Somalia produced the first biggest upset at the on-going regional CECAFA (Council for East and Central African Football Associations) Senior Challenge Cup on Saturday evening when they beat fancied Tanzania 1-0 at Nakivubo stadium in Kampala. The Somalians, who have always been a punching bag in this tournament and lost their opening tie 2-0 on Thursday to Zanzibar, scored early in the 14th minute through Cisse Abshir and defended well to deny the Tanzanians any chance of having a good start to the tournament.

Not even the present of Tanzania's Kuwait-based professional Danny Mrwanda could help matters as the Taifa Stars team piled pressure on the Somalia side in the second half, but failed to score.

Tanzanian coach Marcio Maximo turned a disappointed man after the match and said he was bitter with his defenders for gifting the Somalian team an easy goal.

The Brazilian coach told Xinhua in an interview Saturday evening that they would face a tall order in the next game because they face Zanzibar, who had already had four points.

"My team needs to raise their game because losing the first game in such a tournament means you have to win all the other games if you are to qualify for the semifinals," said Maximo.

The Somalia coach Mohamed Abdi Farah was a happy man and warned the other two teams of Rwanda and Uganda who have not faced them yet. "We are happy to beat a big side Tanzania. But Rwanda and Uganda should watch out now because we are determined to get to the later stages of this tournament," said Farah.

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