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Sierra Leone U15 beat Zimbabwe 3-0 in Baku

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Sierra Leone’s Under-15 team beat Zimbabwe 3-0 in Baku and reached the final of the 9th-to-16th-place classification bracket at the FIFA World Cup and Festival. They will face Oman on 30 October, Sierra Loaded reports.

Sierra Leone’s Under-15 team beat Zimbabwe 3-0 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and qualified for the final of the 9th-to-16th-place classification bracket at the FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival, Sierra Loaded reports. The young Leone Stars will face Oman on Friday 30 October at 10.15am Azerbaijan time, or 6.15am in Sierra Leone.

The final will give the Sierra Leone team one last chance to end the tournament with a victory, following its campaign in the international Under-15 football competition. It follows Sierra Leone’s 2-1 defeat by Afghanistan in Baku on 24 October.

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