{"id":25646,"date":"2024-06-12T12:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onecitizendaily.com\/?p=25646"},"modified":"2024-06-12T12:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:03:47","slug":"bright-stars-fall-3-0-to-sudan-at-juba-stadium-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/bright-stars-fall-3-0-to-sudan-at-juba-stadium-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright Stars fall 3-0 to Sudan at Juba Stadium launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kei Emmanuel Duku<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>South Sudanese witnessed a historic yet disappointing night, as Sudan humiliated the national team 3:0, on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over 4,000 spectators and dignitaries, including President Salva Kiir and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, gathered for the stadium&#8217;s inauguration and the crucial FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>However, the night belonged to the visitors. Sudan dominated the &#8220;Sudan Derby,&#8221; claiming a convincing 3-0 victory and the top spot in Group B.<\/p>\n<p>Waliedin Khidir broke the deadlock in the first half&#8217;s added time, giving Sudan control of the match. The second half saw further Sudanese dominance, with Mozamil doubling their lead in the 68th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Abdal Raman sealed the win with a third goal in the 75th minute, sending Sudan to the top of the group with 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>South Sudan, despite home advantage, remains second-from-bottom with just 2 points from four matches. Their next challenge is a home-and-away fixture against DR Congo before facing Senegal and Togo in Juba during the return leg of the qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p>This marks Sudan&#8217;s first victory against South Sudan in regular time. Their previous encounter, in 2015 during the CECAFA tournament, resulted in a 0-0 draw and a 5-3 penalty shootout win for Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>Group B table Standing.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sudan 10 Points<\/li>\n<li>Senegal 8 points<\/li>\n<li>DR Congo 7 Points<\/li>\n<li>Togo 3 Points<\/li>\n<li>South Sudan 2 Points<\/li>\n<li>Mauritania 0 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kei Emmanuel Duku &nbsp; South Sudanese witnessed a historic yet disappointing night, as Sudan humiliated the national team 3:0, on Tuesday. Over 4,000 spectators and dignitaries, including President Salva Kiir and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, gathered for the stadium&#8217;s inauguration and the crucial FIFA World Cup qualifier against Sudan.<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/12\/bright-stars-fall-3-0-to-sudan-at-juba-stadium-launch\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,79,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-news","category-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Two-teams-line-up-for-their-respective-national-Anthems-before-kick-off.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25648,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25646\/revisions\/25648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}