have bowed out of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations finals following a barren draw between Cameroon and Benin. The Stars, on three points, with a negative goal difference of four, needed Cameroon to beat Benin and Mali to beat Angola in another match set for 10pm Tuesday to qualify but this was not to be.
By picking a point from Cameroon, Benin are now on three points but with a better goal difference than Kenya which occupied the last slot of four best losers before the Benin game effectively locking the Stars out irrespective of the result between Mali and Angola who collide from 10pm(EAT).
The best four losers after the Benin match are Guinea on 4 points, DR Congo( 3 points), South Africa and Benin(all on three points) in that order.
Meanwhile the team was on Tuesday afternoon hosted to a luncheon in River Nile aboard the Nile Cruise Ship by Kenya’s Ambassador in Egypt Jeff Otieno.
Also in attendance were Sports CS Amina Mohamed and the FKF chief Nick Mwendwa.
Speaking at the luncheon, Amina hailed the team for a brave show they gave in the competition despite bowing out saying there are a lot of positives to pick from the tourney.
“The boys have done really well and we are proud with of the work we’ve done together. The facilitation and the support we’ve provided, and they didn’t take all that for granted,” she said flanked by the Ambassador who noted that it was his pleasure to host the team.
Added Amina: “They gave their best. They scarified, they made the effort, they played hard, you could tell form the first half with Senegal that our boys are really going places… and I would really like to tell Kenyans to watch this space because this team is not going to stop here, it’s going to do well.”
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