Harambee Starlets in action. [Photo/Nation]

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Junior Harambee Starlets hopes of reaching the 2019 Fifa Under 20 World Cup are over following a 5-1 loss to Ghana in their return leg match played at the Kenyatta Stadium on Sunday.

Adubea Princella scored a hat-trick, while Anokye Oliuia and Forabambila Ernestina scored a goal each reducing Rachel Muema’s goal to a mere consolation, as the West Africans advanced to the third round with a 10-1 aggregate score.

Ghana will face Cameroon in the final round of qualifiers set for January 2018.

“We are determined to qualify for the World Cup now we go back to prepare for Cameroon. We enjoyed our two-day stay here although the pitch wasn’t in a good condition,” Ghana coach Yussuf Basigi said.

Starlets coach Musa Otieno foresees a great future for the girls despite their failure to advance to the final round of qualification.

“Ghana is an experienced team that has been at this tourney several times but we picked our lessons which we hope to implement for a better future.We have a good team and it’s a matter of grooming to make them even better. Most of them are just from school but have shown they can do well in the future,” said Otieno.