DOHA – Elijah Roche scored in the 88th minute and Marius Aiyenero converted a penalty in stoppage time as Canada pulled off a Houdini-like 2-1 win over Uganda on Wednesday for its first-ever victory in nine trips to the FIFA U-17 World Cup

James Bogere’s 25th-minute goal had looked to give Uganda something to celebrate in its first-ever appearance at a FIFA tournament. But Roche, who minutes earlier had made a goal-saving tackle at the other end, rose high to head home Aghilas Sadek’s corner to pull Canada even in the dying minutes.

Then, after video review, Uganda’s John Asiimwe was judged to have taken Aiyenero down in the penalty box. The substitute, who plays his club football for Los Angeles FC 2, beat Uganda ‘keeper Gilbert Mazige with the spot kick for the winner in the 98th minut

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