14th ISF World Schools Cup – Football:
Quarter finals (Girls):
- St Noa Girls School Zzana 3-0 France
- Mali 0 (3) – 0 (4) Germany
- China Two 3-2 England
- China One 0 (4) – 0 (3) Brazil
Classification matches:
- Amus College (Uganda) 3-0 England
- Kibuli S.S (Uganda) 1-2 Nigeria
St Noa Girls School Zzana has progressed to the semi-final of the 2023 ISF World schools’ football in Rabat city, Morocco on Wednesday, July 26.
The Ugandan school easily beat France 3-0 in the quarter final clash played at the Mohammed VI sports complex.
Jowelia Nagadya scored a first half brace and Miriam “Bajaaji” Ayoo added the other in the subsequent half.
Nagadya’s two goals came inside two minutes of the opening ten minutes.
St. Noa Girls was dominant throughout the game with the goalkeeper Lillian Nakirya on holiday for much of the game.
In the second half, Nakirya saved a one against one moment to keep the treasured clean sheet.
St Noa Girls captain Sarah Babirye congratulated her teammates for the job well executed as they have now set their eyes to the semi-final clash against China 2 on Thursday.
“I want to thank my teammates for the collective team effort. We all worked so hard to make it this far. Attention is now switched to the semifinals” Babirye told the media.
This match was also watched by the ISF president Laurent Petrynka, Hon. Peter Ogwang, Uganda’s state Minister of Sports, MPs Hon Patrick Isiagi and Hon Silas Aogon) and Grace Abalo (Senior Education officer at National Council of Sports).
In the other girls’ quarter-finals, Germany ejected Mali 4-3 in post match penalties after a goal-less draw in normal time.
China team 2 overcame England 3-2, China team 1 edged Brazil 4-3 in post-match penalties after another goal-less draw.
The semi-finals are lined up on Thursday with St Noa Girls taking on China 2 as China 1 will square up against Germany.
Meanwhile, Uganda’s other representatives Amus College overcame England 3-0 in a classification duel as Kibuli lost 2-1 to Nigeria.
The semi-final men for boys has France against Croatia and Morocco up against Saudi Arabia 2.
