Kenya will face Panama on Sunday morning before taking on North Macedonia later in the evening.

Kenya’s Under-15 boys team opened its campaign at the inaugural FIFA U-15 World Cup and Festival in Azerbaijan with a 6-2 victory over Malta in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday, scoring six goals in a match played over two 20-minute halves.

The Emerging Stars made a fast start, with Innocent Media opening the scoring in the fifth minute before Lewis Wafula doubled the lead three minutes later. Malta defender Lee Bonanno then scored an own goal in the 15th minute, before Dancan Muyah made it 4-0 four minutes later.

Malta responded with two penalties to reduce the deficit before the break. Declan Zammit converted in the 25th minute before Enzo de Freitas scored from the spot four minutes later to cut Kenya’s lead to 4-2.